ECCUP, a township, joint with Addle, in the parish of ADDLE, upper division of the wapentake of SKYRACK, West riding of the county of YORK, 7 miles (N. by W.) from Leeds, containing, with Brearey and Cookridge, 699 inhabitants. This is supposed to have been the site of the Burgodunum of the Romans. In 1742, upwards of five hundred coins, chiefly of Valerianus, Gallienus, Tetricus Victorinus, and Claudius Gothicus, were discovered.