Pendleton
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PENDLETON, a suburban town, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Salford district, Lancashire. The town is suburban to Manchester; lies on the Manchester and Bolton railway, near Peel Park, contiguous to the W side of Salford, 2 miles W N W of Manchester: contains very many genteel residences; carries on industry in cotton and flax mills, and in dye and print-works; and has a railway station with telegraph, a post-office, under Manchester, a town hall, and numerous places of worship, and public schools. The town hall was built in 1866, at a cost of about £9,000; is in the Italian style, with assimilation to French; and contains an assembly-room, 85 feet long, 39½ feet wide, and 30 feet high. The churches are St. Thomas', rebuilt in 1831, and Sts. Paul, George, James, Anne, and Luke, built in 1856-65 at costs of £5,000, £5,000, £8,500, £1,500, and £6,500. A New Connexion Methodist chapel was built in 1863, at a cost of £2,500; and has a Corinthian portico. Independent school-rooms were erected in 1865, at a cost of £2,400; are in the geometric pointed style; and includea central hall, 60 feet long and 40 feet wide. Very handsome Wesleyan schools were erected in 1863, at a cost of £3500. The township comprises 1,720 acres; and is in the parish of Eccles, and the borough of Salford. Real property, £85,080; of which £2,186 are in mines, and £1,024 in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 14,244; in 1861, 20,900. Houses, 3,906. Coal exists in seams of 7 feet thick and under, and is largely worked. The chapelry includes but a portion of the township, and was constituted in 1860. Pop. in 1861, 5,361. Houses, 984. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £344. Patron, the Vicar of Eccles. The sub-district comprises the townships of Pendleton and Pendlebury. Acres, 2,650. Pop., 24,448. Houses, 4,578.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Salford library.Cemeteries
- Cemetery Rd, Cemetery, Weaste
- St Anne, Brindle Heath Rd, Church of England, Brindle Heath
- St Thomas, Broad Street, Church of England
- Brindle Heath Rd, Jewish Burial Ground, Brindle Heath
- Brunswick Chapel, Broad Street, Wesleyan Methodist
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Pendleton.Church History
Church Records
- Nursery St, Baptist
- Windsor, Churchill Way, Christian Centre
- Mount Chapel, Langworthy Rd, Christian Fellowship
- St Anne, Brindle Heath Rd, Church of England, Brindle Heath
- St George, Douglas Green, Church of England, Charlestown
- St George, Whit Lane, Church of England, Charlestown
- The Holy Angels, Moorfield Road, Church of England, Claremont
- St Ambrose, Liverpool St, Church of England
- St Barnabas, Frederick Road, Church of England
- St Paul, Ellor Street, Church of England
- St Thomas, Broad Street, Church of England
- All Saints, Eccles New Road, Church of England, Weaste
- St Luke, Derby Road, Church of England, Weaste
- Broughton Rd, Congregational, Charlestown
- Claremont Rd, Congregational, Irlams o'' th'' Height
- Broad Street, Congregational
- Seedley, Liverpool St, Congregational
- Chapel Street, Independent
- Brindle Heath Rd, Jewish Burial Ground, Brindle Heath
- Height Methodist Church, King Street, Methodist, Irlams o'' th'' Height
- Heathfield, Lancaster Rd, Methodist
- Cromwell Rd, Methodist New Connexion
- Bethesda, Broad Street, Methodist New Connexion
- Good News Assembly, Douglas Green, Pentecostal, Charlestown
- Elim Church, Moorfield Road, Pentecostal, Claremont
- Fitzwarren St, Presbyterian
- Seedley Grove, Presbyterian
- Enys Street, Primitive Methodist
- John Street, Primitive Methodist
- Brunswick, Broad Street, Primitive Methodist
- St Luke, Swinton Park Road, Roman Catholic, Irlams o'' th'' Height
- Mother of God and St James, Pendleton Way, Roman Catholic
- St Peter and St Paul, Park Road, Roman Catholic
- St Sebastian, Gerald Road, Roman Catholic
- All Souls and St John Vianney, Weaste Lane, Roman Catholic, Weaste
- Cross Lane, Seventh Day Adventist
- Langworthy Rd formerly Hardman St, Society of Friends
- Cross Lane, Unitarian Free Church
- Bolton Rd, United Methodist Free Church, Irlams o'' th'' Height
- Cromwell Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Hankinson St, United Methodist Free Church
- Liverpool St, United Methodist Free Church
- Pendleton St, United Methodist Free Church
- Broad Street, Welsh Calvinist Methodist
- St David, Langworthy Rd formerly Hardman St, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist
- Westwood, Manchester Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Irlams o'' th'' Height
- Whit Lane, Wesleyan Methodist
- Brunswick Chapel, Broad Street, Wesleyan Methodist
- Seedley, Ellor Street, Wesleyan Methodist
- St John, Langworthy Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Weaste
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