| Pendleton | |
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 Pendleton | |
  Pendleton Shown within Ribble Valley Show map of the Borough of Ribble Valley | |
| Population | 203 (2001)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SD756395 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CLITHEROE |
| Postcode district | BB7 |
| Dialling code | 01200 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
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Pendleton is a small village and civil parish inRibble Valley, within the county ofLancashire, England. It is close to the towns ofWhalley andClitheroe. The parish lies on the north west side ofPendle Hill below the Nick o' Pendle. The village is just off theA59,Liverpool toYork main road, since the construction of the Clitheroe by-pass. Older roads through the parish include one from Clitheroe to Whalley which passes through theStanden area and another toBurnley which passes Pendleton Hall.[2]
Pendleton Brook runs down the centre of Main Street in the village. The village pub, theSwan with Two Necks, won theCampaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) national Pub of the Year award in 2013.[3]
According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 203; however, theUnited Kingdom Census 2011 grouped the parish withMearley andWorston (2001 pop. 25 and 76), giving a total of 349.[1][4][5]
The parish adjoins the other Ribble Valley parishes of Clitheroe, Mearley,Sabden,Wiswell,Barrow andLittle Mitton. Higher areas of the parish, west of the village, are part of theForest of BowlandArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).[6]
The brief details of theBlackburnshire Hundred in theDomesday survey, mention Pendleton withKing Edward holding half ahide of land here.[7][2]
Wymondhouses (an old farm in the south of the parish) was purchased in 1667 by theNonconformist preacherThomas Jollie. He had a meeting-place licensed in 1672, later building a chapel that was still in-use until the 1860s.[2][8]
Pendleton also has an interesting history related to traditional folk customs and thewitchcraft persecutions. A book was written on this subject entitledThe Pendle Witches byWilliam Harrison Ainsworth, published 1849. Doreen McGlashan, born Doreen Wilson, a Pendleton native, stated that as a child in the 1920s there was frequent talk of witches and witchcraft in the village, and that she and her siblings were kept indoors on certain Saturdays because of "witches Sabbaths" happening in the town on those days. She also recounts largeMay Day celebrations in her youth which included dancing around amaypole, and states that as a girl she specifically remembers "pretty girls" often being suspected of witchcraft by the villagers.[citation needed]
Pendleton was once atownship in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became acivil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894. Parts of the parish transferred toSabden on its creation in 1904,[a] however the area around Coldcoats was added in 1935.[10] Since 1974 it has formed part of the Borough ofRibble Valley.
Along with Wiswell,Barrow (since 2015), Mearley andWorston, the parish forms theWiswell and Pendletonward of Ribble Valley Borough Council.[5][11]
![All Saints' Church, built in 1847, consecrated in 1872.[2]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aThe_Parish_Church_of_All_Saints%2c_Pendleton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_476545.jpg)
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