Pendleton, Lancashire Family History History

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Pendleton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1807 from a chapelry in Eccles Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1856

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Pendleton Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Pendleton. The index includes information from An Index to the Wills and Administrations (including the “Infra” Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester for the years 1801-1810 Part 1 A to L.

An Index to the Wills and Administrations Preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester 1801-1810 Part 1 A to L.

The following names have been extracted from the book An Index to the Wills and Administrations (including the “Infra” Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester for the years 1801-1810 Part 1 A to L.

The “Infra” Wills are in italics. A.W. signifies an Administration with the Will annexed. A.W.C. signifies an Administration with the Will and Codicil annexed. C. signifies Will and Codicil. C.C. signifies Will and two Codicils, and so on. T. or Tuit. signifies Tuition. “P.R. 1866” signifies that a subsequent grant was made in 1866 (or whatever date is given) out of the Principal Registry at Somerset House after the Will had been originally proved in the Consistory Court at Chester. “D.R. 1866” signifies that a subsequent grant was made in 1866 (or whatever date is given) out of the District Registry at Chester after the Will had been originally proved in the Consistory Court at Chester.

Note: There are two places called Pendleton in Lancashire, namely Pendleton formerly a chapelry of Eccles Parish and Pendleton a township in Whalley parish. The book An Index to the Wills and Administrations (including the “Infra” Wills) now preserved in the Probate Registry at Chester for the years 1801-1810 often only states “of Pendleton” with no indication which of the two Pendletons is the correct one. For this reason entries stating “of Pendleon” have been listed in both parishes.

Aldred, William, of Pendleton, sizer 19 Jun. 1807

Allcock, George, of Pendleton, co. Lancaster, gentleman 21 Nov. 1807

Almond, Richard, of Pendleton, p. of Eccles, brazier 30 Mar. 1802

Anderson, Joseph, of Pendleton, gentleman C. 3 Oct. 1806

Ashworth, Thomas, of Pendleton, schoolmaster 9 Nov. 1809

Barlow, Thomas, Pendleton, p. of Eccles, land surveyor 29 Oct. 1803

Bayley, Thomas Butterworth, of Hope Hall, Pendleton, esquire 30 Jul. 1802

Crompton, Thomas, of Pendleton, crofter 22 Dec. 1810

Dawson, David, the elder, of Pendleton, farmer 9 Mar. 1803

Douglas, William, of Pendleton, esquire 2 Mar. 1810

Ellill, John, of Pendleton, esquire 2 Dec. 1802

Ellill, John, of Pendleton, co. Lanc., gentleman 18 Feb. 1805

Fox, Timothy, of Pendleton, p. of Eccles, farmer Ad. 30 Nov. 1801

Hankinson, George, of Pendleton, shopkeeper Ad. 26 Jun. 1810

Hankinson, Richard, of Pendleton, shopkeeper 14 Nov. 1801

Hewitt, William, of Pendleton, gentleman 28 Mar. 1807

Hill, George, of Pendleton 7 Jan. 1802

Hindle, Lawrence, of Pendleton, dyer Ad. 3 Jan. 1806

Holden, James, of Pendleton Ad. 8 Aug. 1808

Hyde, James, of Pendleton, servant-man Ad. 27 Feb. 1809

Jenoway, Cicely, of Pendleton, p. of Eccles Ad. 1 Dec. 1807

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Alexander John, Pendleton, Lancaster, common brewer, March 15, 1842.

Barlow Thomas, Pendleton and Manchester, calico printer, Nov. 17, 1829.

Barnes Jonathan, Pendleton, Manchester, brewer, Dec. 24, 1822.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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 WNW 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 include a central hall, 60 feet long and 40 feet wide. Very handsome Wesleyan schools were erected in 1863, at a cost of £3,500.

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.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Salford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Eccles
  • Poor Law Union: Salford
  • Hundred: Salford
  • Province: York