Pendleton, Greater Manchester
| Pendleton | |
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 The parish church of St Thomas, Pendleton |
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| Pendleton shown within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SJ812991 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SALFORD |
| Postcode district | M6 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Pendleton is an inner city area of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Manchester city centre. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the district.
Historically in Lancashire, Pendleton, a former township of the Salford Hundred, experienced rapid urbanisation during the Industrial Revolution.
Pendleton is a densely populated area which has several high-rise blocks of flats (tower blocks) – typically between 17 and 27 storeys high – some of the tallest buildings in Salford and Greater Manchester. The area has two colleges; Pendleton College and a Salford College campus, Salford's largest shopping precinct, Salford Shopping City and Pendleton Police Station.
The township has been variously recorded as Penelton in 1199, Pennelton in 1212, Penilton in 1236, Penhulton in 1331, Penulton in 1356 and Pendleton from about 1600.
In the Middle Ages the manor was held by the Hultons of Hulton Park.
Until 1780 the village was rural, a group of cottages around a village green with a maypole. The Industrial Revolution brought about rapid expansion in the population and large cotton mills and premises for dyeing, printing, and bleaching were built providing employment. Pendleton Colliery was developed from the early-19th century.
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