Pendlebury
Pendlebury | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | MANCHESTER | |
Postcode district | M27 | |
Dialling code | 0161 | |
Police | Greater Manchester | |
Fire | Greater Manchester | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Pendlebury is a town in the
Historically in Lancashire, Pendlebury, together with the neighbouring settlements of Swinton and Clifton, formed the municipal borough of Swinton and Pendlebury.[1] Pendlebury saw extensive coal extraction from several collieries until the closure of Agecroft Colliery in the 1990s.
History
Early history
Pendlebury is formed from the Celtic pen meaning hill and burh a settlement.[3] The township was variously recorded as Penelbiri, Pennilbure, Pennebire and Pennesbyry in the 13th century, Penilburi in 1300, Penulbury in 1332; Penhulbury in 1358, Pendulbury in 1561 and Pendlebury after 1567.[4]
In 1199
In 1201 Pendlebury was linked to the manor of Shoresworth to the south (described as "one oxgang of land") before Shoreworth became part of Pendleton. The manors of Pendlebury and Shoresworth were held of the king in thegnage by a rent of 12 shillings in 1212. Ellis died in or about 1216, and his son Adam succeeded to his manor and serjeanty. In 1274 Ellis, son of Roger came to a violent death, and Amabel, his widow claimed dower in various lands against Roger de Pendlebury. A short time afterwards, Amabel having received her dower, she and Roger de Pendlebury had to defend a suit brought by Adam de Pendlebury, who satisfied the jury of his title to the manor. Ellis had a brother, William and daughters Maud, Lettice and Beatrice. Maud married Adam son of Alexander de Pilkington of Pilkington, and had a daughter Cecily. The manor was sold before 1300 to Adam de Prestwich. The new lord of Pendlebury married Alice de Woolley daughter of Richard son of Henry de Pontefract, the eventual heir was his daughter Alice, wife of Jordan de Tetlow. Her heir was her daughter, Joan, who married Richard de Langley, and the manor descended with the Langleys until the end of the 16th century. Robert Langley died 19 September 1561, leaving four daughters as co-heirs. On the division of the estates, Agecroft, and lands in Pendlebury, became the portion of Anne, who married William Dauntesey, from Wiltshire. The manor of Pendlebury was claimed by the Daunteseys for some time, but was afterwards held with Prestwich, descending in the Coke family until about 1780, when it was sold to Peter Drinkwater of Irwell House, Prestwich.[4]
Agecroft Hall
At the end of the 19th century, industrialisation swept through the Irwell Valley. Collieries were sunk around Agecroft Hall,
The Langley name is remembered locally by having several streets, Langley Road, Langley Mill and Langley housing estate in Middleton named after the family. Agecroft Hall Estate is a recently built housing estate on Agecroft Road (A6044), named after the hall.
Industrial development
The Kearsley, Clifton, Pendlebury and Pendleton Miners' Association was established in 1888 and became the Pendlebury Branch of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1959. With the decline of the industry, the once popular Pendlebury Miners' Club (at the top of Temple Drive, Swinton) was demolished in the 1990s.
Governance
Pendlebury was joined with
Swinton and Pendlebury was a municipal borough of the
The Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury was amalgamated into the City of Salford in 1974 as a result of local government reforms.
In terms of parliamentary representation, the town was until 2010 part of the Eccles constituency. Since then it has been part of the Salford and Eccles constituency.
Geography
Pendlebury is situated on a ridge overlooking the lower Irwell Valley, almost midway between Manchester and Bolton and is neighboured by Irlams o' th' Height, Pendleton and Clifton. Much of the boundary between Pendlebury and Clifton is defined by Slack Brook which was culverted many years ago after the area was used for landfill. Slack Brook eventually empties into the Irwell a short distance upstream from Agecroft Road Bridge (A6044). The surface of the land slopes generally upwards from southwest (Swinton) to northeast (Irwell Valley), from about 120 feet (40 m) to nearly 300 feet (90 m) above the ordnance datum.[4] However, the topography of the land around Lumn's Lane has changed due to the dumping of mining waste from the former collieries and the area has been used as a landfill site by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority since 1982, taking ten percent of Greater Manchester's waste each year.[8]
The town has a mix of industrial and residential areas despite the closure of its mines and most of its cotton mills.
Economy
In the 19th century the manufacture and printing of cottons were the principal industries of the town,[4] although most of these industries have disappeared. The only mill left is the Newtown Mill on Lees Street. It was acquired by Vanguard Holdings Ltd in January 2008 and converted into a business centre.
The
Acme Mill was situated south of the Manchester-Wigan railway line on the eastern side Swinton Hall Road. It was demolished in the 1980s to make way for a small housing estate. Swinton Hall Road, between its junction with Bolton Road and the Swinton parish boundary, was originally called Bury Lane, and should not be confused with the original name of Station Road (B5231) – Burying Lane – which is the main road link between Swinton (A6) and Pendlebury (A666). The remaining section of Swinton Hall Road, between the Swinton parish boundary (near junction with Temple Drive) and Station Road, was known as Jane Lane.
The site of the demolished Agecroft Power Station is occupied by Forest Bank Prison. Development of the site of the former Agecroft Colliery into an industrial park has provided some employment in the town.
Transport
Roads
Pendlebury is the starting point of the A666 Bolton Road, which runs through the district from its junction with the A6/A580 at the Pendlebury/Irlams o' th' Height boundary. It was the main route between Manchester and Bolton before the opening of the M61 motorway.
Waterways
The
The canal became disused after 1924 and closed in 1961, though coal was still carried for a short distance to Bury until 1968. A canal restoration society was founded in 1987 and persuaded Bury, Bolton and Salford councils to protect the line of the canal from development; restoration was announced by British Waterways in 2002.
Railway
The nearest railway station is
Pendlebury was on a line between
Landmarks
The 45-acre (18 ha) Northern or Agecroft Cemetery opened on 2 July 1903 by the County Borough of Salford (outside its boundaries) on the flood plain between Langley Road and the River Irwell by the border with Kersal.[9] A crematorium was opened in the nonconformist burial chapel in 1957. A fund has been launched, supported by the council and external partners, to restore the unused central burial chapel which has fallen into a state of disrepair.[10]
The architectural highlight of the town is the Grade I listed Gothic style
The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital built in 1873 closed in 2009 and its functions moved to a site alongside Manchester Royal Infirmary, in Manchester.
At the junction of Bolton Road and Agecroft Road stands a stone cross with the inscription "Lest We Forget". Behind it is a stone wall on which is written:
"This cross was erected by Andrew Knowles and Sons to the memory of the brave men from their collieries who laid down their lives for their country A.D. 1914–1918"
Below the inscription are eight slate plaques inscribed with the names of 24 men who worked for Andrew Knowles and Sons.
Sport
The former home of Swinton RLFC, Station Road, which held numerous internationals and major rugby league matches before its closure in 1992, was located in Pendlebury. Swinton announced its intention to return to a site adjacent to Agecroft Road, Pendlebury, currently known as Agecroft Farm in August 2006. Langworthy ARLFC has been based in Pendlebury, at Rabbit Hills playing fields on Bolton Road, for over 20 years, whilst local rivals Folly Lane ARLFC operate on the Blue Ribbon field off Pendlebury Road.
St. John the Evangelist churchyard is the burial place of Geoff Bent, one of the Busby Babes from Manchester United F.C., who perished in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958.[12] St John's is also the burial place of
Pendlebury Coyotes won the amateur World Championship in inline hockey at under-21 level in 2006 and were runners-up in the World Championship at senior level.
Schools
Primary
- Mossfield Primary School, Newtown
- St Augustine's CE Primary School
- St John's CE Primary School
Secondary
Churches
- St. Augustine'sC of E, Bolton Road, Pendlebury
- St Mark's RC, Station Road, Pendlebury
- Christ Church – Assemblies of God (formerly C of E), Bolton Road, Pendlebury
- Kings Church Salford, Bolton Road, Pendlebury
- St John the Evangelist C of E, Bolton Road, Pendlebury
- Salvation Army, Station Road, Pendlebury
Notable people
Pendlebury was home to the painter L. S. Lowry (1887–1976), who lived at 117 Station Road from 1909 to 1948, after his parents moved from Victoria Park in Manchester when he was 22.[13] Here Lowry produced many of his famous works, drawing inspiration from the industrial scenes about him. It has been reported that, having missed a train from Pendlebury railway station, Lowry encountered the changing of shifts at Acme Mill and marvelled at the spectacle – this being the moment he decided that industrial scenes were fitting for further work. Aspects of the locality appear in many of Lowry's paintings; elements of the Acme Mill can be seen in Coming from the Mill (1930); his picture Pendlebury Scene shows an aspect of the Acme Mill from George Street, both now demolished;[14] and in 1953, Lowry painted The Railway Platform, a scene of railway passengers standing on the platform at Pendlebury railway station.[15]
Actor Ben Kingsley, born in 1943 in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, grew up in Pendlebury and was educated at the Manchester Grammar School. Kingsley lived in an adjacent house to Lowry's former home on Station Road.[16][17]
Television scriptwriter Tony Warren was born in Wilton Avenue in Pendlebury in 1936.[18][19] He is best known as the creator of the award-winning soap opera Coronation Street, one of the longest-running television programmes in the UK.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – O to R. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
- ^ "Town population 2011". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ City of Salford's Local interest trail, leaflet 10: Salford Local History Library
- ^ a b c d e f William Farrer; J Brownbill, eds. (1911), "Pendlebury", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, British History Online, pp. 397–404, retrieved 28 December 2012
- ^ www.bleasedales.co.uk Langley Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 December 2007
- ^ "Agecroft Hall". Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ "Civic Centre history". Salford City Council. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Hindle, P. The fluvioglacial gravel ridges of Salford and flooding on the River Irwell (1998) pp.8,9. Exploring Greater Manchester – a fieldwork guide: Manchester Geographical Society. Retrieved 12 December 2007
- ^ "Retrieved 29 December 2007 and information taken from the dedication tablet outside the cemetery". salford.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "CABINET MEETING". archive.is. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "St Augustine's conservation area". Salford City Council. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Kirk, Tom (15 July 2004). "Forgotten grave of a Busby Babe". Salford Advertiser. M.E.N. Media. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "'Golden opportunity' to save important piece of city's heritage is missed as Lowry's former house is sold off". Manchester Evening News. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Anon. "LS Lowry – His Life and Career". thelowry.com. The Lowry. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Keeling, Neal (26 November 2015). "Lowry painting of Pendlebury railway station sells for £1.6m at auction". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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- ^ Walsh, John (6 March 2010). "Sir Ben Kingsley: 'I was blessed by being a very popular child". The Independent. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Manchester Metropolitan University (10 July 2008). "'Corrie' creator receives Doctorate". mmu.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2009. MMU error, he was born in Pendlebury, not Swinton
- ^ Poole, Lawrence (26 August 2005). "Coronation Street: A potted history". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ Cranna, Ailsa (19 March 2009). "Freedom honour for Ryan Giggs". Salford Advertiser. M.E.N. Media. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
External links
- Swinton and Pendlebury, Local History article from Salford City Council.
- St. Augustine's C of E Primary School