Borough of Pendle

Coordinates: 53°52′08″N 2°09′50″W / 53.869°N 2.164°W / 53.869; -2.164

Borough of Pendle
Borough
Shown within Lancashire and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Admin. HQ	Nelson
Government
• Type	Pendle Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour/Liberal Democrats
• MPs:	Andrew Stephenson
Area
• Total	65.4 sq mi (169.4 km2)
Area rank	172nd
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	92,112
• Rank	Ranked 264th
• Density	1,400/sq mi (540/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	30UJ (ONS) E07000122 (GSS)
NUTS 3	UKD46
Ethnicity	84.3% White 82.8% White British 0.9% White Other 0.6% White Irish 14.1% S.Asian 13.1% Pakistani 0.4% Indian 0.4% Other S.Asian 0.2% Bangladeshi 0.9% Mixed Race 0.5% Asian & White 0.2% Black Caribbean & White 0.2% Other Mixed 0.1% Black African & White 0.4% E.Asian and Other 0.2% Chinese 0.1% Other E.Asian 0.1% Other 0.3% Black 0.2% Black African 0.1% Black Caribbean 0.0% Other Black
Website	pendle.gov.uk

Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley, the North Yorkshire district of Craven and the West Yorkshire boroughs of Calderdale and Bradford. It has a total population of 92,112 (mid-2019 est.).^[1]

Early history[]

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The name Pendle comes from the Cumbric word 'Pen' meaning hill (or head), a reference to Pendle Hill. Hence the name of the modern district derives from the prominent landmark at the west of the district, which already in the Middle Ages gave its name to the royal forest which spread to its east. Pendle Forest is still the name of a significant rural part of the district, though it has long ago ceased being a forest.

The ancient lordship of Pendle Forest has been under the Honour of Clitheroe since medieval times, and a title continues to be held by a modern version, the Barons Clitheroe.

Witch trials[]

The area is closely associated with the trials of the Pendle witches, among the most notorious such trials in English history.

Creation of the modern district[]

The current district with this name was created in 1974 as a result of local government reorganisation from the former Municipal Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the former urban districts of Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Brierfield, Earby and Trawden, and from parts of Burnley Rural District and Skipton Rural District.

The Barnoldswick, Earby and Skipton parts are historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They are today referred to collectively as West Craven.

Neighbouring districts[]

Politics[]

MP[]

The Pendle constituency is represented in Parliament by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Andrew Stephenson, since 2010. Since its creation in 1983 its boundaries have been coterminous with those of the borough, however the constituency boundaries were redrawn in 1997 due to local government boundary changes in the 1980s.

Borough[]

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 49 seats on the council being elected at each election. Since the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council at the election in 2008, no party has had a majority on the council. In 2018, the BNP lost their final councillor seat. As of the election of 2018, the council is composed of the following councillors:-^[2]

Party		Councillors
	Conservative Party	25
	Labour Party	15
	Liberal Democrats	9

Economy[]

The three main employers in the borough are Rolls-Royce plc, Silentnight and the Daisy Group.^{[citation needed]}

Places in Pendle[]

Contemporary civil parish	Map ref	Medieval jurisdiction	Medieval jurisdiction	Early modern jurisdiction
Barley-with-Wheatley Booth	1	Pendle Forest, manor of Ightenhill	Forest of Blackburnshire	Whalley, Lancashire: once a much larger parish than today. It encompassed a large part of eastern Lancashire. It also included areas outside Pendle.
Barrowford	3
Blacko	4
Old Laund Booth	15
Goldshaw Booth	10
Reedley Hallows	16
Roughlee Booth	17
Higham-with-West Close Booth	11
Trawden Forest	19	Trawden Forest, manor of Colne
Nelson	14	manor of Ightenhill, not in Forest	Blackburnshire, not in Forest
Brierfield	6
Colne	7	manor of Colne, not in Forest
Foulridge	9
Laneshaw Bridge	13
Barnoldswick	2	Now referred to as "West Craven". This is a part of Lancashire, which was once in the neighbouring West Riding of Yorkshire. (Within the Wapentake of Staincliffe, Deanery of Craven.)
Bracewell and Brogden	5
Salterforth	8
Kelbrook and Sough	12
Earby	18

Freedom of the Borough[]

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Pendle.

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Individuals[]

• Steven Burke MBE: 3 August 2012.^[3][4][5]

Military Units[]

• The Queen's Lancashire Regiment: 2001.
• The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 1 July 2006.

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References[]