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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pendle like this:
PENDLE, a sub-district in Burnley district, Lancashire; averagely 3¼ miles E of Clitheroe. It comprises five townships of Whalley parish. Acres, 5, 280. Pop., 1, 784. Houses, 381. Pendle Hill here adjoins the boundary with Yorkshire; is a limestone ridge, 1,803feet high; was once forest, but is now partly moor and partly cultivated land; is crowned with three cairns, and with Malkin tower; and commands a view to York and to the Isle of Man.
Pendle is now part of RIBBLE VALLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how RIBBLE VALLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pendle itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pendle, in Ribble Valley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17269
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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