Pendle

For the hill named "Pendle", see Pendle Hill.

Borough of Pendle
—  Borough  —
Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Nelson
Government
• Type	Pendle Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	TBA (council NOC)
• MPs:	Andrew Stephenson
Area
• Total	65.4 sq mi (169.4 km2)
Area rank	178th
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	89,600
• Rank	Ranked 262nd
• Density	Bad rounding here1,400/sq mi (Bad rounding here530/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	30UJ (ONS) E07000122 (GSS)
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
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 districts of Calderdale and the City of Bradford. It has a total population of about 100,000 people, and is represented in Parliament by Andrew Stephenson, Conservative.

Early history

Further information: Forest of Pendle

The name of the modern district derives from, and still refers to older terms used to describe the area, and these derive in turn from the prominent landmark of the area, Pendle Hill, as well the royal forest which spread to the east of the hill, still referred to as Pendle Forest. The name Pendle comes from the Cumbric word 'Pen' meaning hill (or head), a reference to Pendle Hill.

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 Pendle witch trials (among the most famous 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.

Politics

See also: Pendle local elections

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 2008 election, no party has had a majority on the council. As of the 2010 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	British National Party	Independent
2010	17	16	13	2	1

Modern economy

The three main employers in the borough are Rolls-Royce plc, Silentnight and the Daisy Group.

Places in Pendle

Contemporary civil parish	Medieval jurisdiction	Medieval jurisdiction	Early modern jurisdiction
Barley	Pendle Forest, manor of Ightenhill	Forest of Blackburnshire	Whalley, Lancashire
Barrowford
Blacko
Fence
Newchurch in Pendle
Reedley
Roughlee
Higham
Wheatley Lane
Trawden	Trawden Forest, manor of Colne
Cottontree and Winewall
Wycoller
Nelson	manor of Ightenhill, not in Forest	Blackburnshire, not in Forest
Brierfield
Colne	manor of Colne, not in Forest
Foulridge
Laneshaw Bridge
Barnoldswick	Wapentake of Staincliffe, Deanery of Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire. (Now referred to as "West Craven" but in Lancashire.)
Bracewell and Brogden
Earby
Kelbrook
Salterforth
Sough