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This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon and Welsh origin, and is a locational name from Pendlebury in Lancashire, deriving from the Welsh "pen" meaning hill, top, head, plus the Olde English pre 7th Century "hyll", hill, and the Olde English "burh", fort, town. The placename is recorded as "Penelbiri" (1202), "Penlebire" (1206) in the Pipe Rolls, and as "Penhilbyry" (1284) in the Assize Court Rolls. During the Middle Ages when it was increasingly common for people to migrate from their birthplace to seek work further afield, the custom developed that they would adopt the placename as a means of identification. Variations in the spelling of the surname include Pendlebery, and Pendleberry. London Church Records list the marriage of Raffe Pendlebery to Jone Romford on May 24th 1573 at St. Michael's, Bassishaw, and the christening of Nicholas, son of Nicholas Pendlebury, in November 1578 at St. Peter's, Westcheap. John Pendlebury married Edie Windsor, on December 21st 1584 at St. Gregory by St. Paul. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Pendleburie, which was dated September 8th 1562, christened in Leigh, Lancashire,
Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Pendlebury#ixzz3gaVM9bjZ


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My Pendlebury Family


The Pendlebury name is directly associated with the town of Pendlebury in Lancashire. You can find out more about the history and meaning of the Pendlebury name.

Current research identifies our line of Pendlebury's appears in the seat of the family - Westhoughton (in the Parish of Deane)  - in the late 1500s. The earliest recorded member of our family line is James Pendlebury born around 1580 in Westhoughton, Lancashire. This James is the 6 x Great Grandfather of Mary Hayes who emigrated to Australia with her husband David Yates in 1883.

The Pendlebury ancestry goes back 13 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links below