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Pendleton.

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7539).

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  1. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7539).

  2. A suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8199).

  3. An English habitational surname from the places in England.

  4. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  5. A place in the United States: A town in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana; named for founder Thomas Pendleton.

  6. A place in the United States: A village in Warren County, Missouri; named for postmaster J. W. Pendleton.

  7. A place in the United States: A town in Niagara County, New York; named for founder Sylvester Pendleton Clark.

  8. A place in the United States: A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

  9. A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon.

  10. A place in the United States: A town in Anderson County, South Carolina.

  11. A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Bell County, Texas.

Where this word comes from

'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

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