Pendeford lay near the farthest south-west reaches of Cannock forest,[2] which was much larger than today in early medieval times.

[5] Pendeford's history dates back to at least the 11th century: a record about it exists in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book.

In the 1930s, Wolverhampton Council decided to establish an airfield at Pendeford, on 178 acres (0.72 km2) of land at Barnhurst formerly used for sewage disposal.

[6] The airfield was officially opened on 27 June 1938, by which time Boulton Paul Aircraft had established a factory there.

Boulton Paul had separated from its parent in Norwich to move to an area with a suitable workforce to take advantage of the Government Aircraft Expansion Scheme, starting work on their new factory in October 1935.

[7] Boulton Paul also built their own designs including the Defiant fighter (which had its first flight at Pendeford in August 1937, almost a year before the airfield was officially opened).

[6] During the Second World War the airfield was also used for training air force pilots, with over 100 de Havilland Tiger Moths stationed there at one stage.

[6] Shortly before the airfield's closure, on 9 April 1970, a de Havilland Dove crashed onto a house in Redhurst Drive, Fordhouses and caught fire.

[6][10] The crew of the aircraft (which was owned by Dowty Group, by then the owner of Boulton Paul) were attempting to land at the airfield in poor weather; the accident investigation determined that the aircraft stalled at a height too low for the crew to regain control.

Residents were ferried to safety on inflatable rafts by firemen as flood water up to 4 feet (1.2 m) deep from torrential rain swept into their homes.

Over 300 boats, with 300 tents and caravans attended, accompanied by over 250 exhibitors, and the site was visited over the weekend by some 24,000 people.

The first section to be built was Dovecotes Estate, named 'Dovecotes' because of the old dovecote[14] that still stands to this day, on land that was previously Barnhurst Farm, followed by Pendeford Park and new housing on the north-east side of the Shropshire Union Canal, such as the 'Penwood' estate at Clewley Drive.

All of the estate has been built on the site of the former Wolverhampton Aerodrome, the Boulton Paul Ltd aircraft factory and Barnhurst Farm.

Today the church is still located partially inside St Paul's Primary School however in 2005 a new chapel was built and it is now accessible during the daytime.

The sculpture near the front entrance of the Lower School is made from Portland stone and sculptured by John Paddison, a former pupil of the Technical High School and a former lecturer in the Fine Art department of the Wolverhampton Polytechnic, also a Fish pond was also installed in an courtyard near the assembly hall in Upper School Autherley Junction to the south of Pendeford is the junction of the Shropshire Union Canal and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

It runs from its newest section at Pendeford Business Park, winding through the Pendeford Park estate and shopping centre, making use of two underpasses at The Droveway and Blaydon Road before it enters Dovecotes, ending after a third underpass at Ryefield as Long Furrow opposite Aldersley High School.

The name change was to remove its association from Priory Green Primary School following its demise in August 2010.

[18] This is a new facility that is being created using the existing Priory Green Community Centre and Pendeford Library buildings.

Following a lengthy consultation period which has caused some controversy in certain parts of the city, the work is due to commence in September 2013 and is planned for completion and launch in March 2014.

Priory Green Community Centre is currently home to Pendeford Pre-School which has used this location since the early 1980s and After School Club since the 1990s.

In Pendeford there are a number of small children's playgrounds, the oldest being the one at the end of Howland Close near to the Mirage Youth Centre.

Work started, in January 2009, on the green in front of the Haymarket/Dovecote/Church creating a New Playground for kids including swings, slide, sunken stepping logs.

In 2005 a new playground was opened in Pendeford Square\Piazza as part of the redevelopment work that took place for St Paul's Church and The Oasis Café.

Pendeford Youth Club no longer exists, however the building is being used as part of the North East Wolverhampton Academy called the Whitehouse which is used for students who need to be away from lessons.

[20] Pendeford for many years has been the home to Olympic athlete Denise Lewis after she and her family moved here from West Bromwich.

During the journey, the horse stumbled, leading Humphrey Pendrell to joke that it was "not to be wondered at, for it had the weight of three Kingdoms upon its back".

[21] At Pendeford Mill, the party stopped and Charles dismounted, it being deemed unsafe to continue riding.

Pendeford's business park, accessible through The Overstrand from Wobaston Road, houses businesses including Lloyds Banking Group formerly Birmingham Midshires, Adas UK Ltd, Canon, KJM Beauty Products, Mowlem, and Westbury Homes.

The first tenant is Moog aircraft group, who have relocated from the former Dowty Boulton Paul premises to the west on Wobaston Road, moving in during September 2012.

In September 2011, the company confirmed that it would be investing £355 million in the construction of a new engine plant at the i54 business park.