The Industrial Revolution brought about rapid expansion in the population and large cotton mills and premises for dyeing, printing, and bleaching were built providing employment.

[4] Pendleton emerged as a township and chapelry in the ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford in the historic county of Lancashire.

This was owing to increasing concerns to improve the sanitary conditions of the two townships which would have otherwise resulted in the creation of Local Boards of Health.

[10] The ward is represented on Salford City Council by three Labour councillors: John Warmisham,[11] Michele Barnes,[12] and Wilson Nkurunziza.

In the early days of coal mining seams lying on or close to the surface were exploited, but as time went by deeper shafts were sunk to exploit deeper coal seams, so that by the beginning of the 20th century Pendleton Colliery had the deepest shafts in Great Britain, at 3,474 feet (1,059 m).

It was built in 1829–31 to the design of Francis Goodwin and Richard Lane in a Perpendicular gothic revival style with a west tower and three galleries.

[17] The 19th century industrialist and Liberal politician Sir Elkanah Armitage lived at Hope Hall from 1853 until his death in 1876.

[19] Tommy White (1908–1967), an Everton and England footballer, was born in Pendleton,[20] as was the sociologist and anti-women's ordination activist Margaret Hewitt (1928–1991).

He infamously stated "All my friends moved to Ellor Street, which was all high-rise 70's flats and a new shopping precinct all built out of concrete.