The pendleton Surname
pendleton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place near Pendlebury, Greater
Manchester, or another in Lancashire, both called Pendleton from the
hill name Pendle + Old English tun ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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