PendleArticle Free Pass Pendle, borough (district),
administrative county of Lancashire, England, on the eastern
boundary of the county. Most of the borough—including its
largest towns Burnley, Nelson, and Colne—lies in the historic
county of Lancashire, but an area in the northeast, including
the towns of Barnoldswick and Earby, belongs to the historic
county of Yorkshire. The borough takes its name from Pendle
Hill, with an elevation of 1,831 feet (707 metres), and Pendle
Forest, famous for their association with Lancashire witches in
the 17th century. In the early 18th century woolen textiles were
an important domestic industry, but they were replaced by cotton
by the end of the century, when the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
allowed easy transport of the raw cotton from Liverpool. More
recently industrial diversification has added engineering,
including Rolls-Royce at Barnoldswick, and the manufacture of
furniture, carpets, and plastics. Much of the area is rural, and
agriculture is important. Area 66 square