The Pendleburg Manor came into the possession of the Prestwich family, when Adam de Prestwich married Cecily, a Great Granddaughter of a Master Sergeant of Salford. This fact indicates that there was an earlier family seat within the Prestwich area. The oldest structure known of to date, apart from the Church, is the Deyne built sometime before 1650.

So Where was Prestwich Old Hall before 1291 ?
Prime candidates are :

The Deyne - bounded by streams on all but the North East side, this would have been a good defensive location. After the streams had been damned this turned into a substantial moated location.  Site if the Deyne Hall  built since about 1650.

Near Saint Mary's Church - a natural ridge runs along Church Lane to Clarks Hill. Recent excavations behind the Rectory Garden found only geological features.

In 1292 Adam de Prestwich claimed arrears of services from John de Byron for a tenement in Prestwich. He was nonsuited, but the claim probably referred to the 4s. due from Failsworth to the lord of Prestwich. In 1346 the service due from the lord of Prestwich to the Earl of Lancaster was 20s., instead of 24s

1313 saw a fine levied (see 1347) between Adam de Prestwich and Thomas de Wolveley, which was claimed in 1437 by Henry de Tonge .

After the levy of 1288 the next levy was made by King Edward III in 1332, to subsidise the War with Scotland see the Battle of Halidon Hill

The same monarch made a second levy in 1341 to subsidise the 100 Years War with France. For this levy an assessment was made by appointed noble men one of which was John de Radcliffe - also

1341 also saw Richard de Radcliffe convey Sir Thurstan de Holland a piece of land in Prestwich called Roden later to be known as Rooden (see Georgians ) and even later as Heaton Park.

In 1346 John de Prestwich was listed as holding over 14 burgages.

The Manor which had been in the possession of the Prestwich Family for three generations, then had brief spells with the Wolveley and Tetlawe families until Johanna de Tetlawe married Richard de Langley in about 1350 (Langley Hall being just a few miles to the North East of Prestwich)

Thus saw the beginning of the Langley family of Middleton taking residence in Agecroft , where they remained for 200 years.

In 1402, Ralph de Prestwich (and Alured de Radcliffe) had permission to build two mill s on the Irwell.  This was renewed as a lease to Ralph for a further 90 years.

In 1425, a James de Prestwich had lease of the toll of Salford.

1437 saw Henry de Tonge make a claim against Robert de Langley under the fine of 1313.

The next Levy was made by Henry VI in 1445, but the only mention of Prestwich was the appointment of John Prestwich as a collector. This time the money went towards the retention of land in Normandy - which ended in defeat for Henry.

1450 saw the building of a Stone Church at St Mary's ,(this photo also shows the John Brooks Monument of 1851) upon the same stone foundations of the original structure. The structure at this point consisted of a nave, chancel and two side aisles leading to two chapels.

1473 saw Sir John Assheton arbitrating between John Langley of Agecroft and a Richard Tetlawe.

1485 saw the neighbouring Pilkington family lose their land as a result of the War of the Roses, and the triumphant (Tudor) King Henry VII handed it to the Earl of Derby.