Golborne
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GOLBORNE, a parish in Leigh district, Lancashire; on the Wigan and Newton railway, 2 miles NNE of Newton. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Warrington. It was formerly a township of Winwick parish. Acres, 1,634. Real property, £6,683; of which £1,038 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,910; in 1861, 2,776. Houses, 513. The increase of pop. arose from the demand for operatives in cotton factories. The property is subdivided. Golborne Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £110.* Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is a modern edifice, in the early English style; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower. There are an Independent chapel, a Roman Catholic chapel, erected in 1863, a Church of England school, and charities £36.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Wigan library.Cemeteries
- St Thomas, Church St, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Golborne.Church History
Church Records
- Charles St, Baptist
- St Thomas, Church St, Church of England
- High St, Congregational
- High St, Independent Methodist
- Edge Green Lane, Methodist
- Lowton Rd, Primitive Methodist
- All Saints, High St, Roman Catholic
- High St, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist
- Heath St, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Golborne area is Wigan and Leigh.Gazetteers
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In 1835 Golborne was a township in the parish of Winwick.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.