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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"GOLBORNE, a township in the parish of Winwick, hundred of West Derby, county palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles N.E. of Newton, and 7 N. of Warrington, its post town. The London and North- Western railway has a station here. Cotton spinning is carried on in this neighbourhood. The village is of considerable extent. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, value 2110, in the patronage of the Earl of Derby. The church is a modern stone structure, dedicated to St. Thomas. The charities produce about £30 per annum for the poor. There is an endowed school, also a National school for both sexes. Golborne Park and Heywood Hall are the principal residences."