Golborne, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Golborne is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1850 from Lowton Ecclesiastical Parish.

Parish church: St Thomas

Parish registers begin: 1849

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Golborn, 3 m. N. Winwick. P. 1657

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Golborne – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Thomas’s Church, Golborne
Author: Leigh and District Family History Society

England, Lancashire, Golborne – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Golborne, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lancashire, Golborne – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Golborne and Lowton, 1845-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Golborne (Lancashire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lowton (Lancashire)

England, Lancashire, Golborne – Directories ( 1 )
The Wigan directory : with all the parishes, townships, villages and hamlets in the Wigan Union, and the village of Golborne, 1869

England, Lancashire, Golborne – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Golborne poor and general district rate books, 1914-1936
Author: Leigh Poor Law Union (Lancashire, England); Golborne Urban District Council (Lancashire, England); Greater Manchester County Record Office

England, Lancashire, Golborne – Taxation ( 1 )
England, Lancashire, Golborne poor and general district rate books, 1914-1936
Author: Leigh Poor Law Union (Lancashire, England); Golborne Urban District Council (Lancashire, England); Greater Manchester County Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Leigh
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Winwick
  • Poor Law Union: Leigh
  • Hundred: West Derby
  • Province: York