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'''Golborne''' is a town in southern [[Lancashire]] located roughly halfway between [[Wigan]] and [[Warrington]], with those towns being 5 miles to the north and south respectively.
== History ==
[[Bede]] (672-735 AD) recorded a well near Golborne in ''[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'' (compiled c. 731 AD) dedicated to the memory of [[Oswald]]. There is some suggestion that this well may have been the site at which Penda, the Pagan king of Mercia, slew the Christian king Oswald at the Battle of Maserfield (642 AD). However, the battle is more likely to have taken place further south, close to [[Oswestry]] in [[Shropshire]].
The town was the site of the Golborne mining disaster on 18 March 1979. An explosion of [[methane]] (firedamp) killed 10 colliery workers and seriously injured another.<ref>[https://nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/lancashire/golborne-colliery-explosion-golborne-1979/ Northern Mine research Society - Golborne Colliery Explosion] </ref> A memorial to the disaster exists in the town.
==Notable people==
=== Professional wrestling ===
* [[Dynamite Kid]] (1958-2018) - one half of the 1980s tag team "the British Bulldogs" (born Thomas Billington)
* [[Davey Boy Smith]] (1962-2002) - one half of the 1980s tag team "the British Bulldogs".
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]
== History ==
[[Bede]] (672-735 AD) recorded a well near Golborne in ''[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'' (compiled c. 731 AD) dedicated to the memory of [[Oswald]]. There is some suggestion that this well may have been the site at which Penda, the Pagan king of Mercia, slew the Christian king Oswald at the Battle of Maserfield (642 AD). However, the battle is more likely to have taken place further south, close to [[Oswestry]] in [[Shropshire]].
The town was the site of the Golborne mining disaster on 18 March 1979. An explosion of [[methane]] (firedamp) killed 10 colliery workers and seriously injured another.<ref>[https://nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/lancashire/golborne-colliery-explosion-golborne-1979/ Northern Mine research Society - Golborne Colliery Explosion] </ref> A memorial to the disaster exists in the town.
==Notable people==
=== Professional wrestling ===
* [[Dynamite Kid]] (1958-2018) - one half of the 1980s tag team "the British Bulldogs" (born Thomas Billington)
* [[Davey Boy Smith]] (1962-2002) - one half of the 1980s tag team "the British Bulldogs".
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]