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'''Golborne''', sometimes archaically '''Gowborne''', 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.  

'''Golborne''', sometimes archaically '''Gowborne''', 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. Adjacent settlements include [[Ashton-in-Markefield]], [[Haydock]] and [[Newton-le-Willows]], all around 2 miles from Golborne. The Haydock Park Racecourse, a renown venue for [[horse racing]] since the 1890s, is at the meting point of Golborne with its neighbours.

 

== History ==

== 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]].  

[[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]].