Talk:Golborne

Golborne is a Village by definition.


As you will see it states "The village of Golborne is near the centre of the township, on the north side of the brook. A road from Warrington to Wigan passes through it, and is there joined by another from Newton; there are also cross-roads between Ashton and Lowton."

Golborne is a Village. We do not have a Town hall, Nor a Mayor, Nor a Market which should all be required to legally define it as a "Town" it is a large village. EditingpagesGolborne (talk) 22:44, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


 * A more up to date reference, The local authority considers it to be a town. J3Mrs (talk) 22:46, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Quite. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:51, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Regardless of what the "local authority" thinks it is and always has been a mining village. Just wishing it was a town doesn't make it such, The local sources thatshould be in place are not No market square, No town hall and no mayor. "In modern official usage the term town is employed either for old market towns, or for settlements which have a town council, or for settlements which elsewhere would be classed a city, but which do not have the legal right to call themselves such. Any parish council can decide to describe itself as a town council, but this will usually only apply to the smallest "towns" (because larger towns will be larger than a single civil parish)." We do not have a town council or a Market. EditingpagesGolborne (talk) 22:59, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


 * The thing is Wikipedia relies upon what reliable sources say. This means that if the local authority says Golborne is a town, Wikipedia is probably going to describe it as such. If the local authority was to change its stance it would be a different matter; perhaps the issue should be raise with them in case they're willing to update their webpages? Nev1 (talk) 23:01, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

The Ordnance Survey gazetteer calls Golborne a town, see Golborne. The User Guide makes it clear that towns and villages are distinct (see page 38). Mr Stephen (talk) 22:33, 24 February 2015 (UTC)


 * That strikes me as conclusive. Nev1 (talk) 22:51, 24 February 2015 (UTC)