Golborne David is a

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in the unitary authority of

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and ceremonial county of

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, England. It is part of the

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Tattenhall Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the 2001 census, t ...

. In the 2001 census it had a population of 55. The

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combined this figure with the neighbouring civil parishes of Chowley and Handley, with the total given as 227. In the 2011 census these parishes were again combined, with the total population recorded as 253.

History

The name Golborne means "marigold stream" and likely derives from the

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words ''golde'' (marigold) and ''burna'' (a stream). During the thirteenth century, David de Golberne held this part, with the remainder known as Golborne Bellow. Golborne was mentioned in the

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of 1086 as ''Colburne'', with ownership divided between William Malbank and Osbern, son of Tezzo. The entry lists eight households. Golborne David was a township within Handley parish of Broxton Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. The population was recorded at 62 in 1801, 74 in 1851, 67 in 1901, 59 in 1951 and decreasing slightly to 55 by 2001.

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