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Goldsborough.

A village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3856).

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  1. A village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3856).

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  2. A hamlet in Lythe parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8314).

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  3. A locality in the Cairns Region of Queensland, Australia.

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  4. A locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Central Goldfields, north western Victoria, Australia

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  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From the Old English personal name Godel or Golda + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

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