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Godhus Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Godhus' or 'Godus'; compare Aldus or Aldhouse. This personal name seems to have been popular in Yorkshire.
Roger Godhus, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugh Godhos, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
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This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Godhus' or 'Godus'; compare Aldus or Aldhouse. This personal name seems to have been popular in Yorkshire.
Roger Godhus, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugh Godhos, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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