Godric Gryffindor from Shropshire?

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 54088

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, martin.soilleux-cardwell at a... 
wrote:
> 
> Maria wrote:
> 
> >> You know, I have a distinct impression Godric Gryffindor was 
> >> from Shropshire. There is a place called Godric's Ford [rest 
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> Martin:
> 
> Shropshire is a large county on the Welsh borders. <Snip>

> I know Shropshire intimately and it isn't a county I think of as 
> having much moorland. 
<Snip>
> If you want 'moorland' then more central and northern parts of 
> England such as Derbyshire, western and northern Yorkshire, 
> eastern Lancashire (all on the Pennine Hills) and areas of 
> Cumbria, Northumberland (towards theScottish border) are 
> all 'moorland' regions.
> Regards
> Martin
> 


Pip:
There is also the West Country (the generic name for Devon, Cornwall 
and Somerset). This area is full of moors: Dartmoor, Exmoor, and 
Bodmin Moor.

Travelling from the West Country via Bristol would make perfect 
sense if Hagrid was worried about getting lost. All he'd have to do 
is follow the motorway lights - up the M5, turn right at Bristol and 
then follow the M4 until you hit the M25 orbital motorway around 
London. Follow the M25 lights to the right, and you'll find yourself 
in Surrey.

It's quite difficult to work out which end of the country Godric 
Gryffindor came from. St. Godric is associated with County Durham 
(North East). On the other hand, Godric was a very common name in 
Cornwall and Devon in the 11th Century. 

On the web, you can see an extract from the Domesday book. 
http://west-penwith.org.uk/just.htm

This refers to a 'Godric' having owned 120 acres near St Just in 
Cornwall when Edward the Confessor was king (pre 1066). Other 
Godrics turn up in other land deeds - for example, as a landowner in 
Tiverton, Devon. http://west-penwith.org.uk/just.htm
Again, it's pre-Domesday.

So I'd go for Godric Gryffindor being from the West Country. That 
would account for the name, the moor and Hagrid's Bristol fly past.

Incidentally, is he supposed to be 'Gryffindor' or 'Gryffin d'Or'? 
My CSE French (failed) would make this Godric of the Gold Gryffin.

Pip