How to pronounce Gosden?

Goz den

Last Name

English

Gosdin and Gosdon

Goose valley

Recorded in a number of spellings including Gosden, Gosdin and Gosdon, this is an English surname. It is locational and probably originates from the village of Gosden Common in the county of Surrey, jusging by the number of recordings found in the surviving registers of the diocese of Greater London. The village name is believed to mean "Goose valley" from the pre 7th century Olde English "gos-denu". In the 17th century in England, changing agricultural practises and the onset of the Industrial Revolution conspired to change the requirements of agricultural from mainly arable to mainly pastoral, and particularly the need for wool for the textile industry.