jan 1, 1593 - golding
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Used commonly as a name for oxen, possibly the regional word for marigold, or a reference to distinctive colouring. 1558 <i>ij oxen called Bell & golding</i>, Fairburn (Th27/194); 1560 <i>to John my sonne ij stottes the one called goldinge and the other wythe a whyte heade,</i> Towton (Th27/316); 1593 <i>two oxen called Goldinge and Hawke</i>, Slaithwaite (IMF).
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