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'''Gosforth''' is a residential suburb of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in north-east [[England]], and was incorporated into that city in 1974. It is the location of Newcastle Racecourse, at Gosforth Park, and is the home of Gregg's the Bakers, a UK-wide bakery and hot snack manufacturer and retailer, and of the accountancy software company Sage. The main depot and control centre for the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]] system  are both located in Gosforth.
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The name Gosforth means 'Goose ford' (or possibly derives from 'Ouse ford', after the Ouseburn which flows through it).
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==== Gosforth, Cumbria ====
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Gosforth is also the name of a sizeable village in west [[Cumbria]], [[England]], not far from the [[Sellafield]] nuclear power station. This Gosforth was the subject of a notable sociological survey published as ''Sociology of an English Village: Gosforth'' by William Morgan Williams in 1964.
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[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
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