Godric's Hollow And Godric Gryffindor

don't know if someone already brought this up (couldn't find it in the list of forums but sorry if it's already been discussed)
in an interview I read that godric's hollow was named after godric gryffindor. i wonder if this has any significance. did harry's parents have an item that belonged to gryffindor that voldemort wanted for his last horcrux? are the potters descended from godric gryffindor? did they live in gryffindor's old house? or is it just the name of the town they lived in.

maybe harry will find something in godric's hollow that will help him defeat voldemort (remember he used gryffindor's sword in cos to defeat the basilisk and dumbledore told him only a true gryffindor could have pulled that sword out of the sorting hat.)

This doesn't really answer your question, but it's kind-of related.
The quote below is from an interview on 16 July 2005
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0...et-anelli-3.htm

MA: What about Harry's family — his grandparents — were they killed?

JKR: No. This takes us into more mundane territory. As a writer, it was more interesting, plot-wise, if Harry was completely alone. So I rather ruthlessly disposed of his entire family apart from Aunt Petunia. I mean, James and Lily are massively important to the plot, of course, but the grandparents? No. And, because I do like my backstory: Petunia and Lily's parents, normal Muggle death. James's parents were elderly, were getting on a little when he was born, which explains the only child, very pampered, had-him-late-in-life-so-he's-an-extra-treasure, as often happens, I think. They were old in wizarding terms, and they died. They succumbed to a wizarding illness. That's as far as it goes. There's nothing serious or sinister about those deaths. I just needed them out of the way so I killed them.

MA: That sort of shuts down Heir of Gryffindor [theories], as well.

JKR: [Pause.] Yeah. Well - yeah.

MA: Another one bites the dust.

I'm not following the logic here, of why this "shuts down" the theories.
Then again, I never did see a need for an "Heir of Gryffindor," or where the idea came from.
It's the bad guys who make a big deal about their blood lines. Why would a good guy know or care?

I guess it MAY not be important any more whether Harry is Gryffindor's heir. But when he pulled that sword out of the Sorting Hat it had me thinking he was the heir for a good while.

im not sure but i thought that DD said that the sword was the only thing that there was from godric griffyndor. and i also thought that hogsmead was the only place in england with only wizards and witches to live. in the 3th book it sais somewhere. then why would a village with muggles name their village after someone they didnt know?? its just coinsidence i think. like when everyone thought that mark evans was related to harry just becouse of his name..

however, godric gryffindor lived about 1000 years ago, so it's possible the village was named for him and then later muggles came to settle in it too. i think there must be something for harry to find there, maybe the wreckage of his parents house is still there, or maybe there is a clue on their graves.

I have been thinking along the lines that there is sonthing important there as well mabe the Potters Knew about the Houcruxes and were atempting to destroy one

I've read this before too and it has never made sense to me how this "shuts down" that theory. It doesn't. But JK says "yeah" so it must not be the case.

Nonetheless, I do think the fact tha it is called Godric's Hollow is significant, I just don't know how.

It might not be the name of the town. It could be an informal name for an area.
"Hollow" is a geographical name, like "ridge" or "valley."