261 Global OLDRIDGE Family Members

OLDRIDGE Family History

Recorded in a number of spellings as shown below, this surname is English. Itprobably has severl possible origins of which the most likely may to derive from a place as shown below or from the pre 7th century personal name "Aedelric", a compound which translates as "noble ruler". As such this was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ailred, Aldret and Eldred. The surname was first recorded in the latter part of the 13th Century (see below), and these developments included: Richardus Alurici,of Warwickshire in the year 1209; Robert Alrych of Huntingdonshire in 1279, and William Eldrich of Surrey in 1336.