English Explanatory Dictionary

Waldridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Chester-le-Street; the civil parish includes part of Chester-le-Street (OS grid ref NZ2550).
  3. The site of a lost medieval village in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7807).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Waldridge Waldridges

Etymology

From the Old English weall (“wall”) + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.

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