English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Waldridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dinton

Historical Forms

  • wealdan hrigc 903 BCS603
  • Wadruge 1086 DB
  • Walderug' 1195 Cur(P)
  • Walderugge 1227 Ass 1262 1284 FA 1298 Abbr 13th ADvi
  • Waldrugge 1237–40 Fees 1247 Ass
  • Waldrigg 1267 Ch 1278 Abbr
  • Waldrych 1384 Pat
  • Waldriche 1384 Cl

Etymology

'Wealda's ridge' v. hrycg . Cf. Waldingfield (Sf), Woldingham (Sr).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement