Last name: Ridehalgh

This is a locational name "of Ridehalgh" near Preston in Lancashire. The name was originally spelt Riddyhalgh and meant a "stream running through a valley", so called from the Old English, pre 7th Century "rid" - a brook and "holh" -a hollow. The suffixes - hough and -halgh were interchangeable in Lancashire. Thus, in 1682, one, Edward Riddihough or Riddihalgh is recorded in the Preston Guild Rolls of that County. In the modern idiom, the name has four spelling variations:- Ridehalgh, Riddeough, Redihalgh and Redihough. The marriage of James Ridehalgh and Margaret Banks was recorded at Colne in Lancashire on February 8th 1785. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert del Riddyough, which was dated 1397, in the Preston Guild Rolls, during the reign of King Richard 11, known as "Richard of Bordeaux", 1377 - 1399. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Visitor Comments

mike wild
How does one pronounce names like Ridehalgh and Greenhalgh?

jo ridehalgh
i pronounce my name as ride-halsh same with green-halsh

Luke Smith-Ridehalgh
I get my the name Ridehalgh from my fathers side and i pronounce my name as Ride-Halsh

Nowell Rydalch
I am apart of the Genealogy of Ridehalgh When William Chester Ridehalgh changed his name to Rydalch when he came to Utah. I have been doing genealogy since 1987. According to the database they changed there name to avoid paying taxes. So, we may all be related in one way or another. The hard part is trying to find the missing link.

ryan
Hi, I was wondering if you had any more information regarding the Rydalch family. I was just trying to piece together all the parts of my part of the family. My great-grandfather was Elvin Rydalch, and his father was Davis Rydalch. I'm kind of new to this, but any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Ryan

louize ridehalgh
i love to find other with my name as i get a lot of stick that it is uncommon i would love to search my family tree one day and i pronounce it RIDE HALSH but have been called ride horse, riddy halsh, riddy hough, riddy halge, u name it i have had it

Chris ridehalgh
Hi, ive been called allsorts too, Ride house and ride a hoe being the the main two. I didnt think there were many ridehalgh's out there

Peter Kousik
I am looking for any information concerning Albert Westwood Ridehalgh, born in 1900 in England. Married Florence Mabel Smith and emigrated to Montreal, Canada.

Keith Franklin
I am residing in Queensland, Australia and am researching my Lancashire forebears, the Ridehalghs. I believe that I am related to James Ridehalgh, born 1764, christened at St Bartholomews, Colne, Lancashire, 30 December 1764; married Margaret Banks on 8 February 1785. Descendants of James migrated to Australia in 1862. Does anyone have knowledge of James and Margaret Ridehalgh? Regards, Keith Franklin

Patricia Ride-Hoffman
My father's family migrated to Astoria Oregon around the turn of the 20th Century from Liverpool (Mercyside) England. Walter William Ridehalgh and his brother James Robert Ridehalgh settled in Astoria and started a salmon cannery. My grandfather was born around 1904 and my father around 1921 and both were named Walter Thayer Ridehalgh. My father tired of the mis-pronouncing of Ridehalgh (some pronounced it Ride hog) and so he legally shortened it to Ride in 1942. No one has this name it seems!