URIDGE or EURIDGE is a very unique name with only 121 instances in the UK Office of National Statistics database for 2002.
This website details all known current and past occurrences worldwide of the names URIDGE and EURIDGE, and their variants. It provides family history of these familes as opposed to one particular pedigree.
Urich, Uridge: Thomas de IWrugg 1327, Thomas Euregg 1332, Richard Ewreg 1525 SRSx. From Eridge in Frant (Sx) "The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames" The earliest record, currently included in the database, is Richard URYGE who was born in c1530 at Uckfield, Sussex. He married Elizabeth ADROLDE on 26 June 1552 at Uckfield, Sussex. Interesting facts relating to URIDGE and EURIDGE include connections to H.G. Wells, the Royal Naval Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), and Sir Walter Raleigh. Want to know more...
During the nineteenth century the spelling settled down into two main variants URIDGE and EURIDGE. Other variants include:
UERIDGE UHRIDGE URADGE URAGE UREDGE URIAGE URIDG URIDGE URIGE URYGE EUREDGE EURIDG EURIDGE EURIGE EWERIDGE EWREDGE EWRIDG EWRIDGE EWRIGE EWRITCH EYREDGE and probably more...
In an extract of an Office of National Statistics database for 2002, the name URIDGE is ranked 37228, with 83 instances. The name EURIDGE is ranked 65961, with 33 instances. For more information see ONS Names.
There are three main family groups, originating from branches in Sussex and Kent. The latter includes my own family who settled in Devon. Several descendants of these branches have emigrated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America.
Detailed narratives are available and can be easily searched in the surnames section. A list of sources are detailed against each narrative. Additionally, there are descendancy charts of the main families available.
You will also find a series of databases on births, marriages and deaths, and wills that are linked to an achive held with the Guild of One-Name Studies.
If you would like to contribute, or require additional information, please contact me. Any information that you provide will be fully accredited to you.
I have been a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies since 1982. The Guild of One-Name Studies is a UK-based organisation for one-name studies.
My membership number is 293, and I collect all references and have accumulated a substantial body of worldwide data.
