Etymology

Aldridge

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Today it means: A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0500). Full definition →

Old English alor
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromalor“alder”
  2. English todayAldridge

From Old English alor (“alder”) + wīc (“farmstead”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishalor all →

alderAldershotAldertonEllertonAlderwickAldrethAllbrookArtingstall

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.