The story
- Middle English · derived fromridding“clearing”
- Cumbric · derived from*glınn or *glenn + *redınn
- English todayGlenridding
From Cumbric *glınn or *glenn + *redınn; equivalent to Welsh glynn (“valley”) + rhedyn (“bracken”). The second element shows influenced from Middle English ridding (“clearing”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.