The story
From the Old English weall (“wall”) + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waldridge
Today it means: A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Chester-le-Street; the civil parish includes part of Chester-le-Street (OS grid ref NZ2550). Full definition →