Anyone called Ridehalgh? *COMPLETED*

[julieriddiough]

Hiya, mines riddiough  pronounced riddyoff  but acording to all the details and info ive found it was pronounced ridehalsh

mine all from west yorks lancs area what is your connection??

[julieriddiough]

From the dictionary of English surnames:

Ridealgh, and variations, Ridehalgh, Redihalgh, Reddihough, Reddyhoff, Readyhough

from Higher Ridihalgh (Lancs)

Wonder how the Lancashire place name is pronounced?

Keziah 

Added:- Ridihough as in cough! here's a useful link http://riddiough.com/id1.html

the website you mentioned here is ours, my mam and me have been building it

[plum]

hi phil i used to work with a master plumber when i was serving my apprenticeship and he was called Ridehalgh, its sounds like Ride-al-jh. is son died last year and is buried in the stoney royd cemetry,  as you drive in he is on the right just above the works dept 3rd row back or 4th row just above a double black grave monument, his wife died about a week ago. keith

[AiredalePete]

I went to school with a boy called Alan Ridehalgh and he pronounced his name 'RIDE-OLSH'.

[Rena]

Hiya, mines riddiough  pronounced riddyoff  but acording to all the details and info ive found it was pronounced ridehalsh

mine all from west yorks lancs area what is your connection??

Hi,
I was brought up in the East Riding of Yorkshire and Riddyhalsh is how it was pronounced there too.

[heywood]

I first thought it must be part of Readiough (pronounced reddyiuff) etc but then thought of people I used to know called Greenhalgh - (haljh) so now would go for 'Riddyhalj'.

[julieriddiough]

I've been in contact with quite a few people with various spellings of it whilst doing my tree and the majority of them pro ounce it as riddyoff or reedyoff, but they all come from the same original name just all had there own variations of spellings

[louizeridehalgh]

hiya all, my name is louize ridehalgh,

i actually pronounce my name RIDE HALSH  i hope this is of some help. i amfrom Lancashire-Accrington

my grandfather is Eric Ridehalgh, my Uncle is Terrance Ridehalgh and my father is Stewart Ridehalgh.

[KJRID1963]

Hi. I'm new to the site with regard to forums etc.  I'm a Ridealgh by marriage. My husband is Steve Ridealgh born Lancashire his father was Alan from pool in wharfedale. I know from the family tree I am currently doing that two of his very distant grandparents were William Riddiough and Tabitha who married in wharfedale 1825.
Really interesting reading all the comments about family name of Ridealgh.