Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St James Church, Riddings
Published in April 2017
DESCRIPTION
The village of Riddings lies 3 miles south of Alfreton. The name, once spelt, Rydding is derived from the Danish word "Rydde" meaning to clear, indicating that this village was one of the first settlements in an area which had been one vast forest. It is here in the middle of the 18th century that an urn containing 800 Roman coins was found, perhaps spoils from a robbery on the nearby Roman Road, Ryknield Street, which linked Little Chester near Derby with Sheffield.
In the mid. 19th century James Oakes, who owned a colliery and ironworks in the area employing many local people, discovered the presence of oil on his land which brought fame to Riddings. The first paraffin-wax candles were produced here, but now the flow of oil has ceased. The expansion of the coal mining and iron industries in the early 1800's brought workers into the area from far afield and the population increased dramatically. Framework Knitting was carried out in the cottages and the workers had to walk to Nottingham to sell their finished goods.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
ABBOTT ADAMS AGGUTTER ALLEN ALTON ALVEY AMES AMOS AMOTT ANDRES ANKERS ANTHONY ASHLEY ATKINSON AUSTIN BACON BAILEY BAINBRIDGE BALL BARBER BARDILL BARKER BARRETT BARROW BARWICK BASSNETT BATES BATSLEER BEARD BEARDALL BEARDER BEASLEY BEEBE BEERS BELL BENISTON BENTFORD BIRKETT BOND BOOTH BOSWORTH BOULTBEE BOWLER BRADLEY BRADLEY BRADSHAW BRENTNALL BRIDDON BRIDGE BROWN BRYAN BULL BURNELL BURNHAM BURNS BUTTERWORTH CANT CAPARN CARRINGTON CARTER CARTLIDGE CASTLEDINE CAULDWELL CHAMBERLAIN CHAPMAN CHATFIELD CHESTER CHRISTIAN CLARKE(E) CLAY CLIFTON COLBAN COLEMAN COOK COOPER COPE COULDER COX CRAIG CROFTS CROSSE CULLEY CUNLIFFE CURTIS DANIELS DARRINGTON DAVIES DAW(E)S DEAN DENNIS DENT DENTON DESBOROUGH DOBBS DODMAN DOLEMAN DOOLEY DOWNING DUFFIELD DUFFIN DUROE EATON EDWARDS EGGLISHAW ELLIOTT ELNOR ELSE ENGLAND EVANS EVERTON FARNSWORTH FARRELL FINNEY FIRMAN FISHER FLETCHER FOX FRITH GARNER GENDERS GENT GEORGE GIBBS GIBSON GILBERT GODBER GOODACRE GOODMAN GOODWIN GRAINGER GREEN GREGORY GRUNBY GRUNDY GUTTERIDGE HADEN HALLAM HAND HARDSTAFF HARDY HARRIS HARRISON HASLAM HAWKER HAYS HAYWARD HAYWOOD HENMAN HENSTOCK HERROD HEY HIBBITT HICKSON HILL HILTON HITCHCOCK HODGSON HOGG HOLDEN HOLINGHAM HOLLIDAY HOLLINGSWORTH HOLMES HOPKINSON HORSLEY HOUGHTON HOWARD HUNT HUSKINSON INSKIP JACKSON JAMES JEFFRIES JEPHSON JOHNSON JONES KILBOURNE KING KIRBY KIRK KITSON KITTS KNIGHT KNOWLES LAMB LAMBLEY LANGRIDGE LANGTON LEE LENNARD LEWIS LINACRE LLEWELYN MACHENT MACHIN MANTON MARSDEN MARSHALL MARTIN MASON MATHER MAYCOCK MAYS MEADS MEE MELLOR MILES MILLER MILLWARD MILNES MOON MOORE MORLEY MOSS MOUNTAIN MOWBREY NEAL(E) NEEDHAM NEWCOMBE NIX NORTH OAKES OAKLEY OGDEN OLDHAM PALETHORPE PALMER PARKER PARKIN PARSONS PASS PEARSON PEAT PEEL PERKS PHILLIPS PITTAR PLATTS PLAYFAIR POOLE PORTER PRICE PRIME PRINCE PURDY RADFORD READ REDFERN REED REEVES RENSHAW RICHARDS RICHARDSON RILEY ROBERTS ROBSON ROE ROGERS ROSTRON ROUSE ROWE RYE SADLER SCARBOROUGH SCATTERGOOD SCOTT SEDGWICK SEWELL SHARDLOW SHARP(E) SHAW SHAWCROPT SHIPMAN SHORT SHREWSBURY SILVERWOOD SIMMONS SIMMS SIMPSON SKELETT SKELTON SKINNER SLANEY SLATER SMEDLEY SMITH SMITHARD SNART SOUTHGATE SPRINGTHORPE STANILAND STANLEY STENSON STEVENS STEVENSON STEW STEWART STREET SWINDELL SWINSCOE TANNER TAYLOR TERRY THOMPSON THORPE TOMLINSON TOPHAM TOWLSON TOWNSEND TRAVERS TRUSCOTT TUPMAN TURNER VAUGHAN VERNON VERTIGAN VIVIAN VOCE WADDOUPS WAITE WALKER WALLIS WALSH WALTERS WARD WARTERS WATERFALL WEATHERBURN WEIGHTMAN WEST WESTON WETTON WHEELDON WHITE WHITTIMORE WHYCHERLEY WIDDOWSON WIGLEY WIL(L)SON WILBRAHAM WILD WILKINS WILKINSON WILLET WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WIMBUSH WINSON WITTIMORE WOOD WOODROFFE WOODWARD WOOTON WRAGG WRIGHT
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