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Early Origins of the Cridland family

The surname Cridland was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1327 when Richard Cridde held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Cridland family

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Cridland Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cridland, Cridde, Criddle, Criddlend, Criddell and many more.

Early Notables of the Cridland family

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United States Cridland migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cridland Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Charles R Cridland, who landed in New York in 1835 [1]

Australia Cridland migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Cridland Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

New Zealand Cridland migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Cridland Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Henry Geo Cridland, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1843 aboard the ship Ursula

Contemporary Notables of the name Cridland (post 1700) +

  • Robert Cridland, American co-founder of Hope Valley, Durham, North Carolina, the first full-fledged country club in 1925-1926
  • Tim Cridland, American sideshow performer who uses the stage name of Zamora the Torture King
  • Clarissa Cridland, English co-founder of Girls Gone By Publishers, an English publishing company based in Bath, Somerset
  • John Cridland, British Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (2011-)
  • John Cridland Latham (1888-1975), United States Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I

Prince of Wales colliery
  • Mr. Charles Cridland (b. 1852), "Cridland", Welsh coal miner who was working at the Prince of Wales Colliery in Abercarn, Wales on the 11th September 1878 when there was a coal mine explosion; he died [3]


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 24) Agincourt voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1844 with 226 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/agincourt/1844
  3. Entombed in flood and flame (retrieved 3rd August 2021). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120603025705/http://www.crosskeys.me.uk/history/prince.htm


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