Auldrithay is an ancient
Anglo-Saxon name. It was a name given to a person who was a person noted for giving good counsel.
Early Origins of the Auldrithay family
The surname Auldrithay was first found in
Cambridgeshire, at Aldreth, a hamlet that dates back to 1170 when it was listed as Alrehetha in the
Pipe Rolls. The name literally means "landing-place by the alders" from the Old English words for "alor" and "hyth."
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4) However the surname dates back further and is recorded in the
Domesday Book as Aldreth and Ealdred as holding lands under the Norman King William soon after the Conquest in 1086. In fact, Aldred was a famous ecclesiastic, who was Bishop of York from 1044-1060, and Archbishop of York from 1060-1069, and it was he who crowned the Conqueror.
Early History of the Auldrithay family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Auldrithay research.
Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1198, 1552, 1632, 1653, 1561, 1624, 1586, 1588, 1563, 1646 and 1646 are included under the topic Early Auldrithay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Auldrithay Spelling Variations
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The
spelling variations under which the name Auldrithay has appeared include Aldred, Aldreth, Aldret and others.
Early Notables of the Auldrithay family (pre 1700)
Notables of the family at this time include John Eldred (1552-1632), an English traveler and merchant. Born in New Buckenham,
Norfolk, after his parents moved from
Suffolk, he traveled to Tripoli and returned home with a ship full of goods that were sold making him a wealthy man with a large...
Another 104 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Auldrithay Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Auldrithay family to the New World and Oceana
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in
England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left
England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Auldrithay arrived in North America very early: Robert Aldred, who settled in Virginia in 1635; William Aldred arrived in Philadelphia in 1834 and moved westward.