Recorded as Tedridge, Tidridge, Titherridge and possibly others, this is an English surname. It is locational and of medieval origin and describes a person who lived 'atta ridge,' which is also the name of a now apparently "lost" medieval village in the Hampshire area. Locational surnames are usually 'from' names. That is to say names given to people after they left their original village to move somewhere else.

Spelling over the centuries being at best erratic and local accents very thick, soon lead to the development of 'sounds like' surname spellings. In this case examples of the name development over the centuries and taken from the surviving registers of the county of Hampshire include William Titherige of Cheriton, on November 18^th 1705, James Tidridge, a witness at New Alresford Independent Church on October 12^th 1834, whilst on February 4^th 1844, Jane Tedridge, the daughter of Henry and Ann was christened at Bishops Waltham. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Titheridge. This was dated June 13^th 1642 when he married Erne Garret at Bighton, North Petersfield, during the reign of King Charles 1^st of England, 1625 1649.

Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as the Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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Please note our own records tend to disagree with the above assessment

May 28, 2015 From Ann Titheradge  https://titheradgefamilyhistory.wordpress.com/

There are quite a few early records in Hampshire but unfortunately they are not very detailed making it hard to be sure exactly who is related to who, especially when the Christian name is very common, like John.
For example I have found two John’s both born in Avington Hampshire in the early 17th century: John son of Natham born in 1618, and John son of Stephen born in 1631.
I believe, but cannot be sure, that the John Titheridge who married Eme Garrett in Bighton in 1643 then moved to Old Alresford. In the records of Old Alresford there are the following baptisms recorded, all children listed as son or daughter of John, with baptisms beginning just after the wedding. Nathaniel 1644, Elizabeth 1646, Richard 1648, William 1650, Thomas 1652, Thomas 1653, Steven 1655, Joshua 1660. There is no child called John listed in the records.
Unfortunately from the parish records we can only speculate on the relationships. One day I hope to spend time in Hampshire Record Office studying other records from the period to see if there is any evidence to make definite family links.

  John Titheridge/Tytheridge/Tetherig (1643-?. ) husband of Ann Quallat (?-1702)
Cildren were: Ann Tytheridge/Titheridge (1664-64) Ann T/T (1665-?) Mary T/T (1667-?) John Tythereg/Titheridge (1669-1711) Em Tytheridge (1672-c. 90), William Tythereg/Titheridge (1674-1743), Sarah Titheridge (1677-?) | | William Titheridge/Tythereg (1674-1743) husband of Elizabeth Clement (c. 1713-41)
Children were: William Tytheridge (1701-1779), Mary (1703-?), Elizabeth (c.1705-05) Thomas (1706-?) George (c.1710-11), John (1710-1767) Richard (c.1712-13) Sarah (c.1714-?), Ann (c.1716-43),  Uknown male (c.1719-19) | | William Titheridge/Tytheridge (1701-79) husband of Sarah Turner (1711-90)
|  | Children were: William (1734-1802), Robert (1736-37), Anne (1737-c. 41), John (1739-41), Thomas (1741-41), John (1742-1815), Sarah (1744-83), Jane (1746-?), Frances (1749-?), Thomas (1752-1811), James (1756-?) | | John Titheridge (1742-1815) husband of Elizabeth Hicker (?-1806)
Children were: John (1765-?), Sarah (1769-?), Thomas (1777-91), William (1775-1851), James (1779-?), Jane 1779-?), Robert (1781-82) | | William Titheridge (1775-1851) husband of Priscilla Pargent
Children, all Titheridges apart from Henry who started life using Titheridge but was buried a Tidridge, who were:   Fanny (1806-66), William (1809-73), Charles (1812-74), Henry Titheridge/Tidridge (1815-68) | | Henry Titheridge/Tidridge (1815-68) husband of Ann Newell (1815-73)
Children were: Harriett Ann (1840-?), Harry (1842-1916), Jane (1844-98) Ellen (1845-c. 45), William (1845-1929), Mary (1847-?) Alfred (1850-1910), Priscilla (1851-?), Elizabeth Fanny, Emma (1859-?) Edith (1863-?) | | William Tidridge (1845-1929) husband of Mary Baker Brown (1856-1939)
Children were: John Harry (1883-?), Ann Amelia (1885-?), William Alfred (1887-?), Elizabeth Jane (1887-?), Mary Alice (1889-?), Louisa Frances (1889-?), James Alexander (1894-?), Ruth Lydia (1896-?), George (1898-?), Harriett Elizabeth (1899-1980), | | Harriett Elizabeth Tidridge (1899-1980) wife of George Harley Bishop (?-1957)
Their child was: Ruth Bishop (1941-?)