Ridsdale Explained

Ridsdale is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aurelian Ridsdale (1864–1923), British Liberal politician
• Charles Ridsdale (1873–1952), Anglican bishop
• George Ridsdale (1878–?), English footballer
• Gerald Ridsdale (born 1934), convicted child molester and Catholic priest
• J Ridsdale, English footballer
• Julian Ridsdale (1915–2004), British National Liberal and later Conservative Party politician
• Leone Ridsdale, English neurologist
• Paddy Ridsdale (1921–2009), Ian Fleming's secretary during World War II
• Peter Ridsdale (born 1952), English businessman
• Philip Ridsdale (1915–2000), Anglican bishop
• Robert Ridsdale (1783–1857), English race horse breeder
• Septimus Ridsdale (1840–1884), English cricketer

Ridsdale is also the name of a village in Corsenside, and an old spelling of Redesdale, both in Northumberland, England.