What is "horridge"

Horridge is a surname, once most common in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adrian Horridge (born 1927), Australian neuroscientist
• Roland Horridge (born 1963), English cricketer
• John Horridge (born 1893), British Liberal Party politician
• Thomas Gardner Horridge (born 1857), judge of the High Court of England and Wales and Liberal politician
• Leonard Horridge (born 1907), English cricketer