This surname project aims to find a connection between the various Mogridge families living in Cornwall, Dorset, and Devon The earliest known Mogridge is John Mogridge (1461-1523). According to Charles Edward Mogridge Hudson's book "The manors of Wike Burnell and Wyke Wary" John Mogridge descends from a noble norman family although this claim is currently unproven. The Mogridge surname seems to derive from Mogga + Old English hrycg ‘ridge’. Or possibly from Mogridge in Tiverton, Devon If your surname is Mogridge or any other variant please consider joining this project Surname variants: Moggeridge, Mockridge, Maugridge, Moggryg, Mugridge, Muggridge, Moggridge, Mockeridge