Hockridge Family History
Hockridge Name Meaning
from Hawkridge in Cranbrook (Kent) named with Old English hōc ‘hook or corner of land’ + hrycg ‘ridge’ or from Hawkeridge (Devon Wilts) or Hawkridge (Devon) named with Old English hafoc ‘hawk’ + hrycg. Hawkridge in Morebath (Devon) is recorded as Hockerige in 1596.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016