Under lyricists and composers, Michael Kilgarriff, "Sing Us One of the Old Songs," 1998, Oxford Univ. Press, has only this on George Ridley:

Ridley, George, 1834-64
Blaydon Races (air, Brighton) 1862
Bobby Cure, The
Cushie Butterfield (air, Polly Perkins of Paddington Green, m Harry Clifton) c. 1863
Johnny Luik-Up the Bellman.

Under artistes' repertoire, the same songs are listed.

A very short life; perhaps not long enough to make a strong impression.