Monks Risbridge

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Monks Risbridge
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Monks Risbridge
Location within Suffolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Suffolk
52°07′37″N0°30′10″E / 52.126981°N 0.50268888°E / 52.126981; 0.50268888

Monks Risbridge is a former civil parish now in the parish of Barnardiston, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 1971 the parish had a population of 0. [1]

History

The name "Risbridge" means 'Brushwood bridge'. [2] Monks Risbridge was an extra-parochial area, it became a civil parish in 1858. [3] In 1889 it became part of the administrative county of West Suffolk, in 1894 it became part of Clare Rural District. In 1974 it became part of the non-metropolitan district of St Edmundsbury in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk. On 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Barnardiston. [4] In 2019 the area became part of West Suffolk district.

Monks Risbridge was given by Thomas de Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Gloucester to Pleshy College. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Population statistics Monks Risbridge ExP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Monks Risbridge Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Relationships and changes Monks Risbridge CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "The St. Edmundsbury (Parishes) Order 1988" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Post office directory of the Norfolk counties; viz". Kelly's directories, ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2025.


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