Monks Risbridge is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

now in the parish of

Barnardiston Barnardiston ( ) is a village and parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is located about four miles north-east of Haverhill off the A143. In 2011 the parish had a population of 168. History The name has an olde ...

, in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. In 1971 the parish had a population of 0.

History

The name "Risbridge" means 'Brushwood bridge'. Monks Risbridge was an

extra-parochial area In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no ch ...

, it became a civil parish in 1858. In 1889 it became part of the administrative county of

, in 1894 it became part of Clare Rural District. In 1974 it became part of the

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of St Edmundsbury in the

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of Suffolk. On 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Barnardiston. 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.

References

Former civil parishes in Suffolk West Suffolk District {{Suffolk-geo-stub