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Risbridge is a hundred (subdivision), hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .
Risbridge Hundred forms the south western corner of Suffolk extending from north to south and between 4 and in breadth. It is bounded on the west by Cambridgeshire on the south by Essex, on the east by Babergh Hundred, Babergh and Thingoe Hundred, Thingoe Hundreds and on the north by Lackford Hundred.John Blatchly, ''John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks'' (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004) It is in the Franchise or Liberty of St Edmund, in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, Deanery of Clare, Suffolk, Clare and Diocese of Ely.
The southern boundary with Essex is formed by the River Stour, Suffolk, River Stour and the hundred is crossed by a number of streams. It is generally a fertile agricultural area with predominantly clay soil. The major towns in the hundred are Clare, Suffolk, Clare and Haverhill, Suffolk, Haverhill.
Listed as ''Risebruge'' in the Domesday Book, the meaning of the name is not fully understood but probably "Hrisa's bridge" or a similar personal name. The bridge in question would almost certainly have crossed the Stour, an important crossing at a time when bridges were rare. However similar place-names (ex: Ricebridge near Leigh in Surrey, Risbro in Sweden) are believed to have been bridges with a causeway over marshy land made from brushwood (ris) held by wooden pegs.
Risbridge Hundred consisted of the following 32 parishes and hamlets:1841 Census
Risbridge is a hundred (subdivision), hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .
Risbridge Hundred forms the south western corner of Suffolk extending from north to south and between 4 and in breadth. It is bounded on the west by Cambridgeshire on the south by Essex, on the east by Babergh Hundred, Babergh and Thingoe Hundred, Thingoe Hundreds and on the north by Lackford Hundred.John Blatchly, ''John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks'' (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004) It is in the Franchise or Liberty of St Edmund, in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, Deanery of Clare, Suffolk, Clare and Diocese of Ely.
The southern boundary with Essex is formed by the River Stour, Suffolk, River Stour and the hundred is crossed by a number of streams. It is generally a fertile agricultural area with predominantly clay soil. The major towns in the hundred are Clare, Suffolk, Clare and Haverhill, Suffolk, Haverhill.
Listed as ''Risebruge'' in the Domesday Book, the meaning of the name is not fully understood but probably "Hrisa's bridge" or a similar personal name. The bridge in question would almost certainly have crossed the Stour, an important crossing at a time when bridges were rare. However similar place-names (ex: Ricebridge near Leigh in Surrey, Risbro in Sweden) are believed to have been bridges with a causeway over marshy land made from brushwood (ris) held by wooden pegs.
Parishes
Risbridge Hundred consisted of the following 32 parishes and hamlets:1841 Census
References
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