Monks Risbridge

Monks Risbridge
Monks Risbridge is located in Suffolk
Monks Risbridge
Monks Risbridge
Location within Suffolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°07′37″N 0°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.

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.


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