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Risbridge Hundred

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539: 108: 555: 99:, 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. 33:
Risbridge Hundred forms the south western corner of Suffolk extending 15 miles (24 km) from north to south and between 4 and 9 miles (14 km) in breadth. It is bounded on the west by
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and the hundred is crossed by a number of streams. It is generally a fertile agricultural area with predominantly
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Risbridge Hundred consisted of the following 32 parishes and hamlets:
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hundred
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Babergh
Thingoe
Lackford Hundred
Liberty of St Edmund
Sudbury
Clare
Diocese of Ely
River Stour
clay
Clare
Haverhill
Domesday Book
Suffolk hundreds
Barnardiston
Chedburgh
Clare
Cowlinge
Dalham
Denham
Denston
Depden
Gazeley
Great Bradley
Great Thurlow
Great Wratting
Haverhill

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