Place:Risby, Suffolk, England

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NameRisby
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.267°N 0.633°E
Located inSuffolk, England
Also located inWest Suffolk, England     (1888 - 1974)
See alsoThingoe Hundred, Suffolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
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Risby is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk District of Suffolk in eastern England, located around 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bury St. Edmunds, north of the A14 road. It is believed that the village was founded in about the tenth century, presumably on the strength of its having a Norse name, possibly Rȳðs - by "farm settlement at a clearing" and identical to Ryssby in Sweden. The traditional division or Hundred in which it stands is Thingoe, also a Norse name. The village had a population of 866 at the 2011 Census.

St Giles Church lies opposite Quay's Farm behind a wall of flints and pink bricks and consists of nave, chancel and porch with traceried windows and one of the East Anglian round towers, built of flint, containing three bells.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Risby, Suffolk.

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