RISBY, a parish, with a village, in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 1 mile N E of Saxham r. station, and 4 W N W of Bury, St. Edmunds. It has a post-office under Bury, St. Edmunds. Acres, 2, 801. Real property, £3, 242. Pop., 427. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sir E. R. Gage, Bart. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Forn-ham, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £750.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good; has a round tower; and contains a carved screen, the grave of Baron Alderson, and tablets to the Danbys, the Was-tells, and the Sparks. Charities, £50.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))