Risbrig

— 1198 —
A brief biography

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Risbrig — 1198 —
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Risbrig


Lived during the reign of Richard I.

The Ris Bridger


To Risbro

There are several place-names in England, including Risebridge in Durham, Essex and Rising Bridge in Nottinghamshire.
In Norway (where a birch stick is still referred to as a bjorke ris) there is Risbruhaugen and in Sweden examples include Risbro in Västmanland or the village of Resebro in Östergötland. Here, a risbro ‘brushwood causeway’ was constructed by laying down a bed of brushwood and covering it with stones and gravel.

The Rice Bridge

The roots of the Bletchingley branch of the Risbridger family is said to trace back to a single bridge over the river Mole in Surrey, the Ricebridge. See Tim Richardson's blog for more details.
Less than 100 years ago the word rice or ryce was still used as another word for a stick.
In prehistoric times, bridges were often reached by causeways built over marshy land. These causeways were built of brushwood (bundles of branches or ryce) held in position by pegs. So a risbridger might have been the person who lived by the ryce-bridge or the person who maintained it.


To the Rice Bridge

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William Risbridger


William was born on 7/7/1822, in Betchworth. In the census of 1841 he is shown as 15 years of age living at Gadbrook Farm, Betchworth. In the census of 1890 he...

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