RISBY, a parish in the hundred of THINGOE, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Bury-St. Edmund's, containing 293 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Fornham St. Geneveve, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 19. 10. 5. The church is dedicated to St. Giles.