Museums · East of England
Clare, Suffolk
Clare is a market town and civil parish on the north bank of the River Stour in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Clare is in southwest Suffolk, 14 miles (23 km) from Bury
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Clare is a market town and civil parish on the north bank of the River Stour in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Clare is in southwest Suffolk, 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St Edmunds and 9 miles (14 km) from Sudbury. Clare won Village of the Year in 2010 and Anglia in Bloom award for Best Large Village 2011 for its floral displays in 2011. In March 2015, The Sunday Times and Zoopla placed Clare amongst the top 50 UK rural locations, having "period properties and rich history without the chocolate-box perfection – and the coach trips". In 2011 it had a population of 2,028. Clare and its vicinity has evidence of human habitation throughout prehistory, through the Norman Conquest, to the present day. Through the Anglo-Norman family de Clare, who took the name of this village, the name spread to other places and institutions such as County Clare in Ireland and Clare College, Cambridge. The town hosts Stour Valley Community School, one of the first free schools established by the government, opened in September 2011.
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From the Wikipedia article
Clare is a market town and civil parish on the north bank of the River Stour in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Clare is in southwest Suffolk, 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St Edmunds and 9 miles (14 km) from Sudbury. Clare won Village of the Year in 2010 and Anglia in Bloom award for Best Large Village 2011 for its floral displays in 2011. In March 2015, The Sunday Times and Zoopla placed Clare amongst the top 50 UK rural locations, having "period properties and rich history without the chocolate-box perfection – and the coach trips". In 2011 it had a population of 2,028. Clare and its vicinity has evidence of human habitation throughout prehistory, through the Norman Conquest, to the present day. Through the Anglo-Norman family de Clare, who took the name of this village, the name spread to other places and institutions such as County Clare in Ireland and Clare College, Cambridge. The town hosts Stour Valley Community School, one of the first free schools established by the government, opened in September 2011.
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Background
History
William Camden in his Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (1610) wrote: 'On the South side wee saw the river Stour, which immediately from the verie spring head spreadeth a great Mere called Stourmmere, but soone after, drawing it selfe within the bankes, runneth first by Clare, a noble village which had a castle, but now , and gave name to the right noble familie of the Clares'. Daniel Defoe in A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (1748 4th edition) said that Clare was "a poor town and dirty, the streets being unpaved. But yet the civil and spiritual courts are held at it and it has a good church; it shows…
Description
The Domesday Book records that the lands around Clare belonged to a Saxon thane, Aluric (or Aelfric), son of Wisgar (or Withgar) and that he gave them to St John, probably creating in Clare a collegiate church, under Edward the Confessor. William the Conqueror re-granted the land to one of his closest supporters in the Norman Conquest of 1066, Richard fitz Gilbert of Bienfaite, Count of Brionne, the son of one of his cousins, along with 170 other manors, 95 of them in Suffolk. Apart from being related to William, Richard's relationship with the king was further embedded as his father-in-law, Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville was one of the 15 or so known companions of William at the…
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- Coordinates
- 52.0800, 0.5800
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Parish
- Clare
- Postcode
- CO10 8NY
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Suffolk
- Official site
- www.clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Clare, Suffolk (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clare, Suffolk?
- Clare, Suffolk is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.0800°, 0.5800°.
- Is Clare, Suffolk wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Clare, Suffolk. Check ahead for specific facilities.