Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clare

Clare, market town and par. with ry. sta., W. Suffolk, on river Stour, 6½ miles W. of Long Melford and 68 miles NE. of London, 2228 ac., pop. 1704; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Monday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Clare AP/CP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Clare

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