Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stoke (by Clare)

Stoke (by Clare), par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk - par., 2361 ac., pop. 734; vil., on river Stour, 2 miles SW. of Clare; P.O.; near the vil. is Stoke College, seat, originally a Benedictine priory, founded by the Confessor.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stoke By Clare CP/AP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Stoke By Clare

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