Clare Genealogical Records
Clare Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
An index to over 100,000 birth and christening notices from The London Times.
Clare Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index to marriages in Clare from 1813 to 1837, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Brief notes on marriages occurring in Clare from 1558 to 1837.
Marriage records from people who married at the church between 1765 and 1765.
An index to marriages recorded by the church, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Clare Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records covering those buried at Baptist Chapel, Clare_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
An index of burials recorded at St Peter & St Paul, Clare_. The index includes the name of the deceased, the date of burial, age (where available) and occasionally other notes.
An index to burials recorded in the registers of an Independent church. The index contains the name of the deceased, the date of their burial and their age where available.
An index to burials recorded at Quaker meetings. The records contain the name of the deceased, the date they were buried and their age.
Clare Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
A list of taxes paid by heads of households.
Newspapers Covering Clare
A collection of newspaper extracts, largely covering affairs in Foxearth, Glemsford, Cavendish, Pentlow, Borley, Liston, Long Melford and Clare.
A regional newspaper covering news and events in Norfolk and Suffolk. The newspaper contains numerous notices and articles useful to family historians, such as notices of birth, marriage and death.
A newspaper covering Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Around 50% of issues from 1814-1817. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
A left-wing, British daily that sold up to 2 million copies a day at its peak.
Clare Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Full transcriptions of around 1,400 17th century wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk. Contains an index of all the people and places mentioned in the wills.
Full transcriptions of several hundred early wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk.
An index to over 10,000 names occurring in Suffolk wills.
An index to early wills proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury and the Commissary Court of Bury St. Edmunds.
Clare Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Clare Military Records
An introductory history to an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army.
A calendar that lists most of the important dates in the history of the Regiment.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Clare Court & Legal Records
Transcriptions and translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes. A number of cases relate to Suffolk.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
Clare Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
Clare Land & Property Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Clare Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Suffolk detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Clare Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Clare Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Clare Histories & Books
A large collection of postcards, photographs and other images depicting scenes and life in Foxearth, Glemsford, Cavendish, Pentlow, Borley, Liston, Long Melford and Clare.
A collection of transcripts of all manner of documents relating to day-to-day life, war, crime and more in Foxearth, Glemsford, Cavendish, Pentlow, Borley, Liston, Long Melford and Clare.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Describes the parishes in the three hundreds of Wangford, Mutford and Lothingland, in the north-east of the county.
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Clare School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Clare Occupation & Business Records
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Clare
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Clare Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Clare Church Records
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Photographs of churches of all denominations throughout England and part of Wales.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Biographical Directories Covering Clare
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Clare Maps
A collection of maps plotting the counties of Essex and Suffolk, and some of their settlements.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Clare Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Clare, a pretty large town, seated on the Stour, but is of more antiquity than beauty, there having been here a castle and collegiate church, now in ruins. It has, at present, a fine large church, and a manufacture of says, but is a poor dirty town, and has a mean market on Fridays.
Here was a monastery of canons regular, of the order of St. Augustine, or, as some say, of St. Benedict, founded in the year 1248, by Richard Clare, Earl of Gloucester. This house was a cell to the Abbey of Becaherliven in Normandy, but was made indigenous by King Henry II. who gave it to the Abbey of St. Peter, at Westminster. In after times, King John changed it into a college of a dean and secular canons, and at the dissolution its revenues were valued at 324l. a year.
CLARE is a small market town and parish on the river Stour, which separates this county from Essex, with a station on the branch of the Great Eastern railway from Sudbury to Cambridge, 56 miles from London, 16 south-west-by-south from Bury St. Edmunds, 9 north-west from Sudbury and 8 east from Haverhill, in the Southern division of the county, Risbridge hundred, petty sessional division and union, county court district of Haverhill rural deanery of Clare, archdeaconry of Sudbury and diocese of Ely. The town is lighted with gas from works the property of Mr. C. W. Grimwood. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is an ancient and beautiful structure of flint with stone dressings, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays, with clerestory, aisles, north and south porches, and an embattled tower, 77 feet in height, containing a clock and 8 bells: tradition assigns the erection of this church to Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hereford and Gloucester about the middle of the 13th century; and the existing tower appears to have been a portion of that structure: the lower portion of the tower and the lancet windows are Early English; the north and south porches are decorated, and the nave, aisles and Priory chapel in the south aisle are Perpendicular: the south porch has elaborate stone groining: the aisles have been extended eastwards, and now open to the chancel by two arches, above which are clerestory windows: there is a piscina in the chancel, another in the north aisle, and a hagioscope: at the east end of the nave are spired turrets, each containing a flight of stairs; the octagonal font is of the Perpendicular period; the brass eagle lectern is supposed to have been presented by Queen Elizabeth, and a goblet which had been taken from a Spanish galleon, now used as a chalice, is also said to have been given by her Majesty: at the east end of the nave is a very elaborate brass, erected by the members of the Royal Clarence Lodge of Freemasons of this town and other brethren in the province of Suffolk, to H.R.H. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany K.G. at the time of his decease (28 March, 1884), Worshipful Master of this lodge and Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire: there are memorial windows to John Isaacson, d. 1870, and Betsy Isaacson, d. 1883, and others to the Barker family, to whom also various tablets have been erected; several ledger stones remain, once enclosing brasses to ecclesiastics: the church was repaired during the period from 1834 to 1836, when a gallery was erected in the north aisle, but at the restoration of the church, begun in 1878, the galleries and a screen which shut out the view of the west window were removed and the fabric generally renovated at a total cost of £1,500: in 1883 the restoration was continued: the nave being reseated and a new carved oak pulpit erected, and in 1899 the tower was thoroughly restored from within, under the direction of Mr. Detmar Blow, architect, of London, at a cost of £1,160; there are about 1,200 sittings, of which 774 are free. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a discharged vicarage, net yearly value £110, including 32 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duchy of Lancaster, and held since 1896 by the Rev. James Raynold Morley Vatcher MA. of Clare College, Cambridge. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels. A cemetery of 2 acres was formed in 1887, at a cost of £350: the churchyard was closed for interments, December 31st, 1888, the cemetery is under the control of the Parish Council. The Corn Exchange on the east side of the Market place, was erected in 1838, at a cost of £400, and is 64 feet long and 36 broad. The old Market cross was taken down in 1838. The Market held on Monday is usually for grain and cattle. The Literary Institute and Reading room was established in 1850. The Church Estate, consists of land, cottages and gardens, the rents of which are applied to general church purposes; and there is also a rent-charge of 2S. given by unknown donors for the ringing of the bells on the 5th of November. The poor’s land of 3 acres, is for the supplying of fuel to eight poor widows, the rent of the “Goose Croft,” a piece of land of about 13 ½ acres, is distributed in bread amongst the poor of Clare and Chilton; 2 ½ acres of this land was purchased by the parishioners, but how the remainder was acquired is unknown. The common pasture charity is held in trust by 15 residents of Clare; the upper common, comprising about 43 acres, is let off in garden allotments; the lower common, comprising 18 acres, is used as pasturage for horses, kine and sheep, by such inhabitants of Clare as do not hold land or real property above the rateable value of £20; the charges are, for horses and kine £2 5s. per head: the vicar’s privilege is now a modus in lieu of tithe, amounting to the rent of two cow walks: the surplus proceeds from this charity are applied by the trustees for the benefit of the deserving poor of Clare and Chilton, the trustees being empowered to distribute the same in various ways as the occasion arises. In 1668, William Cadge left out of his estate in Barnardiston, a yearly rent-charge of £25, to be applied to the schooling of ten poor boys, and £15 for clothing eight poor widows. Under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, this charity has suffered certain modifications, by which an annual salary of £35, with a moiety of the boys’ payments, is now given to the schoolmaster. Three almshouses have also been built to hold six inmates. The poor of Chilton have by ancient custom 6s. 8d. yearly from land caller Collin’s. The remains of an encampment, supposed to be Roman, may be distinctly traced on the common to the north of the town.
Clare was one of 95 lordships in this county, given by the Conqueror to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, sometimes styled “Earl of Clare,” but the honour of Clare comprised many other parishes in Essex, Surrey, Middlesex and Hertford, which now belong to the Crown as part of the Duchy of Lancaster. Gilbert de Clare, 10th lord of Clare and nephew of Edward II. died unmarried, being slain at Bannockburn, 24 June, 1314, and the lordship then passed to his sister and co-heir, Elizabeth, widow of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and foundress o£ Clare College, Cambridge, to which, in 1359, she gave a code of statutes; she died 4 Nov. 1360, and was eventually succeeded in the lordship of Clare and earldom of Ulster by her grand-daughter Elizabeth, who married, when very young, Lionel Plantagenet, third son of Edward III. who was created (13 Nov. 1362) Duke of Clarence; this title, which became extinct in 1368 and again in 1421, was conferred in 1441 upon. George Plantagenet, 6th but 3rd surviving son of Richard, Duke of York, but was forfeited on his attainder in 1477, and was not revived till 1789, when George III. created his third son, William Henry, Duke of Clarence, who in 1830 succeeded to the crown as William IV.: H.R.H, the late Prince Leopold K.G. was created (24 May, 1881) Baron Arklow, Earl of Clarence and Duke of Albany, and these titles have descended to his only son. The dukedom of Clarence, held as above stated by his late Majesty, William IV. was conferred in conjunction with Avondale (24 May, 1890) upon H.R.H, the late Prince Albert Victor of Wales K.G. but became extinct on his death, 14th Jan. 1892. The earldom of Clare, however, was revived in 1624, in favour of John (Holies) Baron Haughton, but became extinct on the death of John, 4th Earl and Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle, 15 July, 1711. All these titles were subsequently conferred on Thomas (Pelham-Holles) Baron Pelham, who has married a sister of the last holder; on his death, 17 Nov. 1768, the earldom and marquessate of Clare became extinct and have since so remained. Under a house in the Market place is an ancient crypt, with a massive groined roof, supported in the centre by an octangular pillar. In front of the Swan inn is an ancient carving of a swanchained to a tree, and now used as a sign, but evidently from its shape having originally been the corbel of a window. Near the church stands a house of the 15th century, an interesting specimen of the domestic architecture of the Middle Ages. The house called “Clifton,” formerly occupied by a member of the Barnardiston family, has a beautiful old chimney of four shafts, dating from the reign of Henry VII. and in the hamlet of Chilton is an ancient house formerly a chapel, with a Norman doorway: during the Civil War it was used as a powder magazine.
Clare Castle, anciently the baronial residence of the so-styled Earls of Clare, by one of whom it is said to have been rebuilt, stood on the south side of the town, and occupied an angle formed by the junction of a rivulet with the Stour, which site, strengthened by art, rendered it a military position of considerable importance, and the fortress is said to have been equal in grandeur to any of the feudal structures in the kingdom: the site of the whole fortification comprising an area of 20 acres, can still be traced; it was originally surrounded by a deep fosse, and divided into an outer and inner ward or bailey, the latter being inclosed by a wall; a narrow path, winding round a hill about 60. feet high, leads to the remains of the keep, originally a circular building of flint, strongly cemented and strengthened with buttresses, which, from its situation near the frontier, is supposed to have been erected when the kingdom of the East Angles was independents within the castle was a college, originally founded by Alfric, in the time of King Canute, and dedicated to St. John the Baptist; it became a cell of the Abbey of Bec between 1090 and 1124; it was refounded by Gilbert, lord of Clare, and subsequently removed to Stoke. The castle, after its alienation, went to the Barnardistons: in the reign of Charles II. it passed to the Elwes family, of Stoke, with whom it remained till 1825, when it was purchased for a wedding present to the late John Barker esq. of The Priory; Lieut.-Gen. George Digby Barker C.B. now (1900) governor of the Bermudas, is the present owner. In December, 1865, a gold crucifix attached to an ornamental gold chain was found near the entrance to the railway station on the site between the inner and outer bailey of the castle, both crucifix and chain, which were in excellent preservation, are now at Windsor Castle, having been claimed on the part of the Crown as treasure trove; at the intersection of the cross is a large pearl, and enclosed in it is a fragment of wood, said to be a piece of the “True Cross,” there is strong reason to believe that this crucifix formed part of the royal collection of jewels belonging to Edward III. as a cross of this kind is described in a list of that monarch’s jewels, but subsequently disappeared. At a short distance on the south-west of the castle, and separated from it by the river Stour and the Great Eastern railway, are the remains of a priory of Austin friars, founded in 1248 by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. Joan of Acre, second daughter of Edward I. and wife of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and 9th lord or Earl of Clare, after his death, 7 Dec. 1295, married his servant Ralph Monthermer, afterwards created Baron Montsheimer; she died here in 1307, and was buried at the Priory, in a beautiful chapel she had built there, her funeral being attended by her brother Edward II. and most of the English nobility: subsequently Phillippa, the daughter of Lionet (Plantagenet) Duke of Clarence K.G. and granddaughter of Edward III. was also buried in this chapel, together with many other royal and distinguished personages: it appears to have been converted into a dwelling-house in 1604 by the then owner, Sir Thomas Barnardiston, a panel in one of the rooms still bearing his initials and that date. The remains of a bridge, now covered by the railway, lead to the supposition of a former communication with the castle. Although the Priory has undergone considerable alterations and repairs, it still retains much of its old character: the main building now standing consists of a basement and first floor, supported by massive buttresses, above which are attics, a very fine example of groining, some old oak carving and panelling, an ancient doorway, remains of the cloisters, a stoup or basin for holy water, and a piscina and sedilia still exist; to the east is a building supposed to have been the refectory or infirmary, now converted into a noble room, upwards of 60 feet in length and 30 in height: the Priory, the property of Lieut.-Gen. G. Digby Barker C.B. is now (1900) occupied by Alexander G. Linzce esq. Courts baron and customary are held yearly for the manors of Erbury and Stoke-with-Chilton. The principal landowners are Lieut.-Gen. G. Digby Barker C.B. Henry William Dennis esq. the trustees of the late William Bowyer esq. and Miss Jones. The area is 2,275 acres of land and 10 of water; rateable value, £5,210; the population in 1891 was 1,657 in the civil and 1,651 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Chilton is a hamlet, a mile and a quarter north from the church.
Petty Sessions held at the Police stations, Clare & Haverhill, every alternate Monday, at 11 a.m. The places in the petty sessional division are Barnardiston, Clare, Denston, Great Bradley, Great Thurlow, Great Wratting, Haverhill, Hawkedon, Hundon, Kedington, Little Bradley, Little Thurlow, Little Wratting, Monk’ Risbridge, Poslingford, Stansfield, Stoke-by-Clare, Stradishall, Whixoe, Wickhambrook & Withersfield.
A School Board of 5 members was formed 29 Sept. 1875; F. C. Wayman, clerk to the board; George Ince, attendance officer.
Board School (mixed), converted from the former National Schools in 1875, for 280 boys & girls & 122 infants; average attendance, 157 boys & girls & 76 infants.
Most Common Surnames in Clare
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Risbridge Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dyson | 65 | 1:26 | 73.03% | 831 |
| 2 | Parker | 48 | 1:36 | 4.49% | 22 |
| 3 | Ince | 47 | 1:36 | 43.52% | 699 |
| 3 | Bareham | 47 | 1:36 | 36.72% | 585 |
| 5 | Hickford | 46 | 1:37 | 63.89% | 994 |
| 6 | Martin | 38 | 1:45 | 4.37% | 34 |
| 7 | Smith | 32 | 1:53 | 0.42% | 1 |
| 8 | Robinson | 30 | 1:57 | 3.60% | 38 |
| 8 | Lewis | 30 | 1:57 | 7.09% | 132 |
| 10 | Bruly | 27 | 1:63 | 100.00% | 1,975 |
| 11 | Turner | 25 | 1:68 | 1.46% | 8 |
| 11 | Jarvis | 25 | 1:68 | 8.04% | 223 |
| 11 | Ellingham | 25 | 1:68 | 89.29% | 1,927 |
| 14 | Deeks | 22 | 1:77 | 8.70% | 278 |
| 15 | Richardson | 21 | 1:81 | 5.10% | 144 |
| 15 | Byford | 21 | 1:81 | 10.40% | 368 |
| 17 | Hamond | 20 | 1:85 | 74.07% | 1,975 |
| 18 | Mortlock | 19 | 1:90 | 8.68% | 328 |
| 19 | Suttle | 16 | 1:107 | 13.56% | 629 |
| 20 | Clarke | 15 | 1:114 | 0.61% | 3 |
| 20 | Price | 15 | 1:114 | 10.87% | 539 |
| 20 | Hammond | 15 | 1:114 | 1.20% | 13 |
| 20 | Dare | 15 | 1:114 | 34.88% | 1,427 |
| 20 | Ager | 15 | 1:114 | 11.54% | 577 |
| 25 | Willis | 13 | 1:131 | 5.99% | 333 |
| 25 | Farnsworth | 13 | 1:131 | 76.47% | 2,583 |
| 25 | Spurgeon | 13 | 1:131 | 14.13% | 810 |
| 25 | Glazin | 13 | 1:131 | 92.86% | 2,863 |
| 29 | Milson | 12 | 1:142 | 60.00% | 2,347 |
| 30 | Gowers | 11 | 1:155 | 7.53% | 515 |
| 30 | Goodale | 11 | 1:155 | 61.11% | 2,498 |
| 30 | Cullam | 11 | 1:155 | 91.67% | 3,101 |
| 33 | Mansfield | 10 | 1:170 | 9.35% | 705 |
| 33 | Jefferies | 10 | 1:170 | 17.54% | 1,182 |
| 33 | Linton | 10 | 1:170 | 83.33% | 3,101 |
| 33 | Braybrook | 10 | 1:170 | 27.03% | 1,600 |
| 33 | Wadley | 10 | 1:170 | 50.00% | 2,347 |
| 33 | Ive | 10 | 1:170 | 76.92% | 2,968 |
| 39 | Brown | 9 | 1:189 | 0.35% | 2 |
| 39 | Butcher | 9 | 1:189 | 0.86% | 23 |
| 39 | Dennis | 9 | 1:189 | 6.62% | 550 |
| 39 | Golding | 9 | 1:189 | 3.54% | 277 |
| 39 | Sargeant | 9 | 1:189 | 8.41% | 705 |
| 39 | Woollard | 9 | 1:189 | 3.32% | 259 |
| 39 | Orbell | 9 | 1:189 | 10.84% | 881 |
| 39 | Simeon | 9 | 1:189 | 100.00% | 3,717 |
| 39 | Klamborowski | 9 | 1:189 | 100.00% | 3,717 |
| 48 | Taylor | 8 | 1:213 | 0.41% | 7 |
| 48 | Roberts | 8 | 1:213 | 2.41% | 202 |
| 48 | Hurst | 8 | 1:213 | 5.23% | 492 |
| 48 | Vincent | 8 | 1:213 | 2.15% | 171 |
| 48 | Love | 8 | 1:213 | 17.02% | 1,336 |
| 48 | Gosling | 8 | 1:213 | 2.14% | 169 |
| 48 | Ives | 8 | 1:213 | 6.50% | 606 |
| 48 | Shelley | 8 | 1:213 | 17.78% | 1,381 |
| 48 | Bent | 8 | 1:213 | 36.36% | 2,213 |
| 48 | Plumb | 8 | 1:213 | 5.84% | 545 |
| 48 | Scrivener | 8 | 1:213 | 4.32% | 410 |
| 48 | Angell | 8 | 1:213 | 33.33% | 2,116 |
| 48 | Stiff | 8 | 1:213 | 2.57% | 223 |
| 48 | Tuffin | 8 | 1:213 | 23.53% | 1,694 |
| 48 | Hailey | 8 | 1:213 | 100.00% | 4,007 |
| 48 | Dearsley | 8 | 1:213 | 13.33% | 1,146 |
| 48 | Richold | 8 | 1:213 | 20.51% | 1,525 |
| 48 | Barsham | 8 | 1:213 | 100.00% | 4,007 |
| 66 | Clark | 7 | 1:243 | 0.74% | 29 |
| 66 | Mason | 7 | 1:243 | 1.38% | 103 |
| 66 | Long | 7 | 1:243 | 1.23% | 85 |
| 66 | Drake | 7 | 1:243 | 3.10% | 323 |
| 66 | Ray | 7 | 1:243 | 7.53% | 800 |
| 66 | Crow | 7 | 1:243 | 9.46% | 969 |
| 66 | Edmondson | 7 | 1:243 | 100.00% | 4,408 |
| 66 | Goodchild | 7 | 1:243 | 1.82% | 158 |
| 66 | Hollingsworth | 7 | 1:243 | 26.92% | 2,023 |
| 66 | Newson | 7 | 1:243 | 1.03% | 65 |
| 66 | Hockley | 7 | 1:243 | 7.95% | 840 |
| 66 | Hellier | 7 | 1:243 | 100.00% | 4,408 |
| 66 | Stokoe | 7 | 1:243 | 100.00% | 4,408 |
| 66 | Cutmore | 7 | 1:243 | 10.45% | 1,046 |
| 66 | Levell | 7 | 1:243 | 19.44% | 1,620 |
| 66 | Starns | 7 | 1:243 | 53.85% | 2,968 |
| 66 | Battcock | 7 | 1:243 | 100.00% | 4,408 |
| 66 | Kimmence | 7 | 1:243 | 26.92% | 2,023 |
| 66 | Twitchet | 7 | 1:243 | 58.33% | 3,101 |
| 85 | Spencer | 6 | 1:284 | 5.50% | 688 |
| 85 | Carr | 6 | 1:284 | 2.52% | 308 |
| 85 | Perry | 6 | 1:284 | 2.67% | 324 |
| 85 | Hale | 6 | 1:284 | 3.55% | 449 |
| 85 | Gee | 6 | 1:284 | 10.34% | 1,167 |
| 85 | Brett | 6 | 1:284 | 1.86% | 207 |
| 85 | York | 6 | 1:284 | 54.55% | 3,281 |
| 85 | Hastings | 6 | 1:284 | 17.14% | 1,649 |
| 85 | Fulcher | 6 | 1:284 | 2.13% | 245 |
| 85 | Steed | 6 | 1:284 | 3.17% | 398 |
| 85 | Burling | 6 | 1:284 | 50.00% | 3,101 |
| 85 | Cowle | 6 | 1:284 | 60.00% | 3,464 |
| 85 | Bruty | 6 | 1:284 | 18.18% | 1,731 |
| 85 | Dillistone | 6 | 1:284 | 54.55% | 3,281 |
| 99 | Adams | 5 | 1:341 | 0.62% | 44 |
| 99 | Collins | 5 | 1:341 | 0.83% | 76 |
| 99 | Atkinson | 5 | 1:341 | 12.50% | 1,498 |
| 99 | Hart | 5 | 1:341 | 0.67% | 53 |
| 99 | Read | 5 | 1:341 | 0.48% | 24 |
| 99 | Rowe | 5 | 1:341 | 1.45% | 186 |
| 99 | Gunn | 5 | 1:341 | 5.26% | 782 |
| 99 | Everett | 5 | 1:341 | 1.24% | 150 |
| 99 | Downs | 5 | 1:341 | 9.80% | 1,277 |
| 99 | Bowyer | 5 | 1:341 | 3.31% | 494 |
| 99 | Ambrose | 5 | 1:341 | 1.98% | 284 |
| 99 | Hick | 5 | 1:341 | 55.56% | 3,717 |
| 99 | Fenner | 5 | 1:341 | 8.77% | 1,182 |
| 99 | Pryke | 5 | 1:341 | 1.04% | 114 |
| 99 | Chisnall | 5 | 1:341 | 6.67% | 963 |
| 99 | Honeyball | 5 | 1:341 | 5.49% | 818 |
| 99 | Loe | 5 | 1:341 | 100.00% | 5,441 |
| 99 | Gallafent | 5 | 1:341 | 100.00% | 5,441 |
| 99 | Jacy | 5 | 1:341 | 100.00% | 5,441 |
| 99 | Purdenson | 5 | 1:341 | 100.00% | 5,441 |
| 119 | Hall | 4 | 1:426 | 0.73% | 92 |
| 119 | Green | 4 | 1:426 | 0.27% | 11 |
| 119 | Cook | 4 | 1:426 | 0.20% | 5 |
| 119 | Allen | 4 | 1:426 | 0.51% | 47 |
| 119 | Webb | 4 | 1:426 | 0.36% | 18 |
| 119 | Rogers | 4 | 1:426 | 0.86% | 119 |
| 119 | Barnes | 4 | 1:426 | 0.95% | 135 |
| 119 | Newman | 4 | 1:426 | 0.80% | 108 |
| 119 | Lord | 4 | 1:426 | 2.31% | 439 |
| 119 | Ratcliffe | 4 | 1:426 | 3.74% | 705 |
| 119 | Prior | 4 | 1:426 | 5.88% | 1,030 |
| 119 | Goodall | 4 | 1:426 | 5.19% | 945 |
| 119 | Coe | 4 | 1:426 | 1.05% | 161 |
| 119 | Ballard | 4 | 1:426 | 8.33% | 1,318 |
| 119 | Flowers | 4 | 1:426 | 4.82% | 881 |
| 119 | Theobald | 4 | 1:426 | 1.11% | 178 |
| 119 | Coote | 4 | 1:426 | 2.84% | 533 |
| 119 | Bugg | 4 | 1:426 | 0.96% | 138 |
| 119 | Elmer | 4 | 1:426 | 1.65% | 300 |
| 119 | Beare | 4 | 1:426 | 9.09% | 1,403 |
| 119 | Aspland | 4 | 1:426 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 119 | Twitchett | 4 | 1:426 | 6.06% | 1,056 |
| 119 | Biffin | 4 | 1:426 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 119 | Orris | 4 | 1:426 | 9.09% | 1,403 |
| 143 | Jones | 3 | 1:568 | 0.84% | 181 |
| 143 | Harris | 3 | 1:568 | 0.98% | 230 |
| 143 | Carter | 3 | 1:568 | 0.37% | 43 |
| 143 | Dixon | 3 | 1:568 | 2.42% | 598 |
| 143 | Lowe | 3 | 1:568 | 4.29% | 1,019 |
| 143 | Wallace | 3 | 1:568 | 2.22% | 554 |
| 143 | Cooke | 3 | 1:568 | 0.93% | 206 |
| 143 | Jeffery | 3 | 1:568 | 3.37% | 831 |
| 143 | Paine | 3 | 1:568 | 4.55% | 1,056 |
| 143 | Cresswell | 3 | 1:568 | 2.75% | 688 |
| 143 | Mears | 3 | 1:568 | 8.57% | 1,649 |
| 143 | Sage | 3 | 1:568 | 1.69% | 428 |
| 143 | Argent | 3 | 1:568 | 2.08% | 524 |
| 143 | Ginn | 3 | 1:568 | 6.52% | 1,356 |
| 143 | Glasscock | 3 | 1:568 | 20.00% | 2,754 |
| 143 | Twinn | 3 | 1:568 | 6.12% | 1,305 |
| 143 | Buggs | 3 | 1:568 | 6.82% | 1,403 |
| 143 | Bickmore | 3 | 1:568 | 42.86% | 4,408 |
| 143 | Yeldham | 3 | 1:568 | 60.00% | 5,441 |
| 143 | Atterton | 3 | 1:568 | 25.00% | 3,101 |
| 143 | Sare | 3 | 1:568 | 60.00% | 5,441 |
| 143 | Windred | 3 | 1:568 | 50.00% | 4,877 |
| 143 | Chrysell | 3 | 1:568 | 75.00% | 6,084 |
| 143 | Nethergate | 3 | 1:568 | 60.00% | 5,441 |
| 167 | Jackson | 2 | 1:852 | 0.48% | 142 |
| 167 | Cooper | 2 | 1:852 | 0.12% | 10 |
| 167 | Lee | 2 | 1:852 | 0.59% | 189 |
| 167 | Mills | 2 | 1:852 | 0.20% | 27 |
| 167 | Holmes | 2 | 1:852 | 0.51% | 154 |
| 167 | Harvey | 2 | 1:852 | 0.19% | 21 |
| 167 | Hardy | 2 | 1:852 | 1.21% | 460 |
| 167 | Frost | 2 | 1:852 | 0.19% | 20 |
| 167 | French | 2 | 1:852 | 0.80% | 286 |
| 167 | Osborne | 2 | 1:852 | 0.40% | 106 |
| 167 | Lucas | 2 | 1:852 | 1.06% | 398 |
| 167 | Stokes | 2 | 1:852 | 2.67% | 963 |
| 167 | Howe | 2 | 1:852 | 0.39% | 100 |
| 167 | Warner | 2 | 1:852 | 0.44% | 124 |
| 167 | Underwood | 2 | 1:852 | 0.67% | 234 |
| 167 | Betts | 2 | 1:852 | 0.53% | 168 |
| 167 | Bradford | 2 | 1:852 | 3.77% | 1,243 |
| 167 | Heard | 2 | 1:852 | 3.92% | 1,277 |
| 167 | Pain | 2 | 1:852 | 4.55% | 1,403 |
| 167 | Hewson | 2 | 1:852 | 7.41% | 1,975 |
| 167 | Nottage | 2 | 1:852 | 22.22% | 3,717 |
| 167 | Candler | 2 | 1:852 | 3.28% | 1,123 |
| 167 | Spearman | 2 | 1:852 | 3.45% | 1,167 |
| 167 | Scotcher | 2 | 1:852 | 8.00% | 2,072 |
| 167 | Boughen | 2 | 1:852 | 33.33% | 4,877 |
| 167 | Mitson | 2 | 1:852 | 6.90% | 1,891 |
| 167 | Smoothy | 2 | 1:852 | 6.25% | 1,766 |
| 167 | Hempstead | 2 | 1:852 | 4.65% | 1,427 |
| 167 | Burder | 2 | 1:852 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 167 | Vial | 2 | 1:852 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 167 | Hoddy | 2 | 1:852 | 12.50% | 2,667 |
| 167 | Lorking | 2 | 1:852 | 11.11% | 2,498 |
| 167 | Rannow | 2 | 1:852 | 50.00% | 6,084 |
| 167 | Bauty | 2 | 1:852 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 167 | Dysons | 2 | 1:852 | 100.00% | 7,894 |