What can you see inside...

Exhibitions in the Museum tell the history of the Town, of the Lords and Ladies who once lived in Clare, and of the ordinary people who lived and worked here. The Museum features computerised records providing information for those interested in genealogy, the history of the Town, its people and buildings. In 2007 our exhibits featured the Clare Reliquary Cross, a famous medieval artifact which was found in the grounds of Clare Castle. In 2008-09 we have focused on the history of Clare Common with its remains of an Iron Age fort and the medieval farm of Erbury Manor.

Alison Krohn, a resident of Clare, spent over 10 years studying the histories of Clare people who were killed in action in both World Wars. The details she gathered include their family backgrounds, where they lost their lives and where they are buried. To view these findings, visit the Museum and ask to view our data base.

 

Publications about Clare available from the Museum

David Hatton, Clare Suffolk, 2007, 96 pp. £10.00 + p&p £1.50

Walter Perry, The Common at Clare 1870, 2002, 47 pp.  £3.50 + p&p

Deborah Ridley,  A Clare View: Ten Sketches £1.00 + p&p

David Ridley, Clare: Annals of the Borough 1550-1700, n.d., 32 pp. £2.00 + p&p

David Ridley, Clare: Annals of the Borough 1605-1610 The Land War, n.d., 16 pp. £2.00 + p&p

David Ridley, Clare: Annals of the Borough 1700-1800, n.d. £2.00 + p&p

David Ridley, Clare: Annals of the Borough 1800-1850, n.d. 32 pp. £2.00 + p&p

David Ridley, Clare Baptist Church, the First 200 Years, n.d. £2.00 + p&p

[Peggy Smith], The Clare Reliquary, 2007, 6 pp. £1.00 + p&p

Clare Bank £1 Bank Note
1818 - Timothy Ray was elected Joint Treasurer of the Common Pasture Charity; later the family opened a bank in Clare.




Neolithical Axe Head
Found in the River Stour - 5,000 BC.