Stoke by Clare, Suffolk

Location

Stoke by Clare is an ancient parish located in the very south of the county of Suffolk and with the River Stour forming much of its southern boundary, it borders Essex. As it's name implies it is a neighbour of the Suffolk Parish of Clare

Stoke by Clare is approximately thirty miles west of the county town of Ipswich with Colchester, Essex some twenty-five miles to the south east. Sudbury is approximately twelve miles to the east, on the road to Ipswich. Haverhill, which straddles the Essex/ Suffolk border lies about five miles to the west.

Parish Church

The Parish (CofE) Church is St John the Baptist, Stoke by Clare, sits within the grounds of Stoke College, a private independent school. It is barely visible on Google Street View from the surrounding public roads. See also http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stokec.htm

Parish Registers

Suffolk Archives appears not to publish on their website information regarding individual surviving parish registers, but does offer a PDF listing of information they offer on microfiche. See https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PARISH-REGS-ON-FICHE-FILM-.pdf (Accessed 10 May 2022). For Stoke by Clare those records cover the years 1538 to 1900.

For details of Suffolk Parish records which are available online see FamilySearch's page https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Suffolk_Church_Records#Parish_Records_Online (accessed 10 May 2022)

Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes

To the east of Stoke by Clare lies Clare with Ashen, Essex to the south east. The primary part of Birdbrook, Essex is to the south. To the south west is primary part Wixoe, which has two detached parts, the larger being fully surrounded by Stoke by Clare and the smaller along the boundary between Stoke by Clare and Birdbrook, Essex. To the west is Kedington and Hundon is to the north. (NB Unless otherwise noted, each parish is in the county of Suffolk.)

Gleanings from

• Stoke by Clare Census Returns
  • 1851 Census Stoke by Clare