Clare, one of the most interesting of the smaller towns of Suffolk; 68 miles N.E. of London by rail, and 19 SSW. of Bury. Pop. (1891) 1657. It has a fine old castle, and gives an earl's title to the British sovereign. See CLARENCE.
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