The Clarkes of Ulley Hall – It was a very fine day.

Peatling Hall

In his 1862 diary (the only one remaining of his life in England) CS Clarke was a regular visitor to his elder brother John Sanders

Sir John Onesby

The Clarke pedigree chart gives the following information about Christopher Clarke: “Christopher born at Morton May 18th 1722 married Ann daughter of John & Jane

The Clarke Pedigree

“There were three Brothers who came from the North Riding of Yorkshire and took large farms in the West Riding of the same County, viz

Cholera and The Deaths of John and Sarah Clarke

Due to the collapse of the banking business co-owed by Clarke, Phillips, Mitchell and Smith John Clarke was forced to sell much of his property,

New Parks

CS Clarke and his sisters and brothers were born at New Parks, a farming estate on the outskirts of Leicester. A history of the property