Thank you for all your efforts. One of the problems with called Clark/e is that you never know which ones have some relevance. (My other main area of research at the moment is the Nutter family of North East Lancashire, my son in law's family. While Nutter may have some disadvantages as a surname at least each time you find one you can be pretty sure that eventually he/she will fit in somewhere!) I cannot be sure why they chose to marry in Barkestone. I will try to get a copy of the entry of marriage but I don't expect it to throw much additional light. I hope the CRO in Leicester will do it by phone but if I have to I will go in. If she is the same Sarah baptised in 1773 in Hawksworth then she certainly wasn't under age. When William Clark of Lowdham married Mercy Hobson in 1842 in Epperstone her family was at home in Gleadless in the West Riding, but Mercy was in service in the house of a local merchant and presumably that was why she married there. It may be the same for Sarah The Leics CRO should also be able to provide something about the Enderby records. I will report back if I manage to make progress. Thank you once again and best wishes Alice Clarke Oakham Rutland