page_title: Isaac Clarke (publisher)
hierarchical_section_title: Isaac Clarke (publisher)
caption_attribution_description: English: Well St with Siop Nain, Ruthin
context_page_description: Isaac Clarke was a Welsh 19th century newspaper proprietor, printer and publisher. He published the National Anthem of Wales: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
  According to his baptism records was baptised on 24 April 1824 in Mold Parish Church Clarke; his parents were Robert and Ruth Clarke who lived in the township of Leeswood which at that time was in the parish of Mold where his father was a farmer. Clarke did not follow in his fathers footsteps instead he learned his printing skills with Hugh Jones of Mold. In 1845 he left Jones to become an overseer at a small printing establishment in Ruthin owned by Nathan Maddocks and later his widow Mrs Jane Maddocks. Clarke lived and worked in Ruthin from 1845 until his death in 1875 where his printing shop overlooked the Wynnstay Arms Hotel. In about 1850 he set up his own business at 6 Well St, Ruthin, now run as 'Siop Nain'.
  His memorial is at Collegiate and Parochial Church of St Peter, Ruthin which mentions that he died at the age of 51 on 5 April 1875.
context_section_description: Isaac Clarke (1824 - 5 April 1875) was a Welsh 19th century newspaper proprietor, printer and publisher. He published the National Anthem of Wales: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ('Land of my Fathers').
  According to his baptism records was baptised on 24 April 1824 in Mold Parish Church Clarke ; his parents were Robert and Ruth Clarke who lived in the township of Leeswood (Coed-llai) which at that time was in the parish of Mold where his father was a farmer. Clarke did not follow in his fathers footsteps instead he learned his printing skills with Hugh Jones of Mold. In 1845 he left Jones to become an overseer at a small printing establishment in Ruthin owned by Nathan Maddocks and later his widow Mrs Jane Maddocks. Clarke lived and worked in Ruthin from 1845 until his death in 1875 where his printing shop overlooked the Wynnstay Arms Hotel. In about 1850 he set up his own business at 6 Well St, Ruthin, now run as 'Siop Nain'.
  His memorial is at Collegiate and Parochial Church of St Peter, Ruthin which mentions that he died at the age of 51 on 5 April 1875.
caption: Siop Nain, located on the right by the lamp post
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