See also
| Husband: | Ward Attfield (1837-1894) | |
| Wife: | Mary Askew (1831-1887) | |
| Marriage | 16 Oct 1866 | St Denys, Cold Ashby, Northants |
| Name: | Ward Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | David Royce Attfield (1806-1881) | |
| Mother: | Hannah Ward (1802-1887) | |
| Birth | 1837 | Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism | 29 Oct 1837 (age 0) | St Denys, Cold Ashby, Northants |
| Birth fact | 1837 (age 0) | 1837 Dec Qtr, Brixworth, 15/183 |
| Census | 1841 (age 3-4) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1851 (age 13-14) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1861 (age 23-24) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1871 (age 33-34) | Publican, Ashby Magna, Leics (married) |
| Census | 1881 (age 43-44) | Grocer, Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire |
| Census | 1891 (age 53-54) | Farm labourer, pauper, inmate, Brixworth Workhouse (widower) |
| Death fact | 1894 (age 56-57) | 1894 Jun Q, Brixworth, 3b/65 |
| Death | 1894 (age 56-57) | Brixworth, Northamptonshire |
| Name: | Mary Askew | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John Askew (c. 1793-1874) | |
| Mother: | Hannah Green (c. 1807-1879) | |
| Birth | 1831 | Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire |
| Census | 23 Oct 1831 (age 0) | St Denys, Cold Ashby, Northants |
| Census | 1861 (age 29-30) | Servant (housekeeper), Mansion House, Kiddington, Oxford |
| Death fact | 1887 (age 55-56) | 1887 Sep Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/66 (aged 57) |
| Death | 1887 (age 55-56) | Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire |
| Burial | 13 Aug 1887 | St Denys, Cold Ashby, Northants (aged 57) |
ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER
At Lutterworth on Wednesday, Ward Attfield, butcher, Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, was committed for trial at the Assizes, on the charge of attempting to murder his wife, Mary Attfield, on the 25th ult. They had been quarrelling, and directly afterwards two gunshots were heard in the cottage. Prisoner was found with a discharged gun in his hand, and Mrs Attfield on the floor bleeding from a gunshot wound on the arm. She was in a critical state for some time, but is now out of danger.
Birmingham Daily Post, Thursday, February 6, 1873; Issue 4544.