See also
| Husband: | Richard Attfield (1757-1825) | |
| Wife: | Ann Lane (c. 1757-1827) | |
| Children: | James Lane Attfield (1778-1826) | |
| William Poole Attfield (1779-1855) | ||
| Sarah Attfield (1781-aft1825) | ||
| Mary Attfield (1783-1872) | ||
| Henry Attfield (1785-1815) | ||
| Ann Attfield (1787-1851) | ||
| Richard Attfield (1788-1806) | ||
| Thomas Attfield (1789-1789) | ||
| George Attfield (1791-1831) | ||
| Jenny Attfield (1792-1851) | ||
| Sophia Attfield (1794-1854) | ||
| John Attfield (1796-1873) | ||
| Elizabeth Attfield (1799-1846) | ||
| Julia Attfield (1803-1888) | ||
| Marriage | 13 Apr 1777 | St Thomas, Southwark, Surrey |
| Name: | Richard Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Henry Attfield (1722-1793) | |
| Mother: | Jane Bramstone ( -1794) | |
| Birth | 4 Jan 1757 | Chertsey, Surrey |
| Baptism | 16 Jan 1757 (age 0) | St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey (Richard Field) |
| Residence | 19 Oct 1770 (age 13) | Living with parents, Chipping Barnet (aged 14) |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 68) | Date of will |
| Occupation | Surveyor | |
| Death | 22 Jul 1825 (age 68) | Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial | 27 Jul 1825 | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 69) |
| Probate | 21 Nov 1825 | Probate (London) to Ann Attfield, John Attfield & William Poole Attfield |
| Name: | Ann Lane | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1757 | |
| Death | 1827 (age 69-70) | Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial | 24 Oct 1827 | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 70) |
| Name: | James Lane Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 8 Feb 1778 | Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Baptism | 8 Mar 1778 (age 0) | St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire (recorded as "James Lane Field") |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 47) | Mentioned in will of Richard Attfield, father |
| Residence | 1826 (age 47-48) | Castle Street, Holborn |
| Occupation | 1826 (age 47-48) | Dealer in earthenware |
| Death | Aug 1826 (age 48) | St Andrew Holborn, London |
| Burial | 23 Aug 1826 | St Andrew Holborn, London (aged 48) |
| Name: | William Poole Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Smith (1789-1866) | |
| Birth | 1779 | Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Baptism | 8 Jul 1779 (age 0) | St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire (recorded as "William Pool") |
| Occupation | 29 Dec 1803 (age 23-24) | Clerk & surveyor of the Whetstone Turnpike Road (Morning Chronicle, 29.12.1803) |
| Occupation | 10 Jun 1805 (age 25-26) | Partnership with James Attfield as brokers dissolved (see notes) |
| Occupation | 1815 (age 35-36) | Surveyor, of Hadley (survey of parish & manor of Friern Barnet, at LMA) |
| Will | 21 Nov 1825 (age 45-46) | Executor to father's will |
| Census | 1841 (age 61-62) | Surveyor, Hadley Green, Hadley (recorded as "William Hatfeild") |
| Occupation | 1851 (age 71-72) | Auctioneer, surveyor & land agent, The Green, Hadley (PO Directory) |
| Census | 1851 (age 71-72) | Surveyor, Hadley Green, Middlesex |
| Death fact | 1855 (age 75-76) | 1855 Dec Qtr, Barnet, 3a/* |
| Death | 23 Dec 1855 (age 75-76) | Monken Hadley, Middlesex |
| Burial | 29 Dec 1855 | Monken Hadley (aged 75) |
| Name: | Sarah Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | James Hall ( -aft1825) | |
| Birth | 19 Mar 1781 | Finchley, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 8 Apr 1781 (age 0) | St Mary, Finchley, Middlesex |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 44) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Death | aft 1825 (age 43-44) | |
| Name: | Mary Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | John Russell (c. 1780-1829) | |
| Birth | 5 Oct 1783 | Finchley, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 26 Oct 1783 (age 0) | St Mary, Finchley, Middlesex |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 41) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Will | 24 Sep 1830 (age 46) | Executrix to husband's will |
| Census | 1841 (age 57-58) | Builder, Turnpike Road, Finchley, Middlesex |
| Census | 1851 (age 67-68) | House proprietor, Russell's Cottage, Turnpike Road, Finchley (widow) |
| Census | 1861 (age 77-78) | House proprietor, High North Road, Finchley (widow) |
| Death fact | 27 Jan 1872 (age 88) | "Widow of John Russell, Builder" (age 91) |
| Death fact | 1872 (age 88-89) | 1872 Mar Qtr, Barnet, 3a/99 (aged 91) |
| Death fact | 27 Jan 1872 (age 88) | Mary Ann Foskett, Finchley Common, present at death |
| Death | 27 Jan 1872 (age 88) | Finchley Common, Finchley, Middlesex |
| Burial | 4 Feb 1872 | St Mary, Finchley, Middlesex (aged 91) |
| Name: | Henry Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 26 Apr 1785 | Finchley, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 22 May 1785 (age 0) | St Mary, Finchley, Middlesex |
| Occupation | btw 1809 and 1810 (age 23-25) | Steward of the "Hebe" East Indiaman (in Will) |
| Will | 18 Apr 1810 (age 24) | Date of Will |
| Death | 1815 (age 29-30) | Whetstone, Middlesex |
| Probate | 18 Sep 1815 | Will proved |
| Name: | Ann Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William Stuchbury (c. 1786-1860) | |
| Birth | 22 Mar 1787 | Finchley, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 15 Apr 1787 (age 0) | St Mary, Finchley, Middlesex |
| Census | 1841 (age 53-54) | Wife in household |
| Death fact | 8 Oct 1851 (age 64) | Cause of death: Diarrhoea (on death cert.) |
| Death fact | 1851 (age 63-64) | 1851 Dec Qtr, Barnet, 6/325 |
| Death | 8 Oct 1851 (age 64) | Blackhorse Lane, Friern Barnet |
| Name: | Richard Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 21 Jun 1788 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 27 Jul 1788 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Death fact | 1806 (age 17-18) | Drowned |
| Death | Jul 1806 (age 18) | Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial | 20 Jul 1806 | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 18) |
| Name: | Thomas Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 21 Nov 1789 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Death | 22 Nov 1789 (age 0) | Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial | 27 Nov 1789 | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Name: | George Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sarah Baker (1787-1818) | |
| Birth | 6 Mar 1791 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 10 Mar 1791 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Fact1 | 28 Apr 1810 (age 19) | Witness to will of Henry Attfield, Whetstone (brother) |
| Occupation | 14 May 1818 (age 27) | Bricklayer, Little Northampton Street |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 34) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Death | Feb 1831 (age 39) | Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial | 3 Mar 1831 | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 39) |
| Name: | Jenny Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | George Anderton (1795-1834) | |
| Birth | 1792 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 27 Oct 1792 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 32-33) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Census | 1841 (age 48-49) | Independent, Brewer St, Clerkenwell |
| Census | 1851 (age 58-59) | House proprietor, 33 Charles St, St Luke |
| Death fact | 1851 (age 58-59) | Death: 1851 Jun Qtr, St Luke, 2/213 |
| Death fact | 5 Apr 1851 (age 58-59) | Cause of death: incarcerated bowel |
| Residence | 1851 (age 58-59) | 33 Charles St, City Road (in Will) |
| Death | 5 Apr 1851 (age 58-59) | 33 Charles St, St Luke, Shoreditch |
| Burial | 13 Apr 1851 | St James, Clerkenwell (aged 59) |
| Name: | Sophia Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Joseph Hainge (1794-1865) | |
| Birth | 1794 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 8 Jun 1794 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 30-31) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Census | 1841 (age 46-47) | Independent, Church St, Marylebone |
| Death fact | 1854 (age 59-60) | 1854 Dec Qtr, Islington, 1b/132 |
| Death fact | 7 Nov 1854 (age 59-60) | Mary Antill, 9 Brooksby Street, in attendance |
| Death | 7 Nov 1854 (age 59-60) | 29 Brooksby St, Islington, Middlesex |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 7 Nov 1854 (age 59-60) | Bronchitis, Cerebral effusion, Exhaustion |
| Name: | John Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Ann Lines (1800-1862) | |
| Birth | 22 Mar 1796 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 10 Apr 1796 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Occupation | 1824 (age 27-28) | Surveyor, Whetstone (at daughter Harriet's baptism) |
| Will | 21 Nov 1825 (age 29) | Executor to father's will |
| Fact1 | 5 Jan 1837 (age 40) | Executor to will of Eleanor Baker |
| Census | 1841 (age 44-45) | Surveyor, Black Horse Lane, Whetstone, Friern Barnet |
| Occupation | 1848 (age 51-52) | Estate agent, Whetstone, Middx (on Harriet's marriage cert.) |
| Census | 1851 (age 54-55) | Auctioneer & surveyor (Post Office Directory Middlesex - Whetstone) |
| Census | 1851 (age 54-55) | Surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet |
| Occupation | 1862 (age 65-66) | Surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet (on wife Ann's death cert.) |
| Census | 1871 (age 74-75) | Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet |
| Death fact | 13 Jun 1873 (age 77) | Cause of death: bronchitis |
| Death fact | 1873 (age 76-77) | 1873 Jun Qtr, Barnet, 3a/109 |
| Death | 13 Jun 1873 (age 77) | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Name: | Elizabeth Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William Cawood (1802-1864) | |
| Birth | 1799 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 17 Mar 1799 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Will | 21 Jun 1825 (age 25-26) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Census | 1841 (age 41-42) | Present at census |
| Death fact | 1846 (age 46-47) | 1846 Jun Qtr, Whitechapel, 2/363 (Caywood) |
| Death | 23 Apr 1846 (age 46-47) | 32 Underwood St, Mile End New Town |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 23 Apr 1846 (age 46-47) | "Disease of the brain" (certified), age 47 |
| Name: | Julia Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William Nettleship (1795-1851) | |
| Birth | 1803 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 31 Jul 1803 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Census | 1841 (age 37-38) | Present at census |
| Census | 1851 (age 47-48) | Wife in household |
| Census | 1861 (age 57-58) | 42 Wimborne St, Shoreditch, widow |
| Census | 1871 (age 67-68) | Mother-in-law, widow, living in household of James & Emily Dutton |
| Census | 1881 (age 77-78) | Widow, annuitant, boarder at Gresham House, Finchley (Charles Sparrow, tobacconist) |
| Will | 16 Jan 1885 (age 81-82) | Date of will; probate 26.5.1888 to John Attfield, nephew |
| Death fact | 1888 (age 84-85) | 1888 Jun Qtr, Hackney, 1b/258 (aged 85) |
| Death fact | 9 Apr 1888 (age 84-85) | M J Boyd, daughter, in attendance |
| Residence | 1888 (age 84-85) | 26 High Street, Finchley |
| Death | 9 Apr 1888 (age 84-85) | 26 Ufton Road, Kingsland, Hackney |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 9 Apr 1888 (age 84-85) | Old age, softening of brain, coma |
Occupation: surveyor, of Friern Barnet, Middlesex
At the corner of High Road and Oakleigh Road North in 1486 John Doggett owned a cottage "with curtilage and three crofts called Beldam, Middlefield and Cokkefield". By 1796 Richard Attfield had replaced the cottage by three cottages running east down Oakleigh Road. Attfield, who came to Whetstone in 1790, was a grocer and a parish clerk. He had beautiful handwriting. It is in his hand that a moving entry in the parish accounts reads: "To burying a poor unknown boy 6d, and a box for putting him in 4d".
Attfield planted a row of elm trees along the High Road which were a feature that the Whetstone Society today seeks to emulate. The cottages were demolished after 1881 and the present row of yellow brick shops erected.
Source: "Finchley and Whetstone Past" by John Heathfield (Historical Publications Ltd, London, 2001)
RICHARD ATTFIELD: "I am bailiff to Mr. Bacon, who has a house at Finchley." In trial of William Sanders & Thomas Barford, 12.4.1820, Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18200412-155.
Richard Attfield is also mentioned in the Victoria County History of Middlesex: "Richard Attfield built 10 cottages on former common land at Whetstone by 1825." (Vol.VI, 1980, chapter on Finchley, pages 38-55)
Witnesses to marriage: Jonathan Sharp & Nathaniel Harris
Source for marriage information: Surrey Marriage Index, 4th Edition (2010)
Banns: 14 - 21 - 28 Apr 1776.
Witnesses: Jonathan Sharp, Nathaniel Harris
Original marriage register entry available online at Ancestry.co.uk
Died: At Whetstone, aged 69, Mrs. Attfield, relict of Mr. R. Attfield, auctioneer.
Jackson's Oxford Journal, 27.10.1827.