See also
| Husband: | William Attfield (1750-1828) | |
| Wife: | Sophia Short (1752-1833) | |
| Children: | William Attfield (1790-1861) | |
| Marriage | 2 Mar 1789 | Chapel, St Mary Walcot, Bath, Somerset |
| Name: | William Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Henry Attfield (1722-1793) | |
| Mother: | Jane Bramstone ( -1794) | |
| Birth | 19 Mar 1749/50 | Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Baptism | 25 Mar 1750 (age 0) | St Nicholas, Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Occupation | 21 Aug 1788 (age 38) | Coal & corn merchant, Queen Sq, Bath (see notes) |
| Occupation | 1791 (age 40-41) | Coal merchant, Gay Street, Bath (Universal Directory of GB, 1791, Vol.II, p.97) |
| Occupation | 3 Aug 1791 (age 41) | Corn factor and coal merchant, Bath |
| Residence | btw 1792 and 1828 (age 41-78) | 33 Gay Street, Bath |
| Member | 1792 (age 41-42) | Member of Bath Loyal Association |
| Occupation | 1793 (age 42-43) | Coal merchant, Gay Street, Bath (Univ British Directory, 2nd edition) |
| Will | 16 Nov 1826 (age 76) | Date of Will |
| Death | Apr 1828 (age 78) | 33 Gay Street, Bath, Somerset |
| Burial | 11 Apr 1828 | Walcot, Bath, Somerset |
| Will | 10 May 1828 (age 78) | Date will was proved |
| Name: | Sophia Short | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Robert Short (c. 1710-1773) | |
| Mother: | Mary Moore (c. 1714-1777) | |
| Birth | 1752 | Breamore, Hampshire |
| Baptism | 15 Jul 1752 (age 0) | Breamore, Hampshire |
| Will | 27 May 1773 (age 20-21) | Mentioned in father's will |
| Residence | 1789 (age 36-37) | Of the Parish of St Peter & St Paul, Bath, Somerset (on marriage record in PR) |
| Death fact | 1833 (age 80-81) | Bridgwater Advertiser (http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/brid1833.txt) |
| Death | Jul 1833 (age 80-81) | 33 Gay Street, Bath, Somerset |
| Burial | 20 Jul 1833 | St Swithin, Walcot, Bath (aged 81) |
| Name: | William Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Mary Anne Cooke (1792-1873) | |
| Birth | 10 Apr 1790 | Bath, Somerset |
| Baptism | 1 Aug 1790 (age 0) | Walcot, Bath, Somerset |
| Title | Reverend | |
| Education | 5 May 1807 (age 17) | Matriculation, Oriel Coll, Oxford Univ. (BA 1813, MA 1814) |
| Education | 1811 (age 20-21) | Studied English. Prize essayist for 1811 |
| Ordination | 1813 (age 22-23) | Curate: Ufton, Berks |
| Occupation | btw 1814 and 1818 (age 23-28) | Visiting Clergyman to the Salop Infirmary |
| Ordination | 1814 (age 23-24) | Priest & Stipendiary Curate, St Alkmond Shrewsbury |
| Occupation | 1823 (age 32-33) | Lecturer, of St Mary's Bathwick (on son William's baptism record, PR) |
| Residence | btw 1823 and 1861 (age 32-71) | 14 Park Street, Bath, Somerset |
| Census | 1841 (age 50-51) | Clergyman, Park Street, Walcot, Bath |
| Census | 1851 (age 60-61) | Clergyman, fundholder, 14 Park St, Walcot, Bath |
| Census | 1861 (age 70-71) | Clergyman, 14 Park St, Walcot, Bath |
| Death fact | 1861 (age 70-71) | 1861 Dec Qtr, Bath, 5c/459 |
| Death | 6 Oct 1861 (age 71) | 14 Park Street, Bath, Somerset |
| Burial | 11 Oct 1861 | Walcot, Bath, Somerset |
Sincere thanks to Gavin Dudley for drawing my attention to the baptisms of John, William, James and Jane Attfield in Sevenoaks, Kent.
William Attfield was already resident in Bath at the time of his marriage to Sophia Short in 1789, being recorded in the Walcot marriage records as "of this parish".
A document at Hampshire Record Office records the assignment upon trust of a "parcel of ground fronting Barton Street now called Gay Street and the messuage built on this land" as Mr & Mrs Attfield's marriage settlement (Harris and Bowker of Winchester, solicitors; 11M70/B4/103).
He was listed in 1792 as a member of the Bath Loyal Association, founded at the Guildhall, Bath, on 8.12.1792 as an Association for preserving Liberty, Property and the Constitution of G.B. against Republicans and Levellers. (Source: Bath Record Office)
His address was shown as Gay Street, Bath. He lived at No.33 Gay Street for the rest of his life. A close neighbour was Jane Austen, whose family lived at No.25 Gay Street for several months in 1805.
The date of his move to Bath, or his occupation while there, have not been identified.
Wm Attfield, coal & corn merchant, W-cnr Queen Sq, Bath engages to serve very best coal, oats & beans on lowest terms. Bath Chronicle, 21.8.1788.
W. Attfield, coal-merchant, 33 Gay Street, Bath announces to the public his sale of best Timsbury coals, every day, by weight on lowest terms. He begs timely notification to lay in winter stocks. Bath Chronicle, 8.10.1795.
Bath Record office, Georgian Newspaper Project
Burial Record:
Name Sophia ATTFIELD Date 20 Jul 1833 Aged 81 Place Walcot [nr Bath] Description St Swithin Denomination Anglican County code SOM