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A two-story farmhouse with a central chimney and gabled wings stands behind a grassy field under an overcast sky.

Trinity Hall Farm, Wisbech c.1940

Trinity Hall Farm, Wisbech

History of Trinity Hall Farm

The Carter family were farmers here, probably tenants, pre-World War 2.


Sepia-toned portrait of a man with a thick beard, wearing a collared shirt, striped necktie, waistcoat, and suit jacket.

James Carter b 1851

1901 Fen End, Terington St Johns

James Carter, 45, machinist [?], b Camb Friday Bridge

Susan, 53, b Norfolk

Thomas H Green, step son, 27, grocer, b Leverington

Heather W Carter, son, 21, engine driver threshing machine, b Norfolk Tilney St Lawrence

Julia Green, step daughter, 19, b Leverington

Harriet M Carter, 17, parlour maid, b Norfolk Tilney St Lawrence

Arthur Carter, son, 15, machinist son, b Norfolk Tilney St Lawrence

Ada, 13, b Norfolk Tilney St Lawrence

Ethel, 11, b Norfolk Terrington St John


1911

James Carter, 60, widower, farmer

Arthur, 25, farmer’s son working on farm

Maude Shore, daughter, 27, married, b Tilney St Lawrence

Winnie, grand daughter, 3, b Wisbech

Lenard, son, 1, b Northants


1912

Sepia-toned portrait of a young man wearing a three-piece suit, high collar, and light-colored pocket square, standing.

Arthur James Carter, Trinity Farm c.1912

A woman with curled hair stands wearing a dark, high-necked dress with puffed sleeves beside an ornate chair and small palm.

Eliza Carter née Brown, Trinity Farm, Wisbech, c.1912

Arthur James Carter married Eliza Brown.

They went on to have five children:

Joyce b. 1913, Thirza b. 1916, Lilian b.1918, Doris b.1921 and Arthur b.1925.


A man in a dark suit walks past a weathered brick barn with a wooden frame as a small dog trots nearby in a grassy yard.

Trinity Farm, Wisbech. Date unkbown

[Lilian] remembers one of the cart horses wandering in and getting stuck in the kitchen pantry. My grandmother was not amused. (Email from SB 2022)

A man in a flat cap, suit jacket, and tall boots stands outside a brick building with a shuttered arched window.

Arthur James Carter, Trinity Farm date c.1940

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