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Photo: Rob HowardAnstey Hall (House), Trumpington
Anstey Hall is one of the grander houses in Trumpington
Listed Building
Anstey Hall was rebuilt on the site of a medieval manor house around 1600 by Edmund Bacchus who died about 1609. It was inherited by his son who sold it in 1637 to James Thompson, the son of a Cambridge tailor. The house was then rebuilt around 1685 by Anthony Thompson, Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire (1698-1701). Around 1750 the estate came into the hands of the Anstey family, who renamed it Anstey Hall, but they did not live there after the 1770s, instead letting the Hall with 85 acres to Nathaniel Wedd from the 1790s to c1805, and to John Hemington of Denny Abbey between 1814 and 1836. From the 1840s the Fosters, a family of non-conformist bankers, resided in Anstey Hall. (Historic England)
This fine house was built by Antony Thompson around 1670 on the site of a medieval manor. It was owned by the Thompson family from 1637-1748, the Anstey family from 1748-1838 and the Foster family from 1838-1941, and extended in the late 1800s.
It is now a wedding venue and offers bed & breakfast.
See the Anstey Hall website
and this page on the Trumpington Local History Group website
1841
Ebenezer Foster
Ebenezer Foster, 60, banker
Elizabeth née Finch, 50,
Sarah, 25,
Catharine, 20,
George, 1,
Elizabeth Walton, 25, servant,
Rebecca Lloyd, 23, servant
Sarah Watson, 25, servant,
Maria Bridgman, 25, servant
Elizabeth Finch (1791 – 1850) was the daughter of Charles Finch and Sarah née Smith
1851
Ebenezer Foster, 73, magistrate and banker, b Cambridge [brother of Richard Foster and uncle of Ebenezer (1779-1857)]
Emma, niece, 31, housekeeper, b Whittlesford
Amey Baxter, 31, cook, b Whittlesea
Rebecca Loyse, 38, house maid, b Pampisford
Mary Williamson, 36, house maid, b Comberton
1857 death of Ebenezer Foster [1779 to 1857, son of Richard Foster]
1871
Ebenezer Bird Foster, 32, J.P. banker, b Cambridge
Mary C, 32, b Cambridge
Margaret E Smith, 35, sister in law, clergyman’s daughter, b Jersey
Walter K Foster, 21, banker, b Cambridge
Harriet Collier, 63, housekeeper, b Pampisford
Charles Knight, 31, butler, b Kent
Lydia Typler, 21, ladies maid, b Hertford
Mary Kitson, 40, house maid, b Haslingfield
Sarah Fisher, 30, house maid, b Essex
Lydia Neaves, 19, kitchen maid, b Barrington
Coachmans House:
Charles Wilson, 31, coachman, b Trumpington
Sarah, 19, b Trumpington
Robert H, 9, b Trumpington
Frederick C, 7, b Trumpington
William, 4, b Trumpington
Sarah A, 4 mos, b Trumpington
Ebenezer Bird Foster was the son of George Ebenezer Foster
1881
Ebenezer B Foster, 42, b Cambridge
Mary C, 42, b Cambridge
Mabel S Smith, niece, 7, b Chester
Hubert S, nephew, 6, b Chester
Thomas Harrington, 28, butler, b Essex
Rachel Friake, 39, widow, ladysmaid, b Oxon
Sarah A Deake, 30, cook, b Isleham
Anna M Taylor, 25, housemaid, b Oxon
Louisa Impey, 20, scullery maid, b Foxton
Emma Warren, 19, housemaid, b Suffolk
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