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Anstey Hall (House)

Anstey Hall is one of the grander houses in Trumpington

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


Sketching Cambridge by Michael Large

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