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Photocopy of Loughton guest book.
The guest book contains a brief history of the house and of the Trench and Atkinson families possibly written by Theodora Trench and completed by Guy Atkinson after her death.
'Loughton was built in 1777. The library was the dinning room & the hall the dining room, the entrance was on the north side, where the present straircase is. Lord Bloomfield added the present drawing and dinning room & improved the place about 1835.
Loughton is said to have belonged to the Peppers from Cromwell's time till 1828, when Thomas Ryder Pepper was killed out hunting, aged about 50. He had neither brother nor child, he was married to Miss Bloomfield & left a request in his will, that his brother-in-law Lord Bloomfield should buy Loughton for a certain sum which he did. The 2nd Lord Bloomfield sold Loughton to his brother-in-law, Mr Trench of Cangort Park in 1870. W T. Trench lived at Loughton 1877 till 1889. B.B.T & D.T first went there in 1890, & bought it in 1893. DT died in 1898 and BBT in 1926. Thora Trench lived on here until joined by her sister Sheelah in 1961. Thora died in 1971 and Sheelah in 1973. Guy Atkinson inherited Loughton in 1970 and it was looked after his parents Anthony and Anne until he moved here in 1975.'

Document which describes how Henriette Parker's fortune was to be divided upon her death.

Henriette Parker was Christopher Turnor's sister and Dora Trench's aunt. As such Dora's family members received shares in her fortune once she passed away.

Childhood diary belonging to Theodora Trench. The diary dates from the year of her mother Dora's death and as such much of the diary is concerned with this loss.

Regarding her mother eight year old Theodora writes ''Mother's book, mother's birthe (sic) 27th August Mother's last present to Sheelah a book called Robin food. Mother's last present to Thora a child's bible. Mother died Apreal (sic) 7th 1899. The things which mother gave me to work basket a braslet (sic), and a lot moor (sic) things.'

In the court for the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland. Rental of a valuable fee-simple estate, situate in the barony of Garrycastle. in the matter of Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, bart.

In the court of the commissioners for sale of encumbered estates in Ireland. Rental of parts of the lands of Corville, and its subdenomination, Scart; Cloneen, called Sheehys; and Tullaskeagh; in the county of Tipperary and also the lands of Loughane and Finglass in the King's county.

Landed estates court rental and particulars of head and profit rents payable out of houses and premises situate in Lower Dominick Street, Great Britain Street, Dorset Street and Upper Mecklenburgh Stteet, in the city of Dublin, and out of the lands of Rathbeg, Kilonegan, Kilkeeran, part of Rathmore and Foreloghs, situate in the barony of Clonlisk, King's County.

A list of townlands in church parish of Templeharry.

A petition to The Right Honorable Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on behalf of the owners of lands periodically injured by Shannon inundations. The petition asks that the river would be confined to its bed during hay time, to keep the flood level to a moderate depth, states that they are willing to pay a proper proportion of the expenses, that Killaloe to Castleconnell would be left out of the improvements, that regulating weirs should be constructed, that steam dredges should be procured, that the Shannon Act of 1874 should be amended. The petition was signed by [Viscount] Avonmore and T. Butler Stoney.

List of protestant children on the rolls of Cangort Park National School.
The list states that one point there were 23 children registered. However this had been reduced to 12 as a number of them were absent for 13 weeks or more.

Workmen's 1954 time book for the Loughton estate. The time books states the name of the employees, where they worked, what they did and any absences they may have had.