- Untitled.
The Loughton papers are comprised of the records of the successive owners of Loughton, Moneygall, Co. Offaly and of other properties in the surrounding area including one in Co. Tipperary. The families documented within the fonds are the Bloomfields, the Trenches and the Atkinsons. The fonds mainly consists of documents originating from Benjamin Bloomfield Trench, his wife Dora Trench (neé Turnor) and their daughter Theodora Trench. The material dates from 1798 until the 1970s.
Sem títuloJournal by Georgiana Bloomfield mainly recording devotional matters, including missionary work in places such as Dresden and Prussian Poland.
Sem títuloSketch for a Gothick Loughton submitted to John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Lord Bloomfield.
Sem títuloProbate of the will of John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Lord Bloomfield. File also contains an indenture and documents relating to the probate.
Sem títuloBox of manuscript and printed pedigree and family history papers concerning the Trench family and related families,and a series of Hullmandel lithographs of a view of the Thames.
Letters sent to Henry Trench between 1853 and 1879.
The majority of the letters in this sub-series concern business matters. However personal issues such as Henry's concern over an unsuitable engagement are also covered.
Henry was also the most involved of the Trench family in Offaly and Tipperary communities. As a result of this local affairs are covered in some of these letters.
File of letters sent to Henry Trench between 1877 and 1879.
The file contains letters sent by family, friends, business contacts and acquaintances. Examples of letters include a 1877 letter from D.A M'Cready regarding five leases that require Henry's signature; three letters dated 1878 from E Williams, Main Street, Parsonstown regarding Japanese trays and a letter from K.L Kirkpatrick thanking Henry for sending him a pedigree and a letter from J.A Davis, Kilcoleman parsonage, Parsonstown regarding forwarding an application to the Lord Bishop and Rural Dean .
The majority of the letters sent in 1879 were concerned with issues such as Shannon Drainage and leasing property. Examples of such letters include a letter from G Weston, 32 Essex Street, Strand, London, regarding clay work; a letter containing a copy of 'Hydraulic tables, coefficients, and formulae for finding the discharge of water from orifices, notches, weirs, pipes and rivers' by John Neville and a draft lease property in Banagher sent to George Arthur Waller for sixty one years.
Letters sent to Henry Trench, Georgiana Mary Amelia Trench (née Bloomfield) and Benjamin Bloomfield Trench in regards to Benjamin's wish to get engaged to Miss [Amy] Martin.
Included in the file is a letter from Augustus L. Martin, 65 Cornwall Gardens, Queens Gate, asking the Trench family to allow the engagement to go ahead albeit for a longer period than originally planned. Henry and Georgiana opposed the marriage as they believed Benjamin was in no position in life to marry.
Letters sent to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench. The letters in the file concern people or topics beginning with the letters Q, R or S.
Examples of letters contained within the file include a Memorandum from Samuel Lewis regarding Pat Connor purchasing lime and a
letter from Henry Scott, 181 Agnes Street Belfast, 1 Jan 1875 regarding a Mr Turner.