Showing 59 results

Plan of Borrisnafarney Church drawn by D.A McCready.

Personalised diary belonging to Dora Turnor.The diary was a 'gift from 'Etty [Hyeris] X-mas 1888' and is emblazoned with 'Dora' on the front cover.

The diary contains just one entry from 1 January 1888.

Photograph album containing childhood photographs of Sheelah Trench. Included in this album is a timeline of significant events in Sheelah's life and a small biography of her mother Dora Trench.

Notebook containing lists of groceries ordered.

File of plans showing the drainage and sanitation of Loughton House.

Included in the file are items such as a plan showing drainage system drawn up by The London Sanitary Protection Association, 4 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London and a sanitary report of Loughton dated 25 May 1916.

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.

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.'

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.'

Diary written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench which documents his wife's death. Within the diary Benjamin records her last words, visits from her family, breaking the news to his daughters and her funeral.

One exchange Benjamin recorded shows that Dora Trench knew her death was imminent 'When I came upstairs after dinner she said. "Come & sit near me, we shall not have more evenings together' I asked if she felt worse or had been in pain. She said "No I feel my end is near".'

Blueprint and sketch of Loughton greenhouse plan.