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Confidential report written W.Y Campbell for E. Spiegel & Co.1, 1 Blumes Hor, Berlin, Germany.
The aim of the report was to investigate Robinson Estate and Langlagte Estate and discover of the them if any would be worth investing in.

Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's copy of the report of the Clogher diocesan council 1875 together with the financial report for 1874, and payments made to the 1 July, 1875.

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.

Encumbered estates court, rental of the lands of Raheenbeg in the King's County to be sold by the commissioners, at their court

A notebook containing clippings of quotes sorted according to subject matter alphabetically. Contained within the notebook was an envelope of Shakespeare quotes

Journal belonging to Sheelah Trench. Contained within the journal are a selection of handwritten famous quotes and poetry.
'Are' by Robert Louis Stevenson, To a Sea-Bird Bret Harte, A song to youth by Richard Chenevix Trench, Peace by Henry Vaughan.
Two photographs scotland and stockpole coast by EAC [Eda Campbell], loose photo house.

Plan of Borrisnafarney Church drawn by D.A McCready.

Photograph of an unidentified house. The photograph is taken of the back of the house and shows a conservatory.
unidentified house

Photograph album compiled by Theodora Trench between 1919 and 1921. The photographs within the album were taken by Theodora as she traveled around the world.

Among the places she visited she included Canada, New Zealand, Tahiti, Samoa and Australia.
Theodora Trench spent a vast amount of time in New Zealand and as a result of this a significant proportion of the album is made up of photographs taken during her time there. Theodora visited places such as Lake Kaniere, Mount Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. She also visited the homes of Māori people such as Ohinemutu a living Māori village on the shores of Lake Rotorua. Photographs of these meeting are included in the album. On 29 April 1920 Theodora attended a Māori reception given to HRH Prince of Wales. The photographs of this reception show Prince Edward reading an address to the Māori people, a Māori haka, The Prince of Wales inspecting a gun, a Māori woman, a Māori husband and wife and a Māori chief.

During her time in Canada Theodora visited the Canadian Rockies and included photographs of the surrounding scenery in the album.

Theodora also a number of islands and took photographs of her encounters with the local people and of the scenery. During her travels she vised Tahiti, Raratonga, Samoa, Fiji Islands and Vavaʻu and Haʻapai in Tonga.

Theodora also visited Bolingbroke in Australia. The photographs taken in Australia were mainly of friends and family. They included a photograph of Effie Turnor and Theodora bringing in cows, the Rush family and Graham Turnor.

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.'