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IE OCL P131/6/13 · Item · 1898 - 1992
Part of Loughton Papers

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.'

IE OH OHS77/8/5/3/2 · Part · 19 Nov 1974
Part of Woodfield Papers

Photocopy made by Brian Marion Smith of a letter from Eileen Muriel Tobias at 2 Eglinton Park, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, to her sister Mabel Smith. She writes of her recent drive through County Meath and seeing the excavation in Dowth and New Grange, and her stop in Monasterboice to see the stone high-cross there. She also includes an update on the activities of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Lamb Family
IE OH OHS77/8/5/3/1 · Part · 7 Jan 1980
Part of Woodfield Papers

Photocopy made by Brian Marion Smith of a letter from Eileen Muriel Tobias at 2 Eglington Park, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, to her sister Anna Marguerite Smith. She sends an update about the activities of her children, grand-children, and great-grandchildren.

Lamb Family