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This series relates mainly to Sheelah Lefroy and her husband Langlois Lefroy.

Castle Howard was purchased by Langlois Lefroy circa 1924, who in that year would have been flush with the capital which his wife, Sheelah's marriage settlement, brought to them. . He sold Cronebane in 1954, on inheriting Carrigglas Manor, Longford, Co. Longford, from his elder brother, and died in 1957, when his widow, Sheelah, née Trench, moved back to Loughton to live with her unmarried sister, Thora. The last item in the box is a statement of account for 1957-1958 showing the value of the late Langlois Lefroy's and his wife, Sheelah's, investments under the provisions of her marriage settlement of 1924.

Two leather-bound and embossed notebooks containing inquest reports handwritten by James Dillon, King's County Coroner. Format of inquest reports is largely identical beginning with a record of the inquest number, date, location of inquest and the name of the deceased. Then follows a list of the jurors present and witnesses called. The reports end with a verdict on the cause of death.

Nineteenth century patient records for the King’s County Infirmary, consisting of one extern patient register used to record outpatients and three registers of patients to record patients admitted to the hospital. Patients who wished to seek treatment from the county infirmary as either an intern or extern patient had to present the institution with a ticket of referral. These tickets were managed by the governors or local landlords who paid an annual subscription to the infirmary. If a patient could not secure a ticket they paid the infirmary for their treatment. The hospital also allowed the presiding surgeon to make decisions regarding the treatment of patients in cases of emergency.

97 Minute Books -
BG164/1/1-97: June 1839 - August 1921
(Note: name changes to Birr Union after January 1900).

The minutes contain the proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Guardians and contain reports from the clerk of the union, the master of the workhouse, the sanitary officers and others.

The papers of Reverend Abrham Stritch Fuller, passed on to his grandniece Constance Lamb, and kept at Woodfield House.

Workhouse Registers -
3 Registers of persons admitted and discharged from the workhouse of Parsonstown Union -
BG164/7/1: 1842 - 1843 (part only, cover missing, 12pp index), 55pp.
BG164/7/2: 1849 - 1850 (bound volume, 27 pp index, missing pp 1, 14-17, 148-149), 144pp.
BG164/7/3: 1912, loose pages.

Annual accounts and rentals ledgers for the Charleville Estate from 1848 to 1980.