Museum Artefacts A to Z

All of our museum artefacts are listed below.

Show collection ordered by:    artefact alphabetic title   |   artefact number

1st Quorn Scouts
    This photograph of 1st Quorn Scouts was taken around 1911 in the back ......
21 years in Royal Marines
    14th January 1944 Corp George Taylor, husband of Mrs Taylor, 31 ......
27 Meeting Street, Quorn
    Part of the present building was erected in 1650 and was at right ......
2nd Lieutenant H Beardmore 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 16th November 1916 Information has been ......
4 Wood Lane, Quorn 1937
    Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen, born 24 November 1914, was engaged between ......
400 miles of narrow fabric
    Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959. The elastic webbing firm ......
55 years with one firm
    27th December 1957 At Messrs Wright and Sons annual dinner and ......
A begging letter
    Loughborough Herald - 1st July 1897 Elizabeth Frost, married ......
A Big Excursion
    Loughborough Herald - 6th July 1899. The employees of Messrs M ......
A Christening
    Mr Sault at Christening. Mr Sault was the innkeeper of the old Bull's ......
A Disgraceful Carousal at Quorn
    Loughborough Herald - 7th January 1897 Petty Sessions Wednesday - ......
A farm at Quorn 300 years ago
    by the Rev E Foord-Kelcey. Article written in 1908. It is ......
A Living from the Land - Quorn Ex-serviceman's experience 1925
    Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 24th September 1925 Whether a ......
A Midnight Disturber
    Petty Sessions - Quorn manufacturer summoned. Sydney J Wright, ......
A Quorn Funeral - Mr Tom Bates
    Loughborough Echo - 10th May 1935 The funeral of Mr Tom Bates, of ......
A sacrilegious act
    Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1900 Agnes Thompson (13), ......
A Sunday fight in Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor - 28th June 1900 Richard Snow, labourer, ......
A wise course
    Loughborough Monitor - August 30th 1900 Samuel E Swann, factory ......
Action against a Mutual Aid Society
    Loughborough Herald - June 21st 1900 Thomas Pilkington, groom, ......
Advertisement by A. Sault, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by F. Facer (Havelock Coffee House), Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by George Voss, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by J. Sanders, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by T. Lucas, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by Thomas North, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by W. H. Backhouse, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - November ......
Advertisement by William Webster, Quorn, 1891
    This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - December ......
Aerial photograph of Wright's Mill
    Much has changed since this image was taken, although much also ......
Aerial View c1950
    The open area lower-right is now the Sanders Road area. The Stafford ......
Aerial view of centre of Quorn Village
    A good aerial view of the centre of the village. The shops on Station ......
Aerial view of north west end of Quorn
    Streets visible include Toller Road and Chestnut Close, plus the ......
Aerial view of Quorn Park
    Mountsorrel Quarry and Swithland Reservoir are visible also. Quorn ......
Aerial view of Quorn village centre
    Taken c1994 on a winter day early in the evening, this view shows ......
Aerial view of St. Bartholomew's Church
    Photographed from above the Stafford Orchard in 1994. Rawlins can be ......
Aerial view of Stafford Orchard
    Taken from a hot air balloon in the mid 1990s. The old Primary School ......
Aerial view of Stafford Orchard, Quorn
    Taken from a hot air balloon in the mid 1990s. The Old Primary School ......
Aerial view of Station Road
    Taken in 1994. Lower-left is the corner of the Stafford Orchard. St. ......
Aerial view of Station Road, Quorn
    Taken in 1994. This predates the developments in the grounds of the ......
Aerial View of Station Road, Quorn and St. Bartholomew's Church
    Photograph taken in 1994. ......
Aerial view of the High Street, Quorn
    The building centre-right fronting the road with the gable end is the ......
Aerial view of The Stafford Orchard
    Wright's Mill can be seen clearly upper-centre. The mill chimney ......
Aerial view of The Stafford Orchard
    Taken in 1994. Station Road is behind the line of trees. ......
Aerial view of Tom Long's Meadow
    Plenty of change has happened since this photograph was taken in ......
After the snow came the floods
    Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1947 At Quorn, Mr A W Hincks, ......
Air Raid Shelter Poster
    Poster advertising air raid shelter construction. Relating to World ......
Alleged attempted rape
    Loughborough Advertiser - March 28th 1878 (see also Petty Sessions ......
Alleged Indecent Assault
    Loughborough Advertiser - 31st January 1878 Petty Sessions (see also ......
An accordian band
    The band is dressed up just below Quorn Station bridge c1914. ......
An affray in the dark at Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor - 3rd May 1900 Rev R Burton, Messrs C T ......
An Extraordinary outrage in Leicestershire
    Derby Mercury - April 1863. An extraordinary and fatal outrage was ......
An Old Quorn Ticket House - Footpath toll for pedestrians
    Loughborough Echo - 21st June 1935 At the north-western entrance ......
An Unnatural Husband
    Loughborough Advertiser - November 19th 1868 Loughborough Police ......
Ann Morris's letter 1838
    This letter and its transcription has been sent to the village museum ......
Antique glass bottle
    19th century glass bottle found during the refurbishment of the War ......
Artwork discovered in Quorn cottage
    When decorating some years ago, Phil and Sue Child of Beaconsfield ......
Assault on schoolboy 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 31st August 1916 Cecil Holmes, joiner, ......
Attempted Murder
    Freeman's Journal - 1st February 1838 Friday, the chapelry of ......
Banks cottages
    Mrs Spreckley in the end cottage. ......
Banks cottages, Quorn
    After the road widening part of the bank was used to make a footpath ......
Banks cottages, Quorn
    A tenant of the cottages c1900. ......
Baptist Church Christian Endeavour c1900
 
Baptist Church graves
    General photographs of the Baptist Church gravestones surrounding the ......
Barnham and Bailey's circus comes to town
    October 1899. The arrival of this famous circus in Loughborough ......
Beekeepers' 25th Anniversary at "One Ash"
    Loughborough Echo - 30th June 1972 On Saturday, upwards of 160 ......
Benjamin Fewkes and America
    Loughborough Echo - March 29th 1935 Originator of Hosiery in ......
Big demand for £20,000 homes at Quorn - Inquiry told
    Loughborough Monitor - 18th May 1973 The old camp site at Wood ......
Billy Lovett
    Billy Lovett, the rag and bone man, with his donkey and cart outside ......
Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 "One for the road" took on ......
Bowls Club 1925
    Loughborough Monitor and Herald Play in progress on the Quorn ......
Bowls Club Dinner 1957
    Loughborough Monitor - 22nd November 1957 A happy evening was ......
Boys enjoying the River Soar in 1905
    We don't know exactly where on the river this photograph was taken. ......
Boys paddling on The Green c1908
    A child in a pram far left sits somewhat precariously by the edge of ......
Boys playing in the River Soar
    At this time the Soar Road was known as Soar Side. ......
Brawl at the Bull's Head
    Loughborough Advertiser - August 21st 1873 Samuel Cragg, ......
Brawling
    Loughborough Advertiser - 10th January 1878 Petty Sessions Lucy ......
Brooch pins
    Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - Brooch pins. ......
Brook House
    A very old house which was once the home of the Parnham family. An ......
Brook House, Quorn
    The property was bought from the Parnham family by Mr Farnham in ......
Brook House, Quorn
    Granny Ainsworth, Linda Bonshor (granddaughter of Granny Ainsworth) ......
Brutal Prizefighting Contest
    Morning Chronicle - 4th January 1817 A correspondent at Quorn, ......
Bull's Head Hotel advert
    An advert from 1975 featuring meals at The Bull's Head Hotel, now the ......
Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
    An advert for the Bull's Head Hotel (now the Quorndon Fox) which ......
Camm Map 1838
    Drawn by Mr Joseph Camm and presented by his son James Camm in ......
Car crash at the Royal Oak, Quorn
    Car crash at the Royal Oak Pub, 1917. Clearly a major event for ......
Carnival fancy dress
 
Carnival on Stafford Orchard
    The ladies are believed to be Mrs Bishop and Mrs Williamson. Note the ......
Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
    Loughborough Herald - May 24th 1900 The relief of Mafeking was ......
Certificate of Merit 1951
    Certificate revealing footballing expertise at Festival of Britain ......
Charnwood House, Leicester Road
    Now part of Quorn County Hotel. Among the previous residents was ......
Chaveney House, Chaveney Road, Quorn
    After the death of Henry Chaveney in 1727 the property became a bone ......
Chaveney Road, Quorn
    A view looking east along Chaveney Road c1910. ......
Chaveney Road, Quorn - then and now
    This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now 61 ......
Children
    Believed to have been taken at the gated entrance to the old primary ......
Children and bike
    Children near the barrier on Soar Road. The River Soar is on the ......
Children at play
    Probably taken in the Stafford Orchard. The picket fence follows the ......
Children by the brook
 
Children in garden of Brook House, 1947
    Friends Iris Wilcox & Cynthia Williams. Born 1947 in Brook house, ......
Children in School Lane, Quorn
    The old primary school can be seen in the background. The picket ......
Children in School Lane, Quorn
    This is taken just in front of one of the cottages on the left of ......
Children on bridge
    The Little Bridge was built in 1760. ......
Children on School Lane causeway
    Children on causeway looking from School Lane towards the river ......
Children on the rectory lawn
     Loughborough Echo - 29th May 1936 Happy children entertained on ......
Children playing in the River Soar, Quorn
    This is the small area of public land still in existence adjacent to ......
Children playing on School Lane c1897-1910
    The windows are very characteristic of the cottages in School Lane ......
Children sitting on wall
    Three children enjoying the sun. Probably taken near to the Old ......
Christmas parcels for the Front - 1914
    Loughborough Herald - 10th December 1914 On Tuesday evening the ......
Church Lane cottages
    At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mrs Heap and her son Bill ......
Church procession across Stafford Orchard c1970s
    Probably related to the Outdoor Service on Stafford Orchard image ......
Clay Pipe
    18th century or early 19th century carved bowl of a clay pipe found ......
Col. Toller soon to leave Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor - 16th October 1959 Colonel W. S. N. Toller, ......
Commemorative token
    In 1789 the printer Robert Raikes started Sunday Schools in ......
Concealment of birth at Quorndon
    Loughborough Advertiser - July 16th 1874 (See also petty sessions ......
Constructing the modern footbridge on Leicester Road
    A 1675 map (Ogilby's) shows a bridge of five arches here because the ......
Cottage on Church Lane, Quorn
 
Cottage on High Street
    This photograph is lodged with the record office in Leicester. The ......
Cottage on School Lane, Quorn
    This is one of the cottages on School Lane just after the bridge on ......
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn
    Three cottages in 1975 prior to the start of restoration work. Each ......
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn
    Taken in 1976. Three cottages in Station Road are re-roofed prior to ......
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn
    1976. During renovation works, three cottages are converted into two ......
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn, prior to renovation in 1975
    Rear view of cottages that were almost derelict in 1975. Photograph ......
Cottages next to the White Horse, Quorn
    These shops were demolished in the 1960s to widen the entrance and ......
Cottages on High Street c1963
    This photograph is lodged with the record office in Leicester. The ......
Cottages on Leicester Road, Quorn
    Prior to demolition - date unlnown. ......
Couple in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950s
    Granny Ainsworth (grandmother to Iris Wilcox) and Norah Folkes in the ......
Customers at fault [wartime blackout] 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 William Ironman, ......
Dance Band Members Crash at Quorn
    Loughborough Echo - 24th March 1939 Dance band instruments were ......
Death of Captain Harold Wright
    Loughborough Herald - 16th September 1915. It is with the deepest ......
Death of Mr Philip Wright
    15th February 1900 - Loughborough Monitor Funeral at ......
Decorated house
    92 'Gaffer' Adams' house decorated for coronation of Edward VII - ......
Dedication of Quorn Trees
    Loughborough Monitor - 9th May 1952 Major Norman E Pehrson, Army ......
Demolition of Little Bridge on School Lane c1897
 
Desecration of churchyard
    Deanery Magazine - 5th September 1941 Protest by Vicar of ......
Diamond wedding at Quorn
    Loughborough Herald - 16th April 1914 Mr and Mrs George Gartshore, ......
Dining room at the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
    Loughborough Echo - 1st September 1939. We think this room is to the ......
District nurse for 30 years leaves Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor - 23rd October 1964 Quorn villagers on ......
Domestic quarrel
    Loughborough Advertiser - April 18th 1872 Before C Shakespeare and ......
Dr James Arthur Unitt (1860-1949)
    Dr Unitt lived in The Croft on Soar Road, the house was built in the ......
Drunk and Disorderly
    Loughborough Advertiser - 14th January 1878 Petty Sessions Jno. ......
Drunk in charge of horse
    Loughborough Advertiser September 15th 1881 William Garner for ......
Drunken children
    Loughborough Advertiser - May 2nd 1872 John Forth, Joseph Sharpe, ......
Edward VII coronation parade
 
Edward William Hensman
    Edward Hensman was appointed first headmaster of the revived Rawlins ......
Emma Caroline Jacques's school c1900-1901
    Miss Jacques with her scholars at her private school held in the ......
Employees at Messrs M Wright and Sons c1902
    This group of employees of Messrs M Wright and Sons' factory at Quorn ......
Evacuees in Mansfield Street, Quorn
    Barbara Haines (nee Postans) and John Pritchard were evacuated to ......
Extraordinary suicide in a gaol
    Liverpool Mercury - 3rd January 1871. On Saturday afternoon a ......
Family in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950-51
    Norah Folkes, born 1907,with her baby Janet Williams, daughter ......
Fancy Dress Parade at Quorn - 1914
    Loughborough Herald - 25th June 1914 For the second time since its ......
Fashionable wedding at Quorndon
    Loughborough Monitor - 24th September 1868 The pretty village of ......
Fatal accident at Quorndon
    Derby Mercury - 21st August 1861 On Saturday, two youths, aged ......
Fatal and Melancholy Accident 1851
    Derby Mercury - 10th December 1851 On Wednesday last, an inquest ......
Felony at Quorndon
    Loughborough Advertiser - April 16th 1874. Charles Deakin, a young ......
Festival on Stafford Orchard
    Date and event unknown. Looks to be from 1970s. The old St ......
Fined for riding a bike
    Loughborough Advertiser - November 10th 1881 Walter Smith was ......
Fire at Facer's Timber Yard, Quorn 1985
    Walter Blyth looking at the wreck of Facer's Timber Yard, Meeting ......
First passenger coaches
    Loughborough Monitor - 7th September 1973 The Main Line Steam ......
Fishing at The Cross c1900
    The stone bridge still exists and has an additional pedestrian bridge ......
Floods at Quorn Cross and Station Road
    Date unknown, however, there was substantial flooding in 1922 and ......
Floods in Soar Road, Quorn
    Pre-1940 floods in Soar Road. This is a view looking east towards ......
Floods in Station Road, Quorn
    c1900 Station Road under a considerable amount of water. The building ......
Floods on Loughborough Road, Quorn
    Severe flooding on the Quorn to Loughborough road causes problems for ......
Floods on Station Road, Quorn 1922
    Station Road flooded in August 1922. Note the railings of Black Green ......
Floods on the Village Green in 1932
    The single storey building to the right in the foreground housed the ......
Football at Quorn
    Loughborough Herald - 16th December 1897 Petty Sessions Thomas ......
Four generation of the Wykes family
    18th August 1944 Mr J Wykes, of 4 Church Path, Quorn, is here seen ......
Freehold Street Coronation Party
    12th June 1953 - Loughborough Monitor Freehold Street Coronation ......
Freehold Street, Quorn - Coronation Party
    Loughborough Monitor - 12th June 1953. Freehold Street Coronation ......
Frog artefact
    Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. Frog - ......
From Stables to Modern House - Mr and Mrs Bob Spoor
    Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959 Mr and Mrs Bob Spoor eat ......
Gambling
    Loughborough Herald 24th June 1897 Petty Sessions Richard Bonser, ......
Garden Fete 1915
    Loughborough Herald - 9th September 1915. Judging by the ......
George Gartshore
    George Gartshore was a farrier with the stage coaches and as such he ......
Glass pot lid
    Possibly dating from the time of Richard III due to depiction of boar ......
Goddess
    Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. Goddess ? ......
Grounds of Quorn House
 
Grounds of Quorn House
 
Group of people
    We believe this group to have been photographed in Quorn but know ......
High Street, Quorn
    Early 1900s. View into the centre of the village showing the Banks ......
High Street, Quorn
    Looking down the High Street towards the Cross. Probably c1930s. The ......
High Street, Quorn - then and now
    The cottages on the left no longer exist and the oriel window of the ......
High Street, Quorn - then and now
    An evocative image of a snowy High Street in 1907. The tall building ......
High Street, Quorn in the early 1900s
    View towards the centre of the village. Most of the stone cottages to ......
Hot air balloon, Stafford Orchard, Quorn
    The Gambles hot air balloon was a common sight in the village in the ......
Howlett's Bus Company
    Founded in Quorn by George Howlett in the early 1920s. The bus depot, ......
Howlett's Bus Company 1972
    This is a picture of a Howlett's bus passing through Quorn in June ......
Hyde House, Quorn
    The site was halfway between the Forge and the entrance lodge to ......
Jack Field
    Jack was a frequent 'master of ceremonies' at Quorn events. This ......
Jack Payne's shop
    Jack Payne repaired shoes from the front room of his home in Station ......
James Hartopp
    Loughborough Echo - 28th April 1939 Any stranger meeting James ......
Joe Bates, wheelwright
    The Wheelwright's shop, owned for a least four generations by the ......
John Sanders
    John Sanders was born in 1838. He excelled in the making of ......
Jubilee of Quorn Village Hall and proposed share issue
    Loughborough Echo - 16th June 1939 Mr W E B J Farnham's work in ......
Kid Creeb
    This one is a real mystery. We know from the reverse of the card ......
Kirbell Cottages, Barrow Road, Quorn
    These were built in Barrow Lane (now Barrow Road). Most of the houses ......
Ladies at carnival time
    We believe this may have been taken in the Stafford Orchard. ......
Lance-corporal Harris 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 19th October 1916 L-Cpl. Harris, of the ......
Laying of village hall memorial stones - June 29th 1889
    This fragile poster advertising the ceremony for the laying of the ......
Leicester Road, Quorn
     c1930s. Note the Mill House Inn - this is the white building centre ......
Leicester Road, Quorn
    An early view of Leicester Road looking north into the village ......
Leicester Road, Quorn
    Looking down Leicester Road towards School Lane from the area of the ......
Leicester Road, Quorn - then and now
    Many of the buildings have now disappeared including the Mill House ......
Lord Londsdale's whiskey
    Loughborough Herald - 15th April 1897 Petty Sessions John Crane, ......
Loughborough Agricultural Association 1862
    Derby Mercury - 27th July 1862 The premiums offered for the best ......
Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1939
    Carnival Queen - Joan Jollands ......
Loughborough Petty Sessions 1851
    Derby Mercury - 16th July 1851. Loughborough Petty Sessions. July ......
Loughborough Road Villas - then and now
    Built in the early years of the 20th century, these villas have ......
Loughborough Road Villas, Quorn
    Built in the early years of the 20th century, these villas have ......
Loughborough Road, Quorn
    Looking towards the top of the village with the Bowls Club wall on ......
Loughborough Road, Quorn
    Loughborough Road at this location outside Rawlins is now a busy ......
Louise Burrows
    Louise Burrows was a headmistress of St Bartholomews School and lived ......
Markfield May Day Parade, winning float
    The Markfield May Day Parade was an annual event in the village. This ......
May Dancing by "Quorn Folk" 1974
    10th May 1974 For the third consecutive year the "Quorn Folk" ......
May Fair at Rawlins
    Loughborough Monitor - 16th May 1975 ......
Maypole Dancing - then and now
    Maypole dancing on the Stafford Orchard, 1911 and 2005. Although both ......
Maypole Dancing on the Stafford Orchard
    Taken in 1911. ......
Meeting Street, Quorn
    An early photograph of Meeting Street. The pub (2nd building on the ......
Meeting Street, Quorn
    An early photograph of Meeting Street. The pub on the right (in the ......
Meeting Street, Quorn
    Shows the street before it was metalled. On the right of the ......
Meeting Street, Quorn
    27 Meeting Street is to the left of the timber yard entrance. Dating ......
Meeting Street, Quorn
    The buildings in the right foreground of this old photograph, ......
Meeting Street, Quorn - then and now
    The buildings in the right foreground of the old photograph, ......
Meeting Street, Quorn c1900
    To the right is Mr Sander's house and the entrance to his old timber ......
Melancholy death of a Gentleman
    Loughborough Advertiser - July 3rd 1873 On Sunday evening last the ......
Members of the 505th, Wood Lane Camp, 1944
    Photograph of members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, ......
Members of the 505th, Wood Lane, Quorn
    A break in training, resting on the grass verge by the stone wall in ......
Men of Quorn Baptist Church entertain 80
    Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1959 About 80 members and ......
Men's Institute for Quorn - to brighten village life 1925
    Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 1st October 1925 A very laudable ......
Met on leave in Quorn
    21st January 1944 These four Quorn sailor boys recently met on ......
Mill chimney being dismantled
    The last mill chimney in Quorn was removed in 1998. It stood close to ......
Miss Webster 1925
    Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September 1925 Little Miss ......
Mothers' Union 1975
    Loughborough Monitor - 12th December 1975 Home made cakes and ......
Motor Bus Accident near Quorn 1918
    Loughborough Herald - 4th July 1918 Shortly after 5pm on Tuesday ......
Mountsorrel Quarry - then and now
    An aerial view of what was Buddon Wood, now mostly removed by ......
Mr and Mrs Williams' sons
    Loughborough Herald - 5th August 1915 Mr and Mrs Williams, of ......
Mr Charles Camp - Three times wounded, escaped and married
    Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959 Sentenced to death for ......
Mr Sam Hallam of Quorn Fifty-one years with one firm
    Loughborough Echo - 29th MAY 1936 After serving the firm of Messrs ......
Mr T North in his garden
 
Mr Thomas Lucas
    Thomas Lucas was a watchmaker and had a shop in the High Street. ......
Mrs Sophia Perry-Herrick
    Mrs Perry-Herrick was the owner of Beaumanor Hall and its surrounding ......
Mrs Sophia Perry-Herrick
    Mrs Perry-Herrick was the owner of Beaumanor Hall and its surrounding ......
Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen
    Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen, born 24 November 1914, was engaged between ......
Mysterious death of a schoolmistress at Quorn
    Loughborough Herald - 6th April 1893. On Thursday evening Mr ......
Nearly a Romantic Disaster
    Daily News - 28th September 1846 Story of a Wedding. The ......
New bridge on School Lane, Quorn
    The original bridge was demolished in 1897 when it became dangerous. ......
Newspaper Advert for the Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn
    February 1973. ......
Not drunk - excited
    Loughborough Herald - 11th February 1897 Petty Sessions Jane ......
Nut Row, Quorn
    These old cottages stood at the back of what was Quorn Post Office ......
Objection to License renewal - Bull's Head Inn, Quorn 1918
    Loughborough Herald - 7th February 1918 "Rowdy music and foot ......
Obstreperous Army Corporal
    Loughborough Monitor - 11th September 1947 Extracts from a letter ......
Oddfellows Society
    Quorn's oldest society is that of the Oddfellows, whose Blooming Rose ......
Old Bull's Head coaching lamp
    The old coaching lamp from the old Bull's Head inn in the High ......
Once an old coaching house - Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
    Loughborough Echo - 4th August 1939 In these days of ultra-modern ......
Opening of Quorn Village Hall
    An original poster detailing the opening celebrations of Quorn ......
Orchard Estate, Quorn - newpaper advert
    Advertisement in local newspaper in 1936. ......
Original Village Hall poster
    The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A meeting ......
Outdoor Service on Stafford Orchard
    Date and event unknown. Appears to be from 1970s. The old St. ......
Outside a beer house
    This is probably taken at the door of the King William IV pub. ......
People in Quorn Stables
    The writing on this photo indicates that the year is 1942, but the ......
Pestilence Cottage, Old Woodhouse, Leicestershire, circa 1300
    In the middle ages the black rat or "Rattus Rattus" cut a swathe ......
Petty Sessions - An Aggravated Husband
    Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1905. Edwin Brewin, labourer, ......
Petty Sessions 1851
    Derby Mercury - 6th August 1851 Petty Sessions. July 28th 1851, ......
Pirates of Penzance
    Loughborough Monitor - 25th April 1975 Pictured in Rawlins ......
Playing cricket on the Stafford Orchard
 
Poaching fish
    Loughborough Advertiser - March 3rd 1881 William Dunn and William ......
Popular hosts retire from Quorn pub
    Loughborough Monitor - 7th November 1975 Mr Albert Sweet and his ......
Post Card of The Cross, Quorn
    This is a view of the Cross taken from outside the Memorial Gardens ......
Post Office
    The Post Office was H H North's at the end of the c19th and his ......
Post Office in Quorn Cross c1940s
    This building has been in use as a shop in one form or another for ......
Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
    This view is looking down Chaveney Road from the Woodhouse Road ......
Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
    This house is now 45 Chaveney Road on the corner almost opposite ......
Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
    This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now 61 ......
Postcard of High Street, Quorn
    This view is of High Street, looking towards Loughborough. The main ......
Postcard of house in Woodhouse Road, Quorn
    This house is called The Briars, and is either 86 or 88 Woodhouse ......
Postcard of Leicester Road, Quorn
    A parade along Leicester Road. The photo is taken looking towards the ......
Postcard of Loughborough Road Villas, Quorn
    This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking towards the ......
Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn
    This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking towards the ......
Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn
    Reprint of postcard. Right hand house in No.47. ......
Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn
    Number 27 Meeting Street is on right with no mock timbering. On the ......
Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn
    This is a view looking down Meeting Street, with the blacksmith's ......
Postcard of Parish Church
    This is a particularly nice view of the church, looking from Station ......
Postcard of Parish Church
    This is the Parish Church, looking down the main aisle. The card ......
Postcard of Quorn - Multiview
    This postcard contains six photographs and although they are small, ......
Postcard of Quorn Cross
    This is Quorn Cross looking down Station Road towards what is now the ......
Postcard of Quorn High Street with the Banks cottages beyond
    The photograph shows the High Street, showing (what is now) 27 High ......
Postcard of Quorn High Street with the Banks cottages beyond
    Family and background information about the postcard showing the High ......
Postcard of Rawlins from the church tower
    This photograph was taken from the top of the Church tower, looking ......
Postcard of The Avenue, Quorn
    The location of this postcard is unknown. It is in Quorn, but just ......
Postcard of The Cross, Quorn
    This photograph is taken from the Cross looking towards the Memorial ......
Postcard of The Cross, Quorn
    This photograph looks as if it was taken from the middle of the road, ......
Postcard of the High Street, Quorn
    This is looking along High Street to Loughborough Road from the ......
Postcard of the High Street, Quorn
    This postcard shows High Street and specifically the old Bulls Head, ......
Postcard of The Pied Piper
    This photograph was taken in 1906 by William Shuttlewood. William ......
Postcard of The Vicarage
    The old vicarage, High Street - now an integral part of Rawlins ......
Presented gift to school and then dedicated it
    Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1953 St Bartholomew's school, ......
Primary school class with Headteacher Adams c1904
 
Private Blackshaw
    Loughborough Herald - 12th August 1915 News has been received that ......
Private E A Benskin 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 2nd November 1916 Offical information has ......
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
    Ladies outside refreshment tent. 1897. ......
Quorn 1841 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1841 census arranged in order of surnames. This census ......
Quorn 1841 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1841 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn 1851 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1851 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
Quorn 1851 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1851 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn 1861 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1861 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
Quorn 1861 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1861 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn 1871 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1871 census arranged in order of surnames. This census was ......
Quorn 1871 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1871 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn 1881 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1881 census arranged in order of surnames. This census had ......
Quorn 1881 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1881 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn 1891 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1891 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
Quorn 1891 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1891 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn 1901 Census (ordered by surname)
    The Quorn 1901 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
Quorn 1901 Census (original order)
    The Quorn 1901 census listed in the order in which the information ......
Quorn Baker was Drunk
    Loughborough Advertiser - April 2nd 1874. John Webster, baker, ......
Quorn Baptist Church
    This transcription of a 1960 pamphlet by Mr Wilfred Mee, foreword by ......
Quorn Baptist Church - Memorial Transcriptions
    Details of all grave transcriptions in the Baptist Church cemetery. ......
Quorn Bowls Club c1920s
 
Quorn British Legion branch formed
    Loughborough Echo - 14th December 1936 Quorn ex-service men A ......
Quorn British Legion Party
    Loughborough Monitor - 16th January 1947 These youngsters enjoyed ......
Quorn Camp troops at the Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
    82nd Paratroopers and Brits enjoying the beer and ale. ......
Quorn Camp troops at the Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
    82nd Paratroopers and British civilians discussing the merits of ale ......
Quorn Camp troops at the Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
    Anglo-American relations in Curzon Arms in 1944 at Woodhouse Eaves. ......
Quorn celebrates a royal wedding
    In honour of the royal wedding the village hall and grounds were ......
Quorn Census Occupations
    Occupations in Quorn have varied enormously over the years and many ......
Quorn Census Returns and Street Names
    When looking at the census records, some street names may not be ......
Quorn children 1925
    Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 10th December 1925 A group of ......
Quorn china ribbon plate 1910
    This is a china ribbon plate, made as a souvenir of Quorn in ......
Quorn Church of England School 1912
    On the far right can be seen Miss Isabella Corlett, the headmistress ......
Quorn Conservative Association 1975
    Loughborough Monitor - 21st November 1975. Quorn Conservative ......
Quorn Conservative Club's Skittles Final
    Loughborough Echo - 15th March 1968 Quorn Conservative Club's long ......
Quorn Coronation Sports Cup
    The wording (just about readable) is: 'Coronation Sports Quorn, June ......
Quorn Cricket Club 1976
    Loughborough Monitor - 2nd July 1976 The club defeated Kegworth by ......
Quorn Cross
    Taken looking up the High Street towards Loughborough. 1930s-1940s. ......
Quorn Cross
    Taken circa 1946. Motor traffic still a relative rarity. ......
Quorn Cross
    Taken circa 1950. The photographer is standing at the door of the ......
Quorn Cross
    Dominating the Cross is the White Horse Inn, due to its central ......
Quorn Cross
    c 1900. A view looking up towards the High Street. The Royal Oak and ......
Quorn Custard and Lemonade
    Quorn grocery products - and we don't mean the modern 'textured ......
Quorn Family link with St Bartholomew's
    Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959. The Westley family who live ......
Quorn Fete August 1917
    Round the Maypole at the Quorn Fete on behalf of the Soldiers ......
Quorn Fields Farm
    A farmhouse standing in the field between the Soar and the main road ......
Quorn Fire Brigade and refused use of Stafford Orchard for football
    Loughborough Echo - June 12th 1936 Quorn Fire Brigade - Suggested ......
Quorn Football Club
    Loughborough Monitor - 14th September 1973 This is likely to have ......
Quorn group to dance in France
    Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1973 Nine members of the ......
Quorn Guest House
    An entry in a local advertising magazine or booklet. Date unknown. ......
Quorn Guides May Fair 1959
    Loughborough Monitor - 8th May 1959 The members of Quorn girl ......
Quorn Hall
    Photograph taken in the early 1900s. ......
Quorn Havelock FC
    Winners of League Championship, 1907-8 Back row (left to right): F ......
Quorn Havelock Football Club
    Loughborough Echo - 14th April 1972. The above picture of the ......
Quorn Havelock Football Club
    Taken in 1907 and donated by Linda Reid, British Columbia, ......
Quorn High Street - then and now
    High Street looking towards Loughborough and showing the White Hart ......
Quorn House
 
Quorn Hunt at The Cross
    The Quorn Hunt gathers at The Cross; accurate date unknown. The ......
Quorn Hunt Ball
    Loughborough Herald - 5th January 1893 The second annual hunt ball ......
Quorn Hunt Kennels
    These unusual almost circular "beehive pattern" brick huts were ......
Quorn Hunt Kennels
    These unusual almost circular "beehive pattern" brick huts, were ......
Quorn Hunt kennels
    Impression of hunt kennels by W E Cooke 1878. The central weathervane ......
Quorn Hunt on School Lane
    The Quorn Hunt travelling along School Lane towards the old primary ......
Quorn Improvement Wanted - Stafford Orchard
    Loughborough Echo - 14th July 1939 A report is to be presented to ......
Quorn Infant Welfare 1918
    Loughborough Herald - 11th July 1918 The mothers and children ......
Quorn Man Drank Methylated Spirits
    Loughborough Echo 24th January 1936. Quorn Shopkeepers Terrified. ......
Quorn Man Fined £5
    Loughborough Echo 24th January 1936. The seriousness of failing to ......
Quorn man hooks 70lb shark 1957
    Loughborough Monitor - 2nd August 1957 After a tremendous 20 ......
Quorn Man's Strange Conduct
    Loughborough Herald - 26th January 1905. Ernest Facer, labourer, ......
Quorn Memories
    Loughborough Echo - 21st July 1939 Few local villages can have ......
Quorn Methodist FC - October 1959
    Left to right back row: J Wisehall, G Lee, K Sutton, A Berry, T ......
Quorn Methodist Football Club
    Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1947 Members of Quorn Methodist ......
Quorn Mills (Wright's) Fire Brigade 1907
 
Quorn Mills Park Bowls Club Pavillion
    This photograph is lodged with the records office in Leicester. Quorn ......
Quorn National Fire Service
    The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White ......
Quorn Parish Church (St. Bartholomew's) Grave Transcriptions
    Details of all grave transcriptions in the Parish Church (St. ......
Quorn Parish Council - Condition of Stafford Orchard
    Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 The monthly meeting of the ......
Quorn Parish Council 1947
    Loughborough Monitor - 9th January 1947 In response to complaints ......
Quorn Parish Council Meeting
    Loughborough Echo - 6th January 1939 The monthly meeting of the ......
Quorn Parish Council Meeting 1936 - Dirty Milk, Jubilee seats and Footpath complaints
    Loughborough Echo - January 10th 1936 Quorn Council and milk ......
Quorn Parish Council meeting 1936 - Refusal to withdraw remark, Jubilee Seat Protest and Horses in Orchard
    Loughborough Echo - 24th April 1936 Protest by Mr J J ......
Quorn Parish Council meeting 1936 - Stafford Orchard and Football Club, and Disbandment of Quorn Fire Brigade
    Loughborough Echo - August 14TH 1936 At a meeting of the Quorn ......
Quorn Parish Council meeting 1941 - Caravans on Village Green
    Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1941 Parish Council ......
Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase 1957
    29th March 1957 Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase of ......
Quorn Pub Token
    This is a rubbing of a pub token issued by the White Hart, probably ......
Quorn Public Recreation Ground
    Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1968 To the Editor Sir - I was ......
Quorn Sailors' and Soldiers' Fund 1918
    Loughborough Herald - 29th August 1918 Fancy Dress Parade In ......
Quorn Salvation Army Badge
    This badge is approximately 3 cm wide (1 ¼ inches) wide. It would ......
Quorn School Football Team c1947
    St Barts Quorn C of E School 1st Eleven Football circa 1947 Top ......
Quorn soldier killed 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 c.o.'s appreciative ......
Quorn Soldier wounded
    18th August 1944 Private Cecil Wykes, son of Mr J Wykes, Church ......
Quorn Soldier's Experiences 1914
    Loughborough Herald - 24th September 1914 Quorn Soldier's ......
Quorn Soldier's Experiences 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 6th April 1916 (passed by censor) A ......
Quorn Souvenir China
    This small pot is less than 6 cm (2 ½ inches) wide and was produced ......
Quorn United Cricket Club
    Loughborough Herald - 6th July 1899 Denounciation of the League ......
Quorn United Cricket Club 1899
    The names shown beneath the photo are: H.Orton M.Bonsor F.Clarke ......
Quorn VE Day Party - Freehold Street Children, Quorn
    Christine Baum is the girl seated second from the left and has ......
Quorn Vicarage Garden Fete
    Loughborough Monitor - 22nd June 1975 Our photographer was on hand ......
Quorn village cobbler works a full day at 79
    Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959. In a small dark room off ......
Quorn Village Hall
    The street scene remains largely the same, some of the granite ......
Quorn Village Hall - then and now
    The street scene remains largely the same, some of the granite ......
Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
    Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see the full ......
Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
    Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see the full ......
Quorn Wakes 1925
    Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 10th September 1925 Last Sunday ......
Quorn War Weapons Week
    Loughborough Echo - 30th May 1941 A fine turn-out. War Weapons ......
Quorn War Weapons Week
    Loughborough Echo - 13th June 1941 Quorn, having aimed at the sum ......
Quorn War Weapons Week
    Loughborough Echo - 13th June 1941 Wednesday: £22,700. Wednesday ......
Quorn woman on fire
    Loughborough Echo - 17th February 1939 Prompt action of night ......
Quorn Workmen's Outing
    Loughborough Herald - 28th September 1899. On Saturday the ......
Quorn, England
    Contributed by Marie Gray Wise. My father, Pfc. William J. Gray from ......
Quorndon Co-op Checks
    These checks (sometimes incorrectly known as tokens) dating from the ......
Quorndon Coronation Celebrations 1953
    Programme of events June 2nd 1963 on Stafford Orchard. ......
Quorndon Farmers' Club 1853
    Derby Mercury - 9th November 1853 The fourth annual meeting of ......
Quorndon Map, North Field, 1752
    A map of Quorndon, The North Field, in 1752. Area stated as 685 acres. ......
Quorndon Map, South Field, 1752
    A map of Quorndon, The South Field, in 1752. Area stated as 457 acres. ......
Quorndon Map, West Field, 1752
    A map of Quorndon, The West Field, in 1752. Area stated as 334 acres. ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1890
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - Febraury 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1890
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1890
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1895
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1890
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1894
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1895
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1892
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1893
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1895
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
Quorndon Urban District Council and infection diseases
    Loughborough Herald - October 25th 1900 To the Editor: Sir- ......
QuornSouvenir Jug
    This little jug is 7 ½ cms (3 inches) tall. It was made by the New ......
Quorn's church clock loses face: Three-inch slip after 132 years
    Loughborough Monitor - 27th November 1964 For 132 years villagers ......
Quorn's pageant and comic football were off
    Loughborough Monitor - 5th June 1953 A few dejected figures, hands ......
Ralph Thornton 1944
    April 28th 1944 Corporal Ralph Thornton, who is serving with the ......
Rawlins cricket eleven 1908
 
Rawlins Grammar School - "The Barretts of Wimpole Street".
    Loughborough Monitor - 13th March 1947 The dramatic society of ......
Rawlins Grammar School 1921
    The photograph below was contributed by Ian Aitken. His mother (then ......
Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Speech Day 1959
    Loughborough Echo - 13th November 1959 "Pity if this became the ......
Rawlins Hockey Team
     c1920 with headteacher Mr Keith Thompson. Front row, third from ......
Rawlins hockey team c1920s
 
Rawlins School
    The Rawlins school was founded in Woodhouse in 1691 by Thomas Rawlins ......
Rawlins School
    The Rawlins school was founded in Woodhouse in 1691 by Thomas Rawlins ......
Rawlins School
    We don't have any date information on this image. ......
Rawlins School - date unknown
 
Rawlins School - then and now
    At the time the old photograph was taken, the school accommodated 39 ......
Rawlins School 1901
 
Rawlins staff 1920-21
    Back row left to right: Miss Rogers, Miss Vial, Miss Butler, Miss ......
Rawlins Under 15 - 1976
    Loughborough Monitor - 2nd April 1976 Rawlins Under 15 - winners ......
Re-possession of a Quorn house
    Loughborough Echo - July 24th 1936 County Court ......
Rev Kelcey
    When the Rev. Kelcey came to Quorn he brought with him a pneumatic ......
Rider on Horse
    Believed to be connected with the Quorn Hunt. Date unknown. ......
River mystery at Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor and News - 30th June 1910. On Saturday the ......
River Soar
    The river at Soar Road, Quorn about 1960. During the 1930's and 40's ......
Robert Parkinson
    There were three generations of Robert Parkinsons in Quorndon. Robert ......
Roll Call at the Old Primary School, Quorn
    Photograph taken in the playground of the old primary school. The ......
Roll of Honour 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 19th October 1916 Pte Hollingsworth, of the ......
Roman coin
    Roman coin (Denarius). Displaying the head of the Empress Faustina. ......
Roman coin
    Roman coin (Denarius). Reverse side showing an image of Romulus and ......
Roman coins
    Selection of Roman coins (Sestertius). Portraying the Emperors Pius ......
Roman spoon
    Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - spoon. Metal ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
Saint Bartholomew's Church
    Belived to have been taken c1900. This is a view from the Station ......
Saint Bartholomew's Churchyard
    General photographs of the churchyard and gravestones surrounding the ......
Sale of a wife
    The London Dispatch - 9th September 1838 On Thursday morning last ......
Santa Maria bridge on Soar Road c1970s
 
Santa Maria bridge on the Soar
    Loughborough Monitor - 8th August 1975 We received a flood of ......
Santa Maria lodge and the river soar c1900
    Real postcard. Original lodged with the records office, ......
Santa Maria Lodge, Quorn
    The iron bridge at Santa Maria Lodge was built for the horses and ......
School children on bridge
    School children crossing the temporary bridge on School Lane c1897. ......
School class at the old Primary School, Quorn
    A very old photograph taken against the wall of the old Primary ......
School Lane - then and now
    This is a very old cottage at the corner of School Lane and Stoop ......
School Lane Albion F.C., Quorn
    Taken in 1907. ......
School Lane Cottage, Quorn
    This cottage is at the corner of School Lane and Stoop Lane. Mr ......
School outing to Bradgate Park 1909
    'The School picnic took place on Wednesday, July 14th, on the one ......
Schoolboy Breaks Into Quorn House
    Loughborough Echo 21st February 1936. Caught by Occupier in ......
Second annual garden party - 1964
    29th May 1964 - Loughborough Monitor £125 raised for parish's room ......
Selling poor quality milk 1917
    Loughborough Herald - 5th July 1917 Jeremiah J Stirling, milk ......
Sergt. L Green and Miss J Bowler 1944
    28th January 1944 The wedding took place at St Bartholomew's ......
Signaller G P Flanders 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 2nd November 1916 Official information has ......
Singular Announcement 1840
    Preston Chronicle - 10th October 1840 On Tuesday last, the good ......
Sir Richard Sutton
 
Sketch drawing of Little Bridge on School Lane
 
Smashing a factory window
    Loughborough Herald - 15th April 1897 Petty Sessions Charles Wm ......
Soar Road, Quorn
    The granite and brick wall on the left is still present today. Santa ......
Soar-side cottages on Soar Road
    These were built on a stone plinth and had three steps to the top of ......
Social evening at the Men's Institute
    Loughborough Echo - 17th February 1939 A social evening was held ......
Soldier's Death 1916
    Loughborough Monitor - 10th August 1916 The death of Pte. Charles ......
Spring Fair, Quorn
    Loughborough Monitor - 11th April 1975 Members of Quorn Women's ......
St Bartholomew's Church
    An early photograph, lodged with the record office, Leicester. The ......
St Bartholomew's Football Team 1950 - 1951
    Ian Aitken is on the left of the goalie. To the immediate left of the ......
St Bartholomew's Football Team 1950 - 1951
    Victorious six-a-side football team of 1950-1951 era. Back Row: ......
St Bartholomew's Football Team 1951 - 1952
    In the centre holding the football is Ian Aitken. At the end of the ......
St Bartholomew's Primary School staff c1940
    Back row left to right: Mr Galon, Mr Evans, Miss Sturman, Mr ......
St Batholomew's church yard
    Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 Not a haymaking scene but a ......
St. Bartholomew's Church
    The earliest mention of the Church is that Ranulf, 4th Earl of ......
St. Bartholomew's Church - then and now
    Looking a little stark in the old photograph, the yew trees now ......
St. Bartholomew's Church and Station Road
    Taken in 1994. The Mill is still intact before conversion into flats ......
St. Bartholomew's Church under repair
    Repairs to the church following the fire in 1960s. ......
St. Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
    Looking a little stark in the old photograph, the yew trees now ......
Staff at Wright's
    We think this image is of staff or employers at Wright's. ......
Stan downs nine faggots to become champion
    Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1972 It is hardly surprising that ......
Station Road cottages - January 1969
    This photograph is lodged with the record office, Leicester. The ......
Station Road Extension (near mansfield Street)
    The Apple Tree pub can be seen on the left hand side. Mansfield ......
Station Road Extension - then and now
    The Apple Tree pub can be seen on the left hand side. Mansfield ......
Station Road, Quorn
    The Apple Tree pub was originally a dwelling house with a bake house ......
Station Road, Quorn
    In the mid-distance, the Pig and Whistle pub with the gantry which ......
Station Road, Quorn - then and now
    In the mid-distance, the Pig and Whistle pub with the gantry which ......
Stealing Mutton
    Loughborough Herald - 7th October 1897 Petty Sessions Thomas ......
Stocks, prize-fighting, swimming brook and a strike at church
    Loughborough Echo - Friday 3rd August 1928 Quorn is perhaps as ......
Stone throwing at Quorn
    Loughborough Herald - 11th March 1897 Petty Sessions Wednesday - ......
Stone well in Station Road cottage
    This well was discovered in 1976 during renovation works of the ......
Stream from Tom Long's Meadow, Quorn
    Builders break into the culvert carrying the stream from Tom Long's ......
Successful Church Fair in Quorn 1959
    Loughborough Monitor - 5th June 1959 The annual May Fair organised ......
Sudden death of girl
    Loughborough Monitor - 25th March 1897 Emily, the 13 year old ......
Sunday gambling
    Loughborough Monitor - December 6th 1900 Luke Lester, butcher, ......
Sunday School outing at Quorn Fields Farm 1897
    Quorn Fields was a farmhouse standing in the fields between the Soar ......
Sunday School Party 1959
    Loughborough Advertiser - 9th January 1959 A "quiet moment" during ......
Sykes brothers meet on leave 1944
    31st March 1944 The three sons of Mr and Mrs Leonard Sykes of ......
Tea shop on Leicester Road, Quorn
    The Grocer's shop of S Bunney, Leiceser Road just beyond and on the ......
Temperance Association
    Loughborough Advertiser - September 4th 1873 On Wednesday evening, ......
Temporary War Memorial
    This was sited on The Cross just in front of where the existing stone ......
The 505th Camp, Wood Lane, Quorn
    The First Battalion being addressed by their Commanding Officer, ......
The back garden of the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
    Loughborough Echo - 8th September 1939. The garden and stonework ......
The Baptist Chapel, Quorn
    Baptists have been active in Quorn for over 200 years. The Parkinson ......
The Baptist Chapel's men's adult school c1910
 
The Bellringers 1926
    On the milkman's horse and cart as part of a parade forming up at the ......
The Bells of St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
    Loughborough Echo - 5th April 1935 The fine turreted tower of ......
The Co-op. c1910
    The shop was built in 1862 on the site of the Blue Ball Inn. The ......
The concealment of a birth
    Loughborough Advertiser - 30th April 1874. (see also Assizes ......
The Conservative Club
    Mr Ernest Laundon, a manager at Wright's factory, opens the ......
The Conservative Club, Quorn
    The original building at 40 Station Road was at its earliest known ......
The Cradocks of Leicestershire
    A history of the Cradock family who lived in Quorn Court for much of ......
The Cross - then and now
    Although recognisable, some buildings such as the White Horse have ......
The Cross c1920s
    A good range of shops in business. The building to the right of the ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The Farnham Chapel
    Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image is Crown ......
The great flood at Quorn - July 21st 1875
    Notes by C Murray Rumsey A Mountsorrel Pepys Discovery of old ......
The Green
    A photograph from the early 1900s. In the early days of its history ......
The Green c1920
    This photo shows The Green before part of it became the car park. In ......
The Green in flood
    Note the lock up to the left and Wright's factory in the distance. ......
The High Street, Quorn
    Mrs Hensman meets Lord Lonsdale's goat in the High Street c1900. ......
The history of Quorn Havelock FC
    Loughborough Echo 8th Feb 1935 Great excitement prevailed among ......
The Home Farm of the Nether Hall
    Submitted by Kate Hutchinson Story written in 1991 The old stone ......
The Home Guard
    Training with a machine gun on Quorn Green. L to R = Wilf Bailey, ......
The Huntsman's House
 
The Inglesant WIll
    Loughborough Advertiser 1874 In the Court of Probate on Saturday, ......
The Kaye House, Quorn
    In 1691 Charles Farnham succeeded, under the will of his cousin Mrs ......
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
    This is a very early photograph of the King William the Fourth Pub. ......
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
    The pub has since been demolished and stood at the front of the Quorn ......
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
    This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester. The ......
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
    This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester. The ......
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
    This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester. The ......
The Late Canon H Rumsey, MA
    Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1940 Thirty-one years vicar of Quorn ......
The Lodge, Meeting Street, Quorn
    The lodge and gates to Quorn House are visible in the middle ......
The Manor Hotel, Quorn
    The Manor House Hotel opened in 1899, the year after the opening of ......
The Mill House, Quorn
    Date unknown. The pub took its name from the steam flour mill nearby ......
The Mill House, Quorn c1900
    To the right of the archway is Factory House, which was a public ......
The Old Bull's Head - then and now
    Situated in the centre of the village, the building has changed ......
The Old Forge, Meeting Street, Quorn
    Looking down Meeting Street towards The Old Forge. The Blacksmith's ......
The Old School, Quorn - then and now
    Saint Bartholomew's Primary School (1834-1969). When the village ......
The Opening of the Farnham Memorial Hall - 1938
    The Hall was the gift of George Farnham and was opened by Colonel ......
The Parish Church Choir c1900
    Jack Fewkes is in the front row (cap with Rawlins School badge). ......
The Quorn Official Guide
    Published in 1950, this is a simple document detailing the village of ......
The Quorn Smells Poster - November 1889
    Poster printed by William Edward Basil Farnham. Making light of what ......
The Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
The Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
The Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1891
    St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, Woodhouse. Note ......
The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey
    The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey was born in Smeeth, Kent, came to ......
The river Soar in flood c1900
    This is a view facing east along Soar Road towards Santa Maria Lodge. ......
The sad suicide of a medical gentleman
    Loughborough Advertiser - 14th May 1874. On Wednesday morning, the ......
The Shuttlewood Story
    William Shuttlewood and his Family - Quorn Photographer 1905 to ......
The Slabs
    The Quorn to Barrow Slabs footpath under water in the 1920s. 'Scotche ......
The Stafford Orchard in flood
    Floods in the Stafford Orchard. This photograph has been taken from ......
The story of the Unknown Donor's Charity (or the Townland's Charity)
    Loughborough Advertiser - 3rd October 1872 The origin of this ......
The Tar Tub
    The Tar Tub was a familiar sight in Quorn. Tar was loaded into the ......
The Thatch
    The original photograph is lodged with the record office in ......
The Theft of Lady Southampton's Jewels.
    Derby Mercury - April and August 1830. 1 - April It may be ......
The Turnpike Murder
    The Derby Mercury - Friday January 13th - 30th 1767 Leicester, ......
The Vicarage, Quorn
    Rev. Foord-Kelcey in the vicarage doorway at the turn of the century. ......
The Village Hall, Quorn
    The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A meeting ......
The War Memorial, Quorn
    Names on the memorial from both world wars including place of death. ......
The War Memorial, Quorn
    The memorial is situated in the very centre of Quorn in the Memorial ......
The White Horse, Quorn
    Owned by William and Mary White in the c17th and described as "all ......
The White House, Quorn
    101 Meeting Street. In 2009, much of the rendering was removed to ......
Theft by a domestic
    Loughborough Monitor - August 16th 1900 Louisa Clamp, domestic ......
Theft by a "Man in Posession"
    Loughborough Herald - 18th November 1897 Petty Sessions Edward ......
Theft of a trowel
    John Bancroft, bricklayer's labourer, Church-lane, Quorn, was charged ......
Theft of cigars from the King William IV
    Loughborough Advertiser - August 8th 1872 On Friday last, two ......
Tom Firr
    Tom Firr was a local celebrity and his hunting exploits were often ......
Tom Firr
    The famous Quorn huntsman. This portrait (from The Stable magazine) ......
Trespassing on the railway
    Loughborough Advertiser - August 25th 1881 Thomas Wesson was ......
Troops at The Curzon Arms - then and now
    82nd Airborne paratroopers based in Quorn and British Wrens planning ......
Troops at The Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves, 1944
    82nd Airborne paratroopers based in Quorn and British Wrens planning ......
Unknown location
    We know this to be a view of a cottage in Quorn and suspect it to be ......
Unknown location, Quorn
    This photograph might have been taken on the Quorn House estate. The ......
Unknown Quorn family c1910
    A photograph held in Loughborough Library. ......
Urban Council 1918 - Infant mortality - shortage of jam, fat and sugar to blame
    Loughborough Herald - 22nd August 1918 A special meeting of this ......
Urban District Council - Diphtheria outbreak
    Loughborough Herald - 6th January 1898 A monthly meeting of this ......
Urban District Council - medical report, the health of the village
    Loughborough Herald - 8th February 1900 The monthly meeting of ......
Urban District Council - nuisance in Woodhouse-lane, Quorn
    Loughborough Herald - 4th January 1900 The monthly meeting of this ......
Urban District Council - special meeting to consider Farnham proposal
    Loughborough Herald - 14th June 1900 A special meeting of this ......
Urban District Council meeting - proposal by Mr Farnham
    Loughborough Herald - 7th June 1900 The monthly meeting of this ......
US 82nd Airborne Division
    505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Introduction The 505th ......
US Paratroopers at Camp Quorn 1944
    Company H. 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment Standing retreat May ......
US Paratroopers on Company Street at Camp Quorn 1944
    Three paratroopers of H Co 505 PIR pose on the company street at Camp ......
US soldier Private Gilbert L Gamelcy, Camp Quorn 1944
    Private Gilbert L Gamelcy. "Moose" outside his tent at Quorn-England ......
US soldier Private Leon Vassar, Camp Quorn 1944
    Camp Quorn, England. H. 505 Company Street - Pvt Leon Vassar and ......
US soldier Richard A Vargas, Camp Quorn 1944
    Richard A Vargas standing on H Company street in Camp Quorn, England ......
US soldier Robert E Coddington, Camp Quorn 1944
    Robert E Coddington was a good trooper who was often found on patrol ......
US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
    Paratroopers of H Company 505 Parachute Regiment of the 82nd Airborne ......
US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
    At Camp Quorn in Leicestershire, England. Kenneth W Roddy, medic, and ......
US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
    February 1944 at Camp in Quorn, England. Paratroopers of H. Co. 505 ......
US troops based in Quorn photographed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester
    In the spring of 1944, 505 troopers pose after a dance in De Montfort ......
US troops based in Quorn photographed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester
    Leicester's De Montfort Hall was the gather place for many troopers ......
Village pump
    Back of the houses on Station Road. Pumps were in many back gardens ......
Waiting for a wedding
    The first time a bride came to church in a motor car for her wedding ......
Walking the village in procession
    An early custom of the Oddfellows Society in Quorn was that of ......
Was this the most unkind man ever to have lived in Quorn?
    Leicester Mercury - 8th November 1840 Clerical Oppression On ......
Webster drunk again
    Loughborough Advertiser - November 20th 1873 John Webster, of ......
Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn
    Stone laying ceremony at the Wesleyan Chapel April 1st 1907. ......
Women unite to plant a tree for '73
    Loughborough Monitor - 23rd November 1973 Members of both Quorn ......
Wood Lane, Quorn card
    Card illustrating a courting couple in Wood Lane. Nothing more is ......
Woodhouse Road, Quorn
    A view of Woodhouse Road. Buddon Wood is in the background. ......
Woolly rhinoceros discovered in Quorn
    Loughborough Echo - 18th August 1939 Now on view in Loughborough ......
World War I soldiers
    Soldiers from the first world war parading down Loughborough Road. ......
Wrights Social and Dance at Quorn 1939
    Loughborough Echo - 10th February 1939 Messrs M Wright and Sons' ......
Wrights's Commanders Carnival Band
    Photographed outside the Bowls Club in 1937. ......
Wright's Carnival Band, Quorn - 1930s
    A photograph held in Loughborough Library. ......
Wright's Christmas Party 1976
    24th December 1976 Children of employees of M Wright and Sons, ......
Wright's factory
    Taken from the car park (formerly 'The Green') c1960s. ......
Wright's factory
    Part of the building was used by the County Council as a library ......
Wright's factory
    Part of the building was used by the County Council as a library ......
Wright's Mill used as library
    Inside of Wright's when used as the library prior to the move to ......
Young Children
    These five young children (c1900) dressed as was the custom. Girls ......
"Ballet in Progression" at Quorn
    2nd April 1976 Trained by Margaret Lovett, pupils of St ......
"Gaffer" Charles Adams, Headmaster of Quorn National School 1893-1908.
    Charles Adams lived at 72 Station Road. ......
'Suffer the little children'
    Loughborough Advertiser - 29th May 1873 Dear Sir I failed to see ......
£1,000 for 15-year-old Quorn boy
    Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 Hand entangled in ......