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1921 Map
Portion of map showing the centre of the village. ......
 
1946 Picture Post Article - Quorn Rawlins School Trip to the North of Scotland
This article was written by Fyfe Robertson and appeared in ......
 
1961 Friends of Markfield Parade at Quorn on the Green
This photograph was taken in 1961 on Station road on the ......
 
21 years in Royal Marines
14th January 1944 Corp George Taylor, husband of Mrs ......
 
27 Meeting Street, Quorn
Part of the present building was erected in 1650 and was at ......
 
2nd Lieutenant H Beardmore 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 16th November 1916 Information ......
 
2nd Quorn Cubs 1964
Picture One shows 2nd Quorn Cubs with the 1963/64 Cubs ......
 
2nd Quorn Cubs September 1964
2nd Quorn Cubs at Allen House in 1964. Can you provide ......
 
4 Wood Lane, Quorn 1937
Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen, born 24 November 1914, was ......
 
400 miles of narrow fabric - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959. The elastic ......
 
55 years with one firm
27th December 1957 At Messrs Wright and Sons annual ......
 
6 Loughborough Road - Quorn Vicarage from 1945 to 2010
Prior to 1945, Quorn Vicarage was a substantial house in ......
 
60 Station Road/The Pig and Whistle Pub - then and now
The Pig and Whistle was a popular pub in Quorn, especially ......
 
82nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
American paratroopers relaxing in Quorn c1944. ......
 
82nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
Kit inspection at Quorn Camp on the Quorn House estate in ......
 
82nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
A cheerful rollcall at the camp in front of the tented camp ......
 
82nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
Kit inspection at Quorn Camp on the Quorn House estate in ......
 
A begging letter 1897
Loughborough Herald - 1st July 1897 Elizabeth Frost, ......
 
A Big Excursion 1899
Loughborough Herald - 6th July 1899. The employees of ......
 
A Brief History of the Great Central Railway at Quorn
The photograph below was taken on Quorn Station in 1959. ......
 
A child fatally scalded
Loughborough Herald - 2nd March 1899 A child fatally ......
 
A Christening
Mr Sault at Christening. Mr Sault was the innkeeper of the ......
 
A Disgraceful Carousal at Quorn 1897
Loughborough Herald - 7th January 1897 Petty ......
 
A farm at Quorn 300 years ago
by the Rev E Foord-Kelcey. Article written in 1908. It ......
 
A fine record - Five Quorn brothers serving
Loughborough Echo 14th May 1943 Mrs. Pike, of 7 Meynell ......
 
A history of Quorn Wakes (as written in September 1935)
The old village green at Quorn, where the War Memorial now ......
 
A hundred years ago - view of Quorndon Hall, Leicestershire
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO This article comes from Baily’s ......
 
A Living from the Land - Quorn Ex-serviceman's experience 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 24th September ......
 
A Midnight Disturber
Petty Sessions - Quorn manufacturer summoned. Sydney J ......
 
A peep into the past - 1936
Loughborough Echo - 11th December 1936 The granite ......
 
A presentation by Murray Rumsey to Miss Good at the Bull's Head
This photograph looks as if it was taken in the 1950s. It ......
 
A Quorn Airman in America - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 4th September 1942 Experiences and ......
 
A Quorn beauty - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 20th September 1917 A Quorn Beauty ......
 
A Quorn beauty - Miss S A Gamble.
Loughborough Herald - 2nd August 1917 ......
 
A Quorn Complaint - state of Freehold Street. 1934
Loughborough Echo - 9th November 1934 Criticism by ......
 
A Quorn Funeral - Mr Tom Bates
Loughborough Echo - 10th May 1935 The funeral of Mr Tom ......
 
A sacrilegious act
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1900 Agnes Thompson ......
 
A soldier's outburst - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 24th October 1918 Exciting scene ......
 
A story about the village (or Swine) green from 1726.
This article was written by the Reverend Foord Kelcey in ......
 
A Sunday fight in Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 28th June 1900 Richard Snow, ......
 
A wise course
Loughborough Monitor - August 30th 1900 Samuel E Swann, ......
 
A WW1 postcard sent to Flos Boyer in Quorn
In the early 1900s people used postcards like we use the ......
 
Accidents at Quorn - Wood Lane and "Apple Tree corner" - 1959
Loughborough Echo - 23rd August 1935 Coming from ......
 
Action against a Mutual Aid Society
Loughborough Herald - June 21st 1900 Thomas Pilkington, ......
 
Adventure of Quorn man in Spain - Arrested by frontier guards - Hunger strike in prison
Loughborough Echo 18th November 1938 An interesting ......
 
Advertisement - 1934
One of three adverts from 1934 - Can anyone remember this ......
 
Advertisement - 1934
One of three adverts from 1934. Can anyone remember ......
 
Advertisement - 1934
George White was a very well known local man. He was clerk ......
 
Advertisement - 1959
This is one of a series of adverts from 1959. The Hurst ......
 
Advertisement - 1959
An advert for Robertshaw wool shop. This was the ......
 
Advertisement - 1959
One of a series of adverts from 1959. Hall's grocery shop ......
 
Advertisement by A. Sault, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by F. Facer (Havelock Coffee House), Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by George Voss, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by J. Sanders, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by T. Lucas, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by Thomas North, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by W. H. Backhouse, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertisement by William Webster, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
 
Advertising Watch Key -Thomas Lucas, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Quorn
This beautifully made little watch key is just 4cm (1.5 ......
 
Aerial photograph of Wright's Mill
Much has changed since this image was taken, although much ......
 
Aerial View c1950
The open area lower-right is now the Sanders Road area. The ......
 
Aerial view of centre of Quorn Village c1994
A good aerial view of the centre of the village. The shops ......
 
Aerial view of north west end of Quorn 1980s
Streets visible include Toller Road and Chestnut Close, ......
 
Aerial view of Quorn Park
Mountsorrel Quarry and Swithland Reservoir are visible ......
 
Aerial view of Quorn village centre
Taken c1994 on a winter day early in the evening, this ......
 
Aerial view of St. Bartholomew's Church 1994
Photographed from above the Stafford Orchard in 1994. ......
 
Aerial view of Stafford Orchard
Taken from a hot air balloon in the mid 1990s. The old ......
 
Aerial view of Stafford Orchard c1950
A somewhat fuzzy but interesting view of Stafford Orchard ......
 
Aerial view of Stafford Orchard, Quorn 1990s
Taken from a hot air balloon in the mid 1990s. The Old ......
 
Aerial view of Station Road
Taken in 1994. Lower-left is the corner of the Stafford ......
 
Aerial view of Station Road, Quorn
Taken in 1994. This predates the developments in the ......
 
Aerial View of Station Road, Quorn and St. Bartholomew's Church
Photograph taken in 1994. ......
 
Aerial view of the High Street, Quorn 1990s
The building centre-right fronting the road with the gable ......
 
Aerial view of The Stafford Orchard 1994
Wright's Mill can be seen clearly upper-centre. The mill ......
 
Aerial view of The Stafford Orchard 1994
Taken in 1994. Station Road is behind the line of trees. ......
 
Aerial view of Tom Long's Meadow 1991
Plenty of change has happened since this photograph was ......
 
After the snow came the floods
Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1947 At Quorn, Mr A W ......
 
Air Raid Precaution members c1944
Air Raid Precaution members wore the mixture of uniform and ......
 
Air Raid Shelter Poster
Poster advertising air raid shelter construction. Relating ......
 
All-night lighting at Quorn - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 9th May 1958 Quorn is on the verge ......
 
Alleged attempted rape
Loughborough Advertiser - March 28th 1878 (see also ......
 
Alleged attempted suicide at Quorn - 1897
A very sad tale - resulting in a custodial ......
 
Alleged Indecent Assault 1878
Loughborough Advertiser - 31st January 1878 Petty Sessions ......
 
America wants "King William IV" ancient Quorn inn - Millionaire who collects inns
Loughborough Echo 25th February 1938 The Famous ......
 
An accordian band
The band is dressed up just below Quorn Station bridge ......
 
An affray in the dark at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 3rd May 1900 Rev R Burton, Messrs ......
 
An excise offence - 1898
Loughborough Herald - January 27th 1898 Wednesday – ......
 
An Extraordinary outrage in Leicestershire
Derby Mercury - April 1863. An extraordinary and fatal ......
 
An Old Quorn Ticket House - Footpath toll for pedestrians
Loughborough Echo - 21st June 1935 At the north-western ......
 
An unjust sentence? - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 29th April 1915 Letter to the Editor ......
 
An Unnatural Husband
Loughborough Advertiser - November 19th ......
 
Ann Morris's letter 1838
This letter and its transcription has been sent to the ......
 
Antique glass bottle
19th century glass bottle found during the refurbishment of ......
 
Artwork discovered in Quorn cottage
When decorating some years ago, Phil and Sue Child of ......
 
Assault on schoolboy 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 31st August 1916 Cecil Holmes, ......
 
Attempted Murder
Freeman's Journal - 1st February 1838 Friday, the ......
 
Ballet Honours for the girls of St Bart's
Loughborough Monitor - 11th July 1975 Ballet Honours for ......
 
Bancroft - Inquest 1964
Loughborough Monitor - 11th December 1964 Fire death – ......
 
Banks cottages
Mrs Spreckley in the end cottage. The cottages which were ......
 
Banks cottages
An early photograph of the Banks cottages, demolished in ......
 
Banks cottages c1905
After the road widening and erection of safety railings ......
 
Banks cottages, Quorn
After the road widening part of The Bank was used to make a ......
 
Banks cottages, Quorn c1900
A tenant of the cottages c1900. The cottages, which stood ......
 
Baptist Bazaar at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 9th November 1899 A two days’ ......
 
Baptist Church Christian Endeavour c1900
This group thrived during the last few years of the 19th ......
 
Baptist Church Garden Party c1950
This information was supplied by Bron Worsnip: This image ......
 
Baptist Church graves
General photographs of the Baptist Church gravestones ......
 
Barnham and Bailey's circus comes to town 1899
October 1899. The arrival of this famous circus in ......
 
Barrow Road steam laundry in 1932.
Quorn Steam Laundry in Barrow Road as it was in 1932 ......
 
Barrow Road, Hillyard Cottages - then and now
This is the left-hand side of Barrow Road looking from ......
 
Barrow Road, Kirbell Cottages – then and now
This is the bottom, right-hand side of Barrow Road looking ......
 
Beekeepers' 25th Anniversary at
Loughborough Echo - 30th June 1972 On Saturday, upwards ......
 
Benjamin Fewkes and America
Loughborough Echo - March 29th 1935 Originator of ......
 
Betsy Cook v William Sutton 1896
Loughborough Herald - 30th April 1896 County Court - ......
 
Big catch in Quorn Brook - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 23rd May 1958 Eleven years old ......
 
Big demand for £20,000 homes at Quorn - Inquiry told 1973
Loughborough Monitor - 18th May 1973 The old camp site ......
 
Billy Lovett
Billy Lovett, the rag and bone man, with his donkey and ......
 
Blacksmith's Arms
The date of this photograph is unknown, probably ......
 
Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 "One for the road" ......
 
Boating on the river Soar
Photograph of boating on the River Soar by Santa Maria ......
 
Boiler arriving at Wright's factory c1900
Boiler arriving at Wright's factory c1900 ......
 
Bowls Club 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald Play in progress on the ......
 
Bowls Club Dinner 1957
Loughborough Monitor - 22nd November 1957 A happy ......
 
Boy of Ten becomes Squire of Quorn
Leicester Mercury - 26th October 1937. Mrs Catherine ......
 
Boy Scouts' Narrow Escape - camp flooded in early morning hours.
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - August 10th 1922 The ......
 
Boys enjoying the River Soar in 1905
We don't know exactly where on the river this photograph ......
 
Boys paddling on The Green c1908
A child in a pram far left sits somewhat precariously by ......
 
Boys playing in the River Soar
At this time the Soar Road was known as Soar Side. ......
 
Brawl at the Bull's Head 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - August 21st 1873 Samuel ......
 
Brawl ends in court appearance - 1870
Derby Mercury - 5th January 1870 Petty Session, Dec 28. ......
 
Brawling 1878
Loughborough Advertiser - 10th January 1878 Petty ......
 
British Legion Fair 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 10th October 1969 The first photo ......
 
British Legion presentation to Arthur Staines - 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 8th October 1976 There was a ......
 
Brooch pins
Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - ......
 
Brook House pre 1963
A very old house which was once the home of the Parnham ......
 
Brook House, Quorn
The property was bought from the Parnham family by Mr ......
 
Brook House, Quorn
Granny Ainsworth, Linda Bonshor (granddaughter of Granny ......
 
Brothers meet on returning troop ship in 1945 - Charlie and Danny Smith from Barrow Road
This press cutting was supplied by Elaine Woodhams whose ......
 
Brutal Prizefighting Contest
Morning Chronicle - 4th January 1817 A correspondent at ......
 
Buddon quarry - 1964
A photograph of the spoil heap probably taken from Wood ......
 
Buddon Wood burns for three days - wildlife losses feared.
Loughborough Echo - 16th July 1976 Local firemen tackled ......
 
Buddon Wood granite quarrying
Loughborough Echo - 21st January 1972 Buddon Wood ......
 
Building a new school for Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 5th January 1973 The ......
 
Building the railway through Quorn c1895
Workers constructing the Great Central railway through Quorn ......
 
Building the railway through Quorn c1895
The Great Central line through Quorn under construction ......
 
Bull in the Hollow Public House
Loughborough Monitor and Herald. - unknown date ......
 
Bull's Head - 1955
This attractive view of the Bull's Head (now the Quorndon ......
 
Bull's Head Hotel advert 1975
An advert from 1975 featuring meals at The Bull's Head ......
 
Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
An advert for the Bull's Head Hotel (now the Quorndon Fox) ......
 
Bunney - a fine record - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 23rd November 1916 Mr and Mrs E ......
 
Burning an effigy - 1867
Derby Mercury - 10th July 1867 Petty Sessions, July 8th ......
 
Bus smash near Loughborough - remarkable escapes. 1930
Loughborough Echo - 31st October 1930 There were some ......
 
Camm Map 1838
Drawn by Mr Joseph Camm and presented by his son James Camm ......
 
Captain Harold Wright
The military funeral of Captain Harold Wright on 17th ......
 
Car crash at the Royal Oak, Quorn 1917
Car crash at the Royal Oak Pub, 1917. Clearly a major event ......
 
Carnival fancy dress c1908
Nothing known about this photograph. ......
 
Carnival on Stafford Orchard
The ladies are believed to be Mrs Bishop and Mrs ......
 
Carriage Licence 1885
Licence for a carriage granted to Thomas Kinch (King ......
 
Carr's Boot Shop c1930
The shop stood on the corner of Leicester Road, opposite ......
 
Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
Loughborough Herald - May 24th 1900 The relief of ......
 
Certificate of Merit 1951
Certificate revealing footballing expertise at Festival of ......
 
Charles & Spurr - 1968
An advertisement from 1968. Can anybody recall this ......
 
Charles Adams's funeral 1935
Loughborough Echo - 28th June 1935 The funeral of Mr ......
 
Charles 'Gaffer' Adams, headmaster of Quorn National School 1893-1908
Charles Adams lived at 72 Station Road. ......
 
Chaveney House, Chaveney Road, Quorn
After the death of Henry Chaveney in 1727 the property ......
 
Chaveney Road – then and now
The two large semi detached houses on the left were called ......
 
Chaveney Road – then and now, 1919 and 2011
This view of Chaveney Road is looking from the Meeting ......
 
Chaveney Road, Quorn
A view looking east along Chaveney Road c1910, ie from ......
 
Chaveney Road, Quorn - then and now
This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now ......
 
Child Murder in Quorn Parish - 1833
Derby Mercury - 1st May 1833 An inquest was held on ......
 
Children
Believed to have been taken at the gated entrance to the ......
 
Children and bike 1940s
Children near the barrier on Soar Road. The River Soar is ......
 
Children at play
Probably taken in the Stafford Orchard. The picket fence ......
 
Children by the brook
This lovely photograph was taken before 1897 when the old ......
 
Children in garden of Brook House, 1947
Friends Iris Wilcox & Cynthia Williams. Born 1947 in Brook ......
 
Children in School Lane, Quorn
The old primary school can be seen in the background. The ......
 
Children in School Lane, Quorn
This is taken just in front of one of the cottages on the ......
 
Children join county orchestra - 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 11th July 1969 There was a ......
 
Children on bridge
The Little Bridge on School Lane was built in 1760. ......
 
Children on School Lane causeway
Children on causeway looking from School Lane towards the ......
 
Children on the rectory lawn 1936
Loughborough Echo - 29th May 1936 Happy children ......
 
Children playing in the River Soar, Quorn 1950s?
This is the small area of public land still in existence ......
 
Children playing on School Lane c1897-1910
The windows are very characteristic of the cottages in ......
 
Children sitting on wall
Three children enjoying the sun. Probably taken near to the ......
 
Children’s Ball - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1893 The second ......
 
Child's death from burns - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 22nd May 1919 On Wednesday ......
 
Chiropodist Advertisement 1948
This was probably a home-based business. Anthony Cove ......
 
Christmas Card showing Wood Lane
This photograph was sent as a Christmas card in 1902, to ......
 
Christmas parcels for the Front - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 10th December 1914 On Tuesday ......
 
Church Lane cottages
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mrs Heap and her ......
 
Church procession across Stafford Orchard c1970s
Probably related to the Outdoor Service on Stafford Orchard ......
 
Clay Pipe
18th century or early 19th century carved bowl of a clay ......
 
Col. Toller soon to leave Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 16th October 1959 Colonel W. S. ......
 
Commemorative token
In 1789 the printer Robert Raikes started Sunday Schools in ......
 
Company bids for Quorn Country Club shares - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 4th October 1963 Rexall drug and ......
 
Composer dies at Hastings House - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 25th January 1963 One of the ......
 
Concealment of birth at Quorndon
Loughborough Advertiser - July 16th 1874 (See also petty ......
 
Concert in Village Hall - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 11th October 1963 Some of the ......
 
Constructing the modern footbridge on Leicester Road
A 1675 map (Ogilby's) shows a bridge of five arches here ......
 
Corner of Barrow Road and Farnham Street – then and now
These photographs were taken on the corner of Barrow Road ......
 
Corner of School Lane and Leicester Road – then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1940s. Mr Allen's ......
 
Corner of School Lane c1940s.
Mr Allen's cycle shop is to the right. Pratt's motor ......
 
Corner Shop in Barrow Road 1902
Now Hannah's Chocolates [2010]. ......
 
Coronation of Edward VII
A Quorn house decorated for the coronation of Edward VII. ......
 
Coronation Plans - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1953 Will they leave ......
 
Corporal Pash in the Far East
Loughborough Echo - 27th November 1942 Corporal George ......
 
Correspondence from Thomas Towle to Lucy Facer 1968.
Dear Lucy I see by this mornings paper a record of ......
 
Cottage on Church Lane, Quorn
Nothing known about this photograph, it probably dates from ......
 
Cottage on High Street
This photograph is lodged with the record office in ......
 
Cottage on School Lane, Quorn
This is one of the cottages on School Lane just after the ......
 
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn
1976. During renovation works, three cottages are converted ......
 
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn 1975
Three cottages in 1975 prior to the start of restoration ......
 
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn 1976
Taken in 1976. Three cottages in Station Road are re-roofed ......
 
Cottages in Station Road, Quorn, prior to renovation in 1975
Rear view of cottages that were almost derelict in 1975. ......
 
Cottages next to the White Horse, Quorn
These shops were demolished in the 1960s to widen the ......
 
Cottages on High Street c1963
This photograph is lodged with the record office in ......
 
Cottages on Leicester Road, Quorn
Prior to demolition - date unlnown. ......
 
Cottages on Wood Lane
The cottages were built by Wrights for their workers in ......
 
Cottages – Wood Lane, Quorn
This postcard was posted in 1905 and is entitled ‘Wood ......
 
County Court - Farnham v Peel 1890
Birmingham Daily Post - 13th August 1890 Breach of ......
 
County Court - Howlett v Priestley 1928
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 22nd December ......
 
County Court Facer v Marriott - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 12th September 1918 A Composite ......
 
Couple celebrate Diamond Wedding - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 12th October 1945 Mr and Mrs G ......
 
Couple in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950s
Granny Ainsworth (grandmother to Iris Wilcox) and Norah ......
 
Customers at fault [wartime blackout] 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 William ......
 
Dance Band Members Crash at Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 24th March 1939 Dance band ......
 
Dance Display by Children - 2nd April 1976
Trained by Margaret Lovett, pupils of St Bartholmew's ......
 
Death at Gasworks in Quorn - 1858
Liverpool Mercury - 5th March 1858 Death at ......
 
Death of a Quorn resident - George Gartshore 1917
Loughborough Herald - 25th October 1917 Death of an old ......
 
Death of Captain Harold Wright
Loughborough Herald - 16th September 1915. It is with ......
 
Death of Captain Harold Wright - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 16th September 1915 It is with the ......
 
Death of ex-policeman who was escort to the Mayors for 24 years
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd January 1959 First world war ......
 
Death of George Francis Farnham - 1933
Leicester Evening Mail. January 9th 1933. Photograph ......
 
Death of Jack Emerson - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 16th February 1962 Death of Quorn ......
 
Death of John Saunders in Canada
Loughborough Echo 12th October 1945 Referring to the ......
 
Death of Miss Lucy Facer - Distinguished public service
Loughborough Echo - 20th October 1972 The death of ......
 
Death of Mr Aubrey Gamble of Quorn
4th October 1974 - Loughborough Echo Death of Mr A P ......
 
Death of Mr Edmund Renals - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 2nd January 1919 We regret to ......
 
Death of Mr J. A. Hayward. 1922
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 19th ......
 
Death of Mr James of Quorn - Water bailiff for 30 years
Loughborough Echo 29th April 1938 Mr. William James, ......
 
Death of Mr Joseph Camm, of Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 3rd December 1896. On Monday ......
 
Death of Mr Joseph Camm, of Quorn - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 3rd December 1896 On Monday ......
 
Death of Mr Philip Wright
15th February 1900 - Loughborough Monitor Funeral at ......
 
Death of Mr Philip Wright
Loughborough Monitor - 15th February 1900 – Death of Mr ......
 
Death of Mr Solomon Darker - 1919
Loughborough Monitor - 9th November 1916 Mr Solomon ......
 
Death of Mr Tommy Gartshore of Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 17th March 1972 Mr Thomas (Tommy) ......
 
Death of Mr W H Inglesant - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 5th January 1934 Death of Mr W H ......
 
Death of Mr W S Swinfield of Quorn - 1968
Loughborough Echo - 29th November 1968 The death ......
 
Death of Mrs Foord-Kelcey - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 12th February 1914 The Late Mrs ......
 
Death of primary school teacher - 1964
Loughborough Monitor - 24th January 1964 Dog’s ......
 
Death of Quorn Worthy - Mr W H Fewkes
Loughborough Echo - 25th July 1930 The death occurred on ......
 
Decorated carts in Station Road
Judging by the hairstyles and clothing, this may have been ......
 
Decorated house
This is the old school house decorated for coronation of ......
 
Dedication Ceremony 1952
Alderman Stenson at the dedication ceremony of the avenue ......
 
Dedication of Quorn Trees
Loughborough Monitor - 9th May 1952 Major Norman E ......
 
Demolition of Little Bridge on School Lane c1897
Workmen demolishing the 'Little Bridge' over the stream in ......
 
Depravity through drink - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - October 9th 1873 ......
 
Desecration of churchyard
Deanery Magazine - 5th September 1941 Protest by Vicar ......
 
Diamond wedding at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 16th April 1914 Mr and Mrs George ......
 
Dining room at the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 1st September 1939. We think this room ......
 
Disappointment for Quorn Bride
Loughborough Echo - 20th February 1942 Much sympathy is ......
 
District nurse for 30 years leaves Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 23rd October 1964 Quorn villagers ......
 
Dog drags eiderdown from bed to raise fire alarm
10th January 1969 - Loughborough Monitor Dragging the ......
 
Domestic quarrel
Loughborough Advertiser - April 18th 1872 Before C ......
 
Dower House Gardens, off Station Road - then and now
Dower House Gardens as we know it today, was built in the ......
 
Dr James Arthur Unitt (1860-1949)
Dr Unitt lived in The Croft on Soar Road, the house was ......
 
Dramatic entertainment - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 22nd January 1914 Amateur dramatic ......
 
Drunk and Disorderly 1878
Loughborough Advertiser - 14th January 1878 Petty ......
 
Drunk in charge of horse
Loughborough Advertiser September 15th 1881 William ......
 
Drunken children
Loughborough Advertiser - May 2nd 1872 John Forth, ......
 
Duckling with four legs
Loughborough Echo 1st July 1938 Mr. Mills Bailey, of ......
 
Early photograph of primary school children c1900
We believe the schoolmistress in this photograph is Miss ......
 
Early view of Woodhouse Road
Known in the past as 'Station Road', this shows West Field ......
 
Edward VII coronation parade 1902
Of the coronation parade, the Rev Foord-Kelcey wrote: ......
 
Edward William Hensman
Edward Hensman was appointed first headmaster of the ......
 
Embroidery Sampler - Elizabeth Mansfield, Quorndon, 1796
This delicate sampler measuring 16 inches by 16 inches, was ......
 
Emma Caroline Jacques's school c1900-1901
Miss Jacques with her scholars at her private school held ......
 
Employees at Messrs M Wright and Sons c1902
This group of employees of Messrs M Wright and Sons' ......
 
Estate staff c1897
Probably the staff of one of the great houses such as Quorn ......
 
Evacuees in Mansfield Street, Quorn
Barbara Haines (nee Postans) and John Pritchard were ......
 
Experiences of Quorn airman in Penang
Loughborough Echo - 5th October 1945 L.A.C Clarence ......
 
Extracts from Quorn National Schools' Log Books (Infants) 1863-1954
Extracts from Quorn National Schools' Log Books ......
 
Extracts from the Parish Registers (Burials) 1636-1740
An. Dom 1636 Burialls Burialls Judith Russell a child ......
 
Extracts from the Parish Registers 1637 - 1735 Baptisms
Extracts from the Parish Registers 1637 - Baptisms An. ......
 
Extracts from the primary school log books (seniors) 1874-94
Extracts from St Bartholomew's Primary School (National ......
 
Extraordinary suicide in a gaol
Liverpool Mercury - 3rd January 1871. On Saturday ......
 
Family in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950-51
Norah Folkes, born 1907,with her baby Janet Williams, ......
 
Fancy dress parade - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 31st August 1916 A fancy dress ......
 
Fancy Dress Parade at Quorn - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 25th June 1914 For the second time ......
 
Fanny Egan inquest - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 2nd March 1899 An inquest was ......
 
Farewell to Rev Everett - 1974
Loughborough Echo - 22nd March 1974 On Monday evening a ......
 
Farnham Chapel Plaques and Memorials
The Farnham family lived in Quorn from about 1260 to the ......
 
Farnham Memorial Hall at Quorn - Addition to Rawlins School - Gift of late Mr George Farnham
Loughborough Echo 25th November 1938 The opening of the ......
 
Fashionable wedding at Quorndon
Loughborough Monitor - 24th September 1868 The pretty ......
 
Fatal accident at Quorndon -1861
Derby Mercury - 21st August 1861 On Saturday, two ......
 
Fatal and Melancholy Accident 1851
Derby Mercury - 10th December 1851 On Wednesday last, an ......
 
Felony at Quorndon
Loughborough Advertiser - April 16th 1874. Charles ......
 
Festival on Stafford Orchard 1970s
This event is thought to be the Queens Silver Jubilee ......
 
Fined for riding a bike
Loughborough Advertiser - November 10th 1881 Walter ......
 
Fire at Facer's Timber Yard, Quorn 1985
Walter Blyth looking at the wreck of Facer's Timber Yard, ......
 
Fire at the Manor House - 1940
Loughborough Echo - 26th January 1940 FIRE AT MANOR ......
 
Fire at the White Hart - 1782
Morning Herald - December 1782 We are fortunate to have ......
 
First event on Stafford Orchard
History made at Quorn in 1957. History was made at Quorn ......
 
First passenger coaches
Loughborough Monitor - 7th September 1973 The Main Line ......
 
Fish and Chip shop - Station Road
This shop was part of a row of shops which were attached to ......
 
Fishing at The Cross c1900
The stone bridge still exists and has an additional ......
 
Flood 1960
Station Road under water in December 1960 ......
 
Flood of 1932
1932 must have been a bad year for flooding. We found ......
 
Flood of 1932
Although not of a good quality, Leicester Record Office has ......
 
Flood of 1932
This is one of three photographs found in the Leicester ......
 
Floods at Quorn Cross and Station Road
Date unknown, however, there was substantial flooding in ......
 
Floods at Quorn Cross, early 1970s
These photographs were taken by Richard Thompson during ......
 
Floods follow the thaw 1962
Loughborough Echo - January 12th 1962 Photograph 1 shows ......
 
Floods in Soar Road, Quorn 1930s
Pre-1940 floods in Soar Road. This is a view looking east ......
 
Floods in Station Road, Quorn c1900
c1900 Station Road under a considerable amount of water. ......
 
Floods in the Early 1980s
Despite flood prevention measures, prolonged heavy rain in ......
 
Floods in the Early 1980s
This photograph shows Ruth Iley from Farnham Street (in her ......
 
Floods on Barrow Road
Taken in 1951, the slightly raised level (where the ......
 
Floods on Leicester Road, 1960s
This photograph is taken looking up towards the Cross on ......
 
Floods on Leicester Road, early 1970s
These pictures are taken at Quorn Cross, on Leicester Road ......
 
Floods on Loughborough Road, Quorn
Severe flooding on the Quorn to Loughborough road causes ......
 
Floods on Stafford Orchard, early 1970s
This view from the early 1970s is taken from what is now ......
 
Floods on Station Road 1920s
Judging by the clothes, this photograph was taken in the ......
 
Floods on Station Road, early 1970s
These two pictures of Station Road during the floods, were ......
 
Floods on Station Road, Quorn 1922
Station Road flooded in August 1922. Note the railings of ......
 
Floods on the Village Green in 1932
The single storey building to the right in the foreground ......
 
Florence Carr c1930
Florence Carr, who with her husband Edward, owned Carr's ......
 
Football at Quorn 1897
Loughborough Herald - 16th December 1897 Petty ......
 
Football Club Concert - 1897
Loughborough Herald - 28th January 1897 The concert held ......
 
Four generation of the Wykes family
18th August 1944 Mr J Wykes, of 4 Church Path, Quorn, is ......
 
Four generations at Quorn - The Kinch family
Loughborough Echo 29th April 1938 An interesting family ......
 
Frameworking Knitting in Quorn
This mechanised form of knitting started in the 1600s. By ......
 
Freehold Street
Preparing for the V.E Day celebrations ......
 
Freehold Street - then and now
These photographs were taken looking down Freehold Street ......
 
Freehold Street Coronation Party
12th June 1953 - Loughborough Monitor Freehold Street ......
 
Freehold Street, Quorn - Coronation Party 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 12th June 1953. Freehold Street ......
 
Friends of Markfield - 1968
23rd August 1968 – Loughborough Echo The picture ......
 
Friends on Stafford Orchard in about 1957
Back row L-R Janie Shaw, Audrey Jollands, Mary Thompson, ......
 
Frog artefact
Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. ......
 
From Stables to Modern House - Mr and Mrs Bob Spoor
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959 Mr and Mrs Bob ......
 
Funeral of J.A.G. 'Jack' Farnham - 1930
Loughborough Echo - 3rd October 1930 In the Farnham ......
 
Funeral of John Pick - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 4th May 1916 The funeral of Mr ......
 
Funeral of Quorn signalman
Loughborough Echo 12th October 1945 Mr. Herbert S. ......
 
Gamble Golden Wedding - 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 18th June 1976 Everything in the ......
 
Gambling 1897
Loughborough Herald 24th June 1897 Petty ......
 
Garden Fete 1915
Loughborough Herald - 9th September 1915. Judging by the ......
 
Gas works by 'The Brinks'
The gas works were demolished in 1966 and there is now a ......
 
Geoff Kendall takes Quorn '180' trophy
Loughborough Monitor - 1st August 1969 Quorn ......
 
George Gartshore
George Gartshore was a farrier with the stage coaches and ......
 
George Haynes at 92yrs old - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 12th April 1935 92 years old Mr ......
 
Glass pot lid
Possibly dating from the time of Richard III due to ......
 
Goddess
Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. ......
 
Going, going, gone! - Leicester Road cottages
These cottages, shops and houses were on Leicester Road ......
 
Golden Wedding anniversary - 1922
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - April 27th 1922 Mr and ......
 
Golden wedding at Quorn - Mr and Mrs Thomas Whitby
Loughborough Echo 6th March 1936 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ......
 
Great Central Railway - Quorn Station
These photographs were taken at Quorn Station. The first ......
 
Grounds of Quorn House c1897
People in the grounds of Quorn House, home of the Farnham ......
 
Grounds of Quorn House c1897
The stables and courtyard of Quorn House, home then of the ......
 
Group of people
We believe this group to have been photographed in Quorn ......
 
Guides/Brownies parents committee, with Guiders, Brown Owl & Commissioner
This photograph looks as if it may have been taken in the ......
 
Gunner Hammond safe - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 4th September 1942 Gunner J Hammond, ......
 
Harold Farley - a Quorn War Hero
Handwriting on the back of this photograph ......
 
Harold Farley 1907 to 1982
The name of Harold Farley is mentioned everyday in Quorn as ......
 
Headmaster retires - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 19th February 1971 This was the ......
 
Hearse/Bier made by Joseph Hand on Freehold Street – More information needed!
Quorn Village On-line Museum has been approached about the ......
 
Heavy flooding in the Loughborough District - 1960
Loughborough Echo - 9th December 1960 At Quorn on ......
 
Henry Hunn Rumsey
Vicar of Quorn 1909 - 1940. ......
 
Hepzibah Kinch
Landlady of the King William IV public house located next ......
 
High Street - 1956
From the December issue of The Leicester Graphic. The ......
 
High Street Advert from 1959
An advertisment for Aylward and Son, television engineers. ......
 
High Street shops - then and now
These photographs are taken looking from the direction of ......
 
High Street, Quorn
Early 1900s. View into the centre of the village showing ......
 
High Street, Quorn
Looking down the High Street towards the Cross. Probably ......
 
High Street, Quorn - then and now
The cottages on the left no longer exist and the oriel ......
 
High Street, Quorn - then and now
An evocative image of a snowy High Street in 1907. The tall ......
 
High Street, Quorn in the early 1900s
View towards the centre of the village. Most of the stone ......
 
History of Quorn Cricket Club - 1934
Quorn United Cricket Club, 1899 The photograph ......
 
History of Quorn Hall
A History of The Nether Hall (Quorn Hall) - source and ......
 
History of Quorn House from an article dated 1953
23rd October 1953 – Loughborough Monitor As long ago as ......
 
History of Quorn Oddfellows - 1934
Oddfellows' Centenary at Quorn - Loyal Blooming Rose ......
 
Honour for a Quorn Yeoman 1915
Loughborough Herald - 15th July 1915 Official intimation ......
 
Hot air balloon, Stafford Orchard, Quorn 1990s
The Gambles hot air balloon was a common sight in the ......
 
Hot cross bun - the oldest in Quorn?
Loughborough Echo - 12th April 1968 When Mrs Elsie ......
 
House at Swithland Reservoir - 11th Sept 1896
Exterior view of the house at Swithland Reservoir Water ......
 
Howlett's Bus Company
Founded in Quorn by George Howlett in the early 1920s. The ......
 
Howlett's Bus Company
The photograph shows the bus which was put into service ......
 
Howlett's Bus Company 1972
This is a picture of a Howlett's bus passing through Quorn ......
 
Hubert Woodward Looks Back
Leicester Graphic 1973 This fascinating article appeared ......
 
Hyde House, Quorn 1758-1841
The site was halfway between the Forge and the entrance ......
 
In praise of the village school - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 27th March 1959 Sir, Some ......
 
Inn to be sold at auction - 1828
This classified advert from 1828 offers us an insight as to ......
 
Inquest - George Brewin 1914
Loughborough Herald - 12th February 1914 A Quorn ......
 
Inquest - Selina Barnett 1897
Loughborough Herald - June 24th 1897 SINGULAR DEATH An ......
 
Inside St Bartholomew's Primary School, 1958
This rare photograph of the inside of the old St ......
 
Interior of Quorn Hall - 1901
Interior of the drawing room, with the window to the left ......
 
Interior of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Parish Church – 1905 and 2011
Our forebears from 100 hundred years ago would certainly ......
 
Jack Field 1970s
Jack was a frequent 'master of ceremonies' at Quorn events. ......
 
Jack Field did his office work in soccer boots
Loughborough Monitor - 30th January 1953 Hon. Secretary ......
 
Jack Martin is the man with a whist record - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959 Jack Martin of 47 ......
 
Jack Payne
Jack (John William) Payne was born in Quorn in 1880, the ......
 
Jack Payne - obituary 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 17th January 1969 Cobbler began ......
 
Jack Payne's shop
Jack Payne repaired shoes from the front room of his home ......
 
Jack Towell - 60 years at Wright's
Loughborough Monitor - 6th May 1977 After 60 years at ......
 
James Hartopp
Loughborough Echo - 28th April 1939 Any stranger meeting ......
 
Joe Bates, wheelwright c1905
The Wheelwright's shop, owned for a least four generations ......
 
John Cradock - obituary 1838
Derby Mercury - 8th August 1838 Brief Memoir of the late ......
 
John Disney, boot and shoe maker, The Banks, Quorn
John Disney was born in 1870, his parents being John and ......
 
John Sanders and son
John Sanders was born in 1838. He excelled in the making ......
 
Jubilee celebrations - animated scenes - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 10th May 1935 Jubilee celebrations - ......
 
Jubilee celebrations 1977 - Organising the events
This document records a meeting in April 1977 when ......
 
Jubilee celebrations 1977 - preparing the refreshments
There was a huge celebration on Stafford Orchard for the ......
 
Jubilee celebrations 1977 - preparing the refreshments
There was a huge celebration on Stafford Orchard for the ......
 
Jubilee celebrations 1977 - Stafford Orchard
On the day of the Jubilee celebrations, the weather was ......
 
Jubilee celebrations 1977 - Stafford Orchard
This is photograph of the Jubilee parade at Quorn Cross. ......
 
Jubilee celebrations of 1935
(King George V and Queen Mary)

The day started at 10.00am with jubilee mugs being ......
 
Jubilee Concert - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 13th May 1977 The village hall was ......
 
Jubilee of Quorn Village Hall and proposed share issue 1939
Loughborough Echo - 16th June 1939 Mr W E B J Farnham's ......
 
Kid Creeb 1930s
This one is a real mystery. We know from the reverse of ......
 
King William IV Pub
An early photograph of the pub which was demolished in 1956. ......
 
King William IV Pub
This popular picturesque pub, located outside what is now ......
 
King William IV pub
Hephzibah Kinch (owner) and her daughters outside the King ......
 
King William IV pub is reprieved
Loughborough Monitor 13th March 1953 700 year old Quorn ......
 
King William licence opposition
Loughborough Echo 9th February 1940 Opposing a renewal ......
 
Kirbell Cottages, Barrow Road, Quorn, early 1900s.
These cottages are now numbers 47 to 53 Barrow Road. Most ......
 
L/Cpl. R Cochrane and Miss B. Gamble
Loughborough Echo 18th December 1942 At the Baptist ......
 
Ladies at carnival time
We believe this may have been taken in the Stafford Orchard. ......
 
Ladies Darts Champions - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 12th September 1958 Quorn Ladies' ......
 
Lady Shelley's recollections of Hugo Meynell
Extract from the Diary of Frances Lady Shelley ......
 
Lance-corporal Harris 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 19th October 1916 L-Cpl. Harris, ......
 
Laying of village hall memorial stones - June 29th 1889
This fragile poster advertising the ceremony for the laying ......
 
Leicester Road
This photograph was probably taken in the 1920s. The sign ......
 
Leicester Road - then and now
The older photograph shows a parade on Leicester road in ......
 
Leicester Road - then and now
The older photograph shows cottages and shops on Leicester ......
 
Leicester Road and Wright's Mill
A photograph taken in the early years of the twentieth ......
 
Leicester Road floods in the 1920s
Sitting on the back of a Morgan! Leicester Road floods in ......
 
Leicester Road in flood 1933
Two similar images of Leicester Road in flood. Taken from ......
 
Leicester Road near School Lane – then and now
Leicester Road looking towards the Cross with the end of ......
 
Leicester Road – then and now
This view is taken looking from the cross, down Leicester ......
 
Leicester Road, Early 1900s and 2011
Leicester Road looking down from the Cross. The early ......
 
Leicester Road, King William IVth/Quorn Country Hotel - then and now
The King William IVth pub on Leicester Road was one of the ......
 
Leicester Road, looking down towards the School Lane, 1970s
This photograph was taken in the 1970s, looking down ......
 
Leicester Road, Quorn
An early view of Leicester Road looking north into the ......
 
Leicester Road, Quorn
Looking North along Leicester Road towards School Lane (on ......
 
Leicester Road, Quorn
c1930s. Note the Mill House Inn - this is the white ......
 
Leicester Road, Quorn - then and now
Many of the buildings have now disappeared including the ......
 
Leicester Road, The Gas House - then and now
The older picture was taken on Leicester Road in the 1930s. ......
 
Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now
This part of Quorn has changed out of all recognition since ......
 
Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1970s when the shops ......
 
Life goes on during the floods
This photograph is taken looking up Station Road towards ......
 
Lifelong sportsman looks back on 50 years of marriage.
Loughborough Monitor - 18th September 1975 Well known ......
 
Lindsay Everard and family, MP for Quorn in 1928
Signed photograph of Lindsay Everard (the local MP) sent to ......
 
Local Board - 1864
Minutes of the Quorndon Local Board - 1st August 1864 At ......
 
Local Board - 1865
Quorndon Local Board At an adjourned meeting of the ......
 
Local cinema pioneer married - 1959
Loughborough Echo - 8th May 1959 Sixty-nine year old Mr ......
 
Local Gale Damage 1962
Loughborough Echo - 16th February 1962 A tremendous gale ......
 
Local girl starts own Mission Church - started preaching at 16
A Venture of Faith Loughborough Echo 12th October ......
 
Local Scouts camp at Quorn
Loughborough Echo 21st May 1943 Last Saturday morning ......
 
Local will - Mrs Catherine Farnham of Quorn
Loughborough Echo 25th February 1938 Mrs. Catherine ......
 
Lord Londsdale's whiskey 1897
Loughborough Herald - 15th April 1897 Petty ......
 
Loughborough Agricultural Association 1862
Derby Mercury - 27th July 1862 The premiums offered for ......
 
Loughborough College purchase Quorn Hall - to be used as hostel, residence of famous hunting men
Loughborough Echo 18th February 1938 A Ghost Story ......
 
Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1939
Carnival Queen - Joan Jollands ......
 
Loughborough Petty Sessions 1851
Derby Mercury - 16th July 1851. Loughborough Petty ......
 
Loughborough Road c1906
Looking toward the village centre. The photograph nicely ......
 
Loughborough Road looking towards Springfield Lake - then and now
The earlier photograph was taken in the early 1980s before ......
 
Loughborough Road Villas - then and now
Built in the early years of the 20th century, these villas ......
 
Loughborough Road Villas, Quorn
These villas were built in the early years of the 20th ......
 
Loughborough Road, Quorn
Looking towards the top of the village with the Bowls Club ......
 
Loughborough Road, Quorn
An early view of Loughborough Road. New Quorn House is ......
 
Loughborough Road, Quorn - then and now
This is a view of the right-hand side of Loughborough Road, ......
 
Loughborough Road, Quorn – then and now
This is Loughborough Road, looking from Quorn towards ......
 
Loughborough Road, Quorn, early 1900s
Loughborough Road at this location outside Rawlins is now a ......
 
Louise Burrows
Louise Burrows was a headmistress of St Bartholomews School ......
 
Lounge of the Old Bull's Head - 1955
From The Leicester Graphic 1955 a photo of the bar and ......
 
Man’s death ‘accidental’ - 1964
Loughborough Monitor - 21st February 1964 A ......
 
Map of Quorn, 1950s
This map was originally 2.5 inches to the mile and is ......
 
Markfield May Day Parade, winning float
The Markfield May Day Parade was an annual event in the ......
 
Marriage of Miss Wright at Quorn 1925
17th September 1925 - Loughborough Monitor and ......
 
Mary Ackroyd - inquest 1899
Loughborough Herald - 16th November 1899 Fatal fall ......
 
Matchbox from the Pig and Whistle Pub
The Pig and Whistle was a pub on Station Road in Quorn. It ......
 
May Dancing by "Quorn Folk" 1974
10th May 1974 For the third consecutive year the "Quorn ......
 
May Fair at Rawlins
Loughborough Monitor - 16th May 1975 ......
 
Maypole Dancing - then and now
Maypole dancing on the Stafford Orchard, 1911 and 2005. ......
 
Maypole Dancing on the Stafford Orchard 1911
Taken in 1911. ......
 
Meeting Street
Formerly known as Wood Street or Wood Gate, this photograph ......
 
Meeting Street - 1956
From the December issue of The Leicester Graphic. The ......
 
Meeting Street - then and now
Meeting Street with Quorn House lodge in the background. ......
 
Meeting Street, Quorn
An early photograph of Meeting Street. The pub (2nd ......
 
Meeting Street, Quorn
An early photograph of Meeting Street. The pub on the right ......
 
Meeting Street, Quorn
Shows the street before it was metalled. On the right of ......
 
Meeting Street, Quorn
27 Meeting Street is to the left of the timber yard ......
 
Meeting Street, Quorn - then and now
The buildings in the right foreground of the old ......
 
Meeting Street, Quorn c1900
To the right is Mr Sander's house and the entrance to his ......
 
Melancholy death of a Gentleman
Loughborough Advertiser - July 3rd 1873 On Sunday ......
 
Members of the 505th, Wood Lane Camp, 1944
Photograph of members of the 505th Parachute Infantry ......
 
Members of the 505th, Wood Lane, Quorn
A break in training, resting on the grass verge by the ......
 
Memories of St Bartholomew’s Primary School, 1958 to 1964
These memories of St Bartholomew’s Primary School were ......
 
Men of Quorn Baptist Church entertain 80. 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1959 About 80 members ......
 
Men who matter - Mr Murray Rumsey of Quorn
Loughborough Echo 9th December 1938 Mr. Rumsey’s natural ......
 
Men working at Cocklow quarry c1910
See artefact: 820 for brief history of the quarry. ......
 
Men's Institute for Quorn - to brighten village life 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 1st October 1925 A ......
 
Messrs M Wright and Sons Ltd - £1,600 towards a “Spitfire”
Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1941 Letter from Lord ......
 
Met in Southern India
Loughborough Echo 9th November 1945 Flight Sergeant Vic ......
 
Met on leave in Quorn
21st January 1944 These four Quorn sailor boys recently ......
 
Methodist Church, High Street – then and now
The building seems to have changed very little, but inside ......
 
Meynell Road – then and now
These cottages were built for hunt workers on Meynell Road ......
 
Military Medal for Quorn Soldier
Loughborough Echo - 20th July 1945 The Military Medal ......
 
Mill chimney being dismantled
The last mill chimney in Quorn was removed in 1998. It ......
 
Miss Webster 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September ......
 
Missing woman found drowned - 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 6th 1927 Quorn ......
 
Mothers' Union 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 12th December 1975 Home made ......
 
Motor Bus Accident near Quorn 1918
Loughborough Herald - 4th July 1918 Shortly after 5pm on ......
 
Mountsorrel Quarry - then and now 1972 and 1995
An aerial view of what was Buddon Wood, now mostly removed ......
 
Mr and Mrs Williams' sons
Loughborough Herald - 5th August 1915 Mr and Mrs ......
 
Mr Charles Camp - Three times wounded, escaped and married
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959 Sentenced to ......
 
Mr George Farnham - 1961
From the Leicester Graphic September issue Head of one ......
 
Mr Jack Penfold of Quorn retires
Loughborough Echo - 4th February 1977 50 years in the ......
 
Mr Murray Rumsey
Loughborough Echo - 12th January 1945 Mr Murray Rumsey, ......
 
Mr Sam Hallam of Quorn Fifty-one years with one firm. 1936
Loughborough Echo - 29th MAY 1936 After serving the firm ......
 
Mr Thomas Lucas c1925
Thomas Lucas was a watchmaker and had a shop in the High ......
 
Mr Thomas North in his garden
In the late 1800s Mr Thomas North made tallow candles ......
 
Mr Walter Jacques MA and Miss E Braley - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 17th April 1942 The wedding of Miss ......
 
Mrs Sophia Perry-Herrick
Mrs Perry-Herrick was the owner of Beaumanor Hall and its ......
 
Mrs Sophia Perry-Herrick
Mrs Perry-Herrick was the owner of Beaumanor Hall and its ......
 
Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen
Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen, born 24 November 1914, was ......
 
Murder most foul - 1885
Birmingham Daily Post - 19th August 1885 Murder most ......
 
Murray Rumsey with a Church group
The is a photograph of Murray Rumsey with a group from St ......
 
Mysterious death of a schoolmistress at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 6th April 1893. On Thursday ......
 
Nearly a Romantic Disaster
Daily News - 28th September 1846 Story of a ......
 
New bridge on School Lane, Quorn
The original bridge was demolished in 1897 when it became ......
 
New headmaster for Quorn Grammar School - 1941
Mr Alan Dalton Murray, BA., BSc., was appointed to succeed ......
 
New Quorn Scout and Guide HQ - 1963
Loughborough Echo - 24th May 1963 New Quorn Scout and ......
 
New Scoreboard for Cricket Club 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 19th September 1969 OWZAT! - ......
 
New Scouts’ HQ opened - 1963
New Scouts’ HQ opened - 1963 An occasion of importance ......
 
New Vicar of Quorn - The Rev S A Jackson 1957
Loughborough Echo - 1st November 1957 The Rev S A ......
 
New Year's Eve parties - 1936
Loughborough Echo - January 3rd 1936 The New Year’s ......
 
News from Quorn officer - 1941
28th November 1941 – Loughborough Echo Lt. Arthur ......
 
News of Quorn prisoner of war - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 5th January 1945 News of Quorn ......
 
Newspaper Advert for the Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn
February 1973. ......
 
Ninety years old and cultivates 1,000 square yards of garden.
Loughborough Echo - 17th August 1945 Fine record of ......
 
Not drunk - excited 1897
Loughborough Herald - 11th February 1897 Petty ......
 
Number 85 Meeting Street – Fanny Clarke’s Shop
As you walk down Meeting Street, you pass an unassuming ......
 
Nut Row, Quorn
These old cottages stood at the back of what was Quorn Post ......
 
Objection to License renewal - Bull's Head Inn, Quorn 1918
Loughborough Herald - 7th February 1918 "Rowdy music and ......
 
Obscene Language at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 22nd October 1896 Charles Marden, ......
 
Obstreperous Army Corporal
Loughborough Monitor - 11th September 1947 Extracts from ......
 
Oddfellows advertisement from 1988
In 1988 Jack Field was secretary to the association and was ......
 
Oddfellows Society
Quorn's oldest society is that of the Oddfellows, whose ......
 
Old Bull's Head coaching lamp
The old coaching lamp from the old Bull's Head inn in the ......
 
Old King Bill has a nasty knock
Loughborough Echo 2nd January 1948 Skidding on ice which ......
 
Old People's Fellowship - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 15th October 1971 Stallholder Mrs ......
 
Once an old coaching house - Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 4th August 1939 In these days of ......
 
One Ash - a Victorian architectual wonder
Loughborough Monitor - 12th June 1953 On the road from ......
 
One Ash c1905
Photographed between 1905-1910, One Ash was built in the ......
 
One Ash, Quorn
One Ash is situated within the Parish of Quorn, although it ......
 
Opening of Fish & Chip shop - 1968
12th January 1968 – Loughborough Echo Quorn Fish and ......
 
Opening of Quorn Village Hall
An original poster detailing the opening celebrations of ......
 
Opening of the village hall
Poster advertising the opening of the village hall in 1889. ......
 
Orchard Estate, Quorn - newpaper advert
Advertisement in local newspaper in 1936. The start of ......
 
Original Village Hall poster
The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A ......
 
Outdoor Service on Stafford Orchard 1970s
This outdoor service was held on Stafford Orchard and is ......
 
Outside a beer house
Hepzibah Kinch and her daughers taken outside the King ......
 
Pamela Clarke 1933
Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933. The driver of a ......
 
Parish Council
Loughborough Monitor - 16th May 1969 Quorn Parish ......
 
Parish Council meeting - January 1941
Loughborough Echo - 17th January 1941 A Quorn problem – ......
 
Parish Council warned - ‘River Soar may change course’ - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 10th April 1953 Parish Council ......
 
People in Quorn Stables
The writing on this photo indicates that the year is 1942, ......
 
Pestilence Cottage, Old Woodhouse, Leicestershire, built circa 1300
In the middle ages the black rat or "Rattus Rattus" cut a ......
 
Petty Sessions - An Aggravated Husband
Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1905. Edwin Brewin, ......
 
Petty Sessions 1851
Derby Mercury - 6th August 1851 Petty Sessions. July 28th ......
 
Petty Sessions. Quorn man steals - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 28th February 1918 Walter ......
 
Picturesque local inn to go - Road widening scheme
Loughborough Echo 7th January 1938 One of ......
 
Pig roasting attracted 300
Loughborough Monitor - 8th July 1960 Pig-roasting at a ......
 
Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for 1828-9 – Quorndon entries
“Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for 1828-9 Comprising ......
 
Pirates of Penzance
Loughborough Monitor - 25th April 1975 Pictured in ......
 
Plan of St Bartholomew's School, Quorn 1846
A very early plan of the primary school on School Lane. ......
 
Plans for a pleasure park - 1948
Loughborough Echo - 30th April 1948 Quorn Man’s Venture ......
 
Playing cricket on the Stafford Orchard c1910
Boys playing cricket on the Stafford Orchard park. In those ......
 
Plough Monday - an ancient Quorn custom
Loughborough Echo - 15th January 1960 Plough ......
 
Poachers attack gamekeepers in Quorn House Park - 1882
Loughborough Advertiser - 27th July 1882 A serious ......
 
Poaching fish
Loughborough Advertiser - March 3rd 1881 William Dunn ......
 
Police Court - A well-deserved sentence. - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 11th May 1893 William Thompson, ......
 
Police Court – Charges against a Quorn Landlord. 1893
Loughborough Herald - 12th October 1893 Alfred Sault, ......
 
Popular hosts retire from Quorn pub
Loughborough Monitor - 7th November 1975 Mr Albert Sweet ......
 
Portrait of Charles Farnham
This is a Victorian oil painting framed behind glass. The ......
 
Portrait of Hugo Meynell - 1758
Hugo Meynell bought Quorn Hall in 1754 from Justinian ......
 
Post Card of The Cross, Quorn
This is a view of the Cross taken from outside the Memorial ......
 
Post Office
The Post Office was H H North's at the end of the c19th and ......
 
Post Office in Quorn Cross c1940s
This building has been in use as a shop in one form or ......
 
Post War reconstruction - 1944
Loughborough Echo - 7th January 1944 Quorn Parish ......
 
Postcard - Wright's Offices, Leicester Road, Quorn
Sent to Miss E Kinch. Believed to be taken outside Wright's ......
 
Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
This view is looking down Chaveney Road from the Woodhouse ......
 
Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
This house is now 45 Chaveney Road on the corner almost ......
 
Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now ......
 
Postcard of High Street, Quorn
This view is of High Street, looking towards Loughborough. ......
 
Postcard of house in Woodhouse Road, Quorn
This house is called The Briars, and is either 86 or 88 ......
 
Postcard of Leicester Road, Quorn
A parade along Leicester Road. The photo is taken looking ......
 
Postcard of Loughborough Road
This postcard was posted in 1906 and shows the left hand ......
 
Postcard of Loughborough Road Villas, Quorn
This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking ......
 
Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn
This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking ......
 
Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn
The houses, left to right are Forest View (no 51), Beacon ......
 
Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn
The buildings on the right belonged at this time (early ......
 
Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn
This is a view looking down Meeting Street, with the ......
 
Postcard of Parish Church
This is a particularly nice view of the church, looking ......
 
Postcard of Parish Church
This is the Parish Church, looking down the main ......
 
Postcard of Quorn - Multiview
This postcard contains six photographs and although they ......
 
Postcard of Quorn Cross
This is Quorn Cross looking down Station Road towards what ......
 
Postcard of Quorn High Street with the Banks cottages beyond
The photograph shows the High Street, showing (what is now) ......
 
Postcard of Quorn Shop c1930
Carr's Boot and Shoe shop c1930. The shop was located on ......
 
Postcard of Quorn Terrace
This postcard was posted on 29th Aug 1905 and shows four ......
 
Postcard of Rawlins from the church tower
This photograph was taken from the top of the Church tower, ......
 
Postcard of The Avenue, Quorn
The location of this postcard is unknown. It is in Quorn, ......
 
Postcard of The Cross, Quorn
This photograph is taken from the Cross looking towards the ......
 
Postcard of The Cross, Quorn
This photograph looks as if it was taken from the middle of ......
 
Postcard of the High Street, Quorn
This postcard shows High Street and specifically the old ......
 
Postcard of the High Street, Quorn
This is looking along High Street to Loughborough Road from ......
 
Postcard of The Little Green
This postcard shows Quorn Hunt on 'The Little Green' before ......
 
Postcard of The Pied Piper
This photograph was taken in 1906 by William ......
 
Postcard of The Thatch
This card was posted in November 1904. This cottage is ......
 
Postcard of The Vicarage
The old vicarage, High Street - now an integral part of ......
 
Postcards - Their Place in Quorn's Local History
This article was written by Sue Templeman. It outlines the ......
 
Poster for the sale of 'Quorn Cottage' - 1880
This is a poster for the sale of a large house called ......
 
Presentation to Mr Tom Dexter, of Quorn - 1957
Loughborough Monitor - November 1st 1957 There was an ......
 
Presented gift to school and then dedicated it
Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1953 St Bartholomew's ......
 
Princess Chrysanthemum, St Bart’s Primary School Production 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 27th March 1959 Quorn children ......
 
Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent arriving at Quorn House
During the Second World war, Quorn House on Meeting Street ......
 
Prior’s Map 1779
John Prior was born in 1729 in Swithland, son of the ......
 
Prisoner of War
Loughborough Echo 11th September 1942 Pte. P.J. Haywood ......
 
Prisoners of War refused worship in parish church - 1946
Here is an interesting series of newspaper articles showing ......
 
Private Blackshaw - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 12th August 1915 News has been ......
 
Private Bonner - killed in action 1917
Loughborough Herald - 18th October 1917 Private E H ......
 
Private E A Benskin 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd November 1916 Offical ......
 
Private Holders served in Crete - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 10th April 1942 Pte. Joseph Holders, ......
 
Private S Davis - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 6th May 1915 Information had been ......
 
Professor D. C. Freshwater
Leicester Graphic - February 1973 Professor Freshwater ......
 
Proposed communal kitchen at Quorn - scheme rejected - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 28th February 1918 In connection ......
 
Proposed housing development next to the Churchyard
The date of this plan is not certain, but it would appear ......
 
Pte B Allen - Released on the march 1945
Loughborough Echo - 27th April 1945 Gaily decorated ......
 
Pumping House and Well House Swithland Reservoir - 11th Sept 1896
Interior view of the Pumping House at Swithland Water ......
 
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
Celebrations on Stafford Orchard in 1897. The old primary ......
 
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations 1897
Ladies outside refreshment tent. 1897. ......
 
Queer happenings at Quorn students’ party 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 13th November 1953 The ......
 
Quorn - a village divided over education
Up until the 1870s Quorn village was a quiet, reasonably ......
 
Quorn 1841 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1841 census arranged in order of surnames. This ......
 
Quorn 1841 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1841 census listed in the order in which the ......
 
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 ......
 
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 ......
 
Quorn 1871 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1871 census arranged in order of surnames. This ......
 
Quorn 1871 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1871 census listed in the order in which the ......
 
Quorn 1881 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1881 census arranged in order of surnames. This ......
 
Quorn 1881 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1881 census listed in the order in which the ......
 
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 ......
 
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 ......
 
Quorn 1911 Census (ordered by surname)
Below is the Quorn 1911 census listed in order of ......
 
Quorn 1911 Census (original order)
Below is the Quorn 1911 census listed in the order in which ......
 
Quorn aids Belgian refugees - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 29th October 1914 Belgian refugees ......
 
Quorn airman in India
Loughborough Echo 30th July 1943 Sergt. Victor Orton, ......
 
Quorn Airman Missing - Fl. Sgt. Peter Dean
Loughborough Echo - 25th September 1942 Mr and Mrs Dean, ......
 
Quorn Allotment Society - annual meeting 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 15th 1925 ......
 
Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society -
Loughborough Echo - 2nd February 1962 This comedy of the ......
 
Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society - Without the Prince
Loughborough Monitor - 15th May 1953 Quorn Amateur ......
 
Quorn and District floods of 1948
Loughborough Echo - 12th November 1948 SOAR VALLEY ......
 
Quorn Angling Club Annual Meeting
Loughborough Monitor - 11th April 1975 Pictured with the ......
 
Quorn Angling Society
Loughborough Echo - 11th April 1958 At the first annual ......
 
Quorn Angling Society - 1872
Loughborough Advertiser - 24th October 1872 A special ......
 
Quorn Angling Society annual supper 1899
Loughborough Herald - 1st June 1899 The annual supper ......
 
Quorn Baker was Drunk 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - April 2nd 1874. John Webster, ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church
This transcription of a 1960 pamphlet by Mr Wilfred Mee, ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church - Memorial Transcriptions
Details of all grave transcriptions in the Baptist Church ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church 1924
A photograph taken inside Quorn Baptist Church. The legend ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church 1954
A photograph taken outside Quorn Baptist Church. The legend ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church c1952
This is a picture of the Quorn Baptist Church Sunday School ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church Nativity Play c1952
Front row, L to R, Trevor Rodley, Tony Rodley and Bill ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church Nativity Play c1952
Back row, left to right Ian Aitken, Phillip Gamble and Bron ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church Outing c1952
Front row - Left to right: Miss Cullington/Collington, Mrs ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church Outing c1952
Left to right - Phyllis Worsnip and Leslie Worsnip. In the ......
 
Quorn Baptist Church Sunday School Outing c1952
Left to right: David Worsnip, (unknown), Christine Baum, ......
 
Quorn Baptist Sunday School 1982/83
This photograph is of Quorn Baptist Sunday School in ......
 
Quorn Bowls Club - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 2nd November 1962 Quorn Mills Park ......
 
Quorn boy helps prisoners of war - 1941
Loughborough Echo - 1st August 1941 Punch and Judy ......
 
Quorn boys in Cyprus - 1957
Loughborough Echo - 16th August 1957 From a vehicle park ......
 
Quorn Branch of the Royal British Legion c1937
Members of Quorn Branch of the Royal British Legion attend ......
 
Quorn British Legion branch formed
Loughborough Echo - 14th December 1936 Quorn ex-service ......
 
Quorn British Legion Fete - 1957
Loughborough Monitor - 21st June 1957 The Quorn branch ......
 
Quorn British Legion fete - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 29th June 1962 The annual effort ......
 
Quorn British Legion Party
Loughborough Monitor - 16th January 1947 These ......
 
Quorn Brownies, about 1958
This is a photograph of Quorn Brownies in about 1958. ......
 
Quorn by-pass stops business and housing plans inquiry told - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - December 9th 1960 Uncertainty ......
 
Quorn Camp closes - 1959
Loughborough Echo - 10th September 1959 Quorn Camp to be ......
 
Quorn Camp troops at The Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
WW2 82nd Airborne Troops stationed in Quorn in 1944 and ......
 
Quorn Camp troops at The Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
WW2 82nd Airborne Paratroopers stationed in Quorn in 1944 ......
 
Quorn Camp troops at the Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
WW2 82nd Airborne Troops stationed in Quorn in 1944 and ......
 
Quorn car crash
Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933. A motor car that ......
 
Quorn casualties - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 17th October 1918 Local ......
 
Quorn celebrates a royal wedding - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 13th July 1893 In honour of the ......
 
Quorn Census Occupations
Occupations in Quorn have varied enormously over the years ......
 
Quorn Census Returns and Street Names
When looking at the census records, some street names may ......
 
Quorn Charities Darts - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 22nd June 1962 The Royal Oak beat ......
 
Quorn Charities Darts League - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 26th April 1963 The finalists and ......
 
Quorn child killed - 1910
Loughborough Herald - February 10th 1910 Child ......
 
Quorn children 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 10th December 1925 A ......
 
Quorn china ribbon plate 1910
This is a china ribbon plate, made as a souvenir of Quorn ......
 
Quorn Church - then and now
The older picture is an engraving of Quorn Church in 1792, ......
 
Quorn Church Fire in 1965
The first picture was taken the day after the fire in ......
 
Quorn Church Fire, 24th October 1965
In October 1965 there was a terrible fire at St ......
 
Quorn Church of England School 1912
On the far right can be seen Miss Isabella Corlett, the ......
 
Quorn Conservative Association 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 21st November 1975. Quorn ......
 
Quorn Conservative Club - history of the building
Extracted from the original deeds by Joyce Elliott. From ......
 
Quorn Conservative Club Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Brochure 1981
A brochure printed in 1981 to celebrate the club's Diamond ......
 
Quorn Conservative Club's Skittles Final
Loughborough Echo - 15th March 1968 Quorn Conservative ......
 
Quorn Conservative harvest supper - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - 7th October 1960 Guests at a ......
 
Quorn Conservative harvest supper -1960
Loughborough Monitor - 7th October 1960 Guests at a ......
 
Quorn Coronation Sports Cup
The wording (just about readable) is: 'Coronation Sports ......
 
Quorn Council and brook to be cleaned - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 17th August 1934 A meeting of the ......
 
Quorn Court
Quorn Court is now 26 High Street and has been turned into ......
 
Quorn Court - article from 1953
4th December 1953 – Loughborough Monitor Quorn Court – ......
 
Quorn Court - front
Quorn Court was for many years from the mid c19th the home ......
 
Quorn Court - rear
Quorn Court was for many years from the mid c19th the home ......
 
Quorn Cricket Club
Founded in 1872, the first 'club' was on a field on ......
 
Quorn Cricket Club - 1977
Loughborough Monitor - 19th August 1977 Pictured before ......
 
Quorn Cricket Club - Tea Room for Pavilion 1934
Loughborough Echo - 31st August 1934 Some few years ago ......
 
Quorn Cricket Club - winners of the Davis Cup 1974
Loughborough Echo - 2nd August 1974 Front row (left to ......
 
Quorn Cricket Club 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd July 1976 The club defeated ......
 
Quorn Cross
Taken circa 1946. Motor traffic still a relative rarity. ......
 
Quorn Cross
Taken around 1950. The photographer is standing at the door ......
 
Quorn Cross
Taken looking up the High Street towards Loughborough. ......
 
Quorn Cross c1910
Dominating the Cross is the White Horse Inn, due to its ......
 
Quorn Custard and Lemonade
Quorn grocery products - and we don't mean the modern ......
 
Quorn Cycle Club 1935
The club practised on a cinder track on Quorn Green (now ......
 
Quorn Dog Licence 1882
Issued on 9th January 1882 to Hepzibah Kinch, landlady of ......
 
Quorn driver missing - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 27th March 1942 Driver Dick Bumpus, ......
 
Quorn employees in stocking trade strike - 1819
Leicester Chronicle - 17th August 1819 Stocking-making ......
 
Quorn Excelsior Football Club - 1904-5
The caption reads: "Quorn Excelsior Football Club display ......
 
Quorn Family link with St Bartholomew's
Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959. The Westley family ......
 
Quorn family's record - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 28th January 1915 The family of ......
 
Quorn Fancy Dress parade and dance 1919
Loughborough Herald - 22nd May 1919 On Saturday ......
 
Quorn Fete - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 16th July 1925 At the ......
 
Quorn Fete August 1917
Round the Maypole at the Quorn Fete on behalf of the ......
 
Quorn Fete in aid of British Legion - 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 21st August 1947 A garden fete, ......
 
Quorn Fields Farm
A farmhouse standing in the field between the Soar and the ......
 
Quorn Fire Brigade and Club refused use of Stafford Orchard for football 1936
Loughborough Echo - June 12th 1936 Quorn Fire Brigade - ......
 
Quorn Fire Service - Copies of notes made by J Ward from manuscripts lent by Mr D Hack
These notes were provided by Don Wix. They were gathered as ......
 
Quorn Fire Service - The Town Fire Engine in 1862
These notes were provided by Don Wix. They were gathered as ......
 
Quorn Firm's Annual Dinner 1962
Loughborough Echo - 9th February 1962 Some of the guests ......
 
Quorn firm's dinner-dance - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 11th December 1959 Employees of ......
 
Quorn flood of 1901
Extract from Parish Magazine - January 1901 The floods ......
 
Quorn Floods 1977
Loughborough Echo - 4th March 1977 Quorn Cross, which is ......
 
Quorn Floods in 1939
Loughborough Echo - 27th January 1939 The recent snow ......
 
Quorn floods of 1882
Birmingham Daily Post - 6th June 1882 Floods in ......
 
Quorn Football Club
Loughborough Monitor - 14th September 1973 This is ......
 
Quorn Football Club 1974
23rd August 1974 - Loughborough Echo Quorn Football Club ......
 
Quorn Friends of Markfield Bazaar
Loughborough Echo - 7th June 1974 Members of the small ......
 
Quorn Garden Party – 1963
Loughborough Echo – 1st June 1963 Quorn Garden ......
 
Quorn gardener's sudden death - 1910
Loughborough Monitor and News - 10th February ......
 
Quorn Gas Works - Early Days
Today, most of us like to think of Quorn as a large, but ......
 
Quorn Gas Works 1960s
Quorn Gas Works on Leicester Road (where The Brinks is ......
 
Quorn Golden Wedding - Mr and Mrs J T S Caunt
Loughborough Echo - 26th January 1968 A couple who have ......
 
Quorn group to dance in France
Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1973 Nine members ......
 
Quorn Guest House
An entry in a local advertising magazine or booklet. Date ......
 
Quorn Guides May Fair 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 8th May 1959 The members of Quorn ......
 
Quorn Hall
Photograph taken in the early 1900s. ......
 
Quorn Hall - Sale of Earl of Stamford's Hunting Stud, 1863
This engraving appeared in the London Illustrated News in ......
 
Quorn Hall 1954
A photograph of Quorn from 1954. At this time it was owned ......
 
Quorn Hall c1950s
The home of the Quorn Hunt until the early years of the ......
 
Quorn Havelock FC
Winners of League Championship, 1907-8 Back row (left to ......
 
Quorn Havelock Football Club
Taken in 1907 and donated by Linda Reid, British Columbia, ......
 
Quorn Havelock Football Club
Loughborough Echo - 14th April 1972. The above picture ......
 
Quorn High Street - then and now
High Street looking towards Loughborough and showing the ......
 
Quorn House - date unknown
Quorn House was the home of the Farnham family until the ......
 
Quorn House - The Hall 1956
From The Leicester Graphic - February 1956 Black oak is ......
 
Quorn House - the oak bedroom 1956
Taken from an artile in The Leicester Graphic dated ......
 
Quorn House Cricket Club - book of appreciation given to William Farnham in 1888
One of Quorn’s most significant characters in the 1880s and ......
 
Quorn House during WW2
This photograph was donated by Sheila Brewer who was a ......
 
Quorn House stables 1957
Fine horses exercising occasionally in the adjoining ......
 
Quorn House, Meeting Street, Silver Jubilee Garden Party 1977
As part of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations, on ......
 
Quorn housewife wins Mini in Hoover/Co-op competition
Loughborough Echo - 8th September 1972 Mrs Jacqueline ......
 
Quorn Hunt - The Huntsman's House c1910
The house is still in existence, on Huntsman's close just ......
 
Quorn Hunt at The Cross
The Quorn Hunt gathers at The Cross in the early 1900s. The ......
 
Quorn Hunt Ball
Loughborough Herald - 5th January 1893 The second annual ......
 
Quorn Hunt c1900
Members of the Hunt appear to be 'on show' at some event in ......
 
Quorn Hunt Kennels
These unusual almost circular "beehive pattern" brick huts ......
 
Quorn Hunt Kennels
These unusual almost circular "beehive pattern" brick huts, ......
 
Quorn Hunt kennels
Impression of hunt kennels by W E Cooke 1878. The central ......
 
Quorn Hunt on School Lane
The Quorn Hunt travelling along School Lane towards the old ......
 
Quorn Improvement Wanted - Stafford Orchard
Loughborough Echo - 14th July 1939 A report is to be ......
 
Quorn Infant Welfare 1918
Loughborough Herald - 11th July 1918 The mothers and ......
 
Quorn inn gets a face-lift 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 13th December 1963 A £15,000 ......
 
Quorn Jubilee Queen 1977
Loughborough Monitor - 3rd June 1977 A competition was ......
 
Quorn Ladies Cricket Club - 1930
Left to right top row: E. Revell, P. Mountency, W. ......
 
Quorn land is 'unsuitable' for housing, say planners - 1960
Here are an interesting couple of newspaper articles ......
 
Quorn Lawn Tennis Club 1974
Loughborough Echo - 19th July 1974 Junior members of ......
 
Quorn Lodge
Now demolished, this house - the home of the Hole and ......
 
Quorn Man Drank Methylated Spirits
Loughborough Echo 24th January 1936. Quorn Shopkeepers ......
 
Quorn Man Fined £5
Loughborough Echo 24th January 1936. The seriousness of ......
 
Quorn man has three sons serving - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 5th August 1915 Mr J Burton, a ......
 
Quorn man home from prison camp
Loughborough Echo 2nd November 1945 Victoria Street, ......
 
Quorn man hooks 70lb shark 1957
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd August 1957 After a ......
 
Quorn man in accident - wire snaps at quarry - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 4th January 1935 Mr James Stockwell, ......
 
Quorn man killed
Loughborough Herald - 24th October 1918 Pte. W H ......
 
Quorn man killed
Loughborough Herald - 24th October 1918 Pte. E B ......
 
Quorn man killed
Loughborough Herald - 27th June 1918 L-Cpl A W ......
 
Quorn man killed on railway track - failed to hear workmate's warning
Loughborough Echo - 19th September 1958 A 71 years old ......
 
Quorn Man missing - 1941
Loughborough Echo -31st October 1941 Quorn man presumed ......
 
Quorn man reported missing - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 6th March 1942 Private Harold ......
 
Quorn Man wins £7,214 - 1948
Loughborough Echo - 27th August 1948 A reward for ......
 
Quorn Man's Strange Conduct
Loughborough Herald - 26th January 1905. Ernest Facer, ......
 
Quorn Memorial Service 1901
Memorial Service for Queen Victoria, February 2nd 1901. ......
 
Quorn Memories
Loughborough Echo - 21st July 1939 Few local villages ......
 
Quorn Methodist Christmas Fair - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 4th December 1953 Quorn ......
 
Quorn Methodist FC - October 1959
Left to right back row: J Wisehall, G Lee, K Sutton, A ......
 
Quorn Methodist Football Club
Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1947 Members of Quorn ......
 
Quorn Methodist Football Club 1940
In 1940 the team beat Leicester City 3-2 at Filbert Street ......
 
Quorn Methodist Sunday School 1952/53
This is a photograph of Quorn Methodist Sunday School in ......
 
Quorn Mills (Wright's) Fire Brigade 1907
Private fire brigade attached to Wright's factory ......
 
Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club
Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club opened in 1923. It was then ......
 
Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club 1931
Bowling winners of the Hartopp Cup and the Mallinson Shield ......
 
Quorn Mills Park Bowls Club Pavillion
This postcard is lodged with the records office in ......
 
Quorn Mills Park Ladies' Bowling Club - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 11th April 1958 The opening day of ......
 
Quorn Mills Park Ladies' Bowling Club - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 29th June 1962 On Wednesday of last ......
 
Quorn National Fire Service
The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White ......
 
Quorn National Fire Service
The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White ......
 
Quorn News - Loughborough Echo
Loughborough Echo 2nd November 1945 C.H. Teagle, Chimney ......
 
Quorn Old Peoples Fellowship c1950
This information was supplied by Bron Worsnip: This is a ......
 
Quorn Old People's Fellowship
Thought to be taken in the kitchen of the Church Rooms, ......
 
Quorn Old People's Fellowship
Taken outside the Chuch Rooms. Standing on the far right is ......
 
Quorn Old People's Fellowship outing, 1950s 0r 1960s
Quorn Old People's Fellowship was a very active group until ......
 
Quorn Old Time Dance Club 1951
The dance photograph is of the Quorn Old Time Dance Club at ......
 
Quorn Ostler's fatal fall - death from lockjaw 1900
Loughborough Herald - 15th November 1900 An inquest was ......
 
Quorn Parish Church (St. Bartholomew's) Grave Transcriptions
Details of all grave transcriptions in the Parish Church ......
 
Quorn Parish Church - Baptism Roll Letters, 1922 to 1941
Baptism letters were sent out to record the birth dates and ......
 
Quorn Parish Council
Loughborough Echo 4th December 1936 The monthly meeting ......
 
Quorn Parish Council - Condition of Stafford Orchard
Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 The monthly meeting ......
 
Quorn Parish Council 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 9th January 1947 In response to ......
 
Quorn Parish Council and the Black-out - 1940
Loughborough Echo - 19th January 1940 Taking ......
 
Quorn Parish Council Meeting - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 6th January 1939 The monthly meeting ......
 
Quorn Parish Council Meeting 1936 - Dirty Milk, Jubilee seats and Footpath complaints
Loughborough Echo - January 10th 1936 Quorn Council and ......
 
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 ......
 
Quorn Parish Council meeting 1941 - Caravans on Village Green
Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1941 Parish Council ......
 
Quorn Parish Records - Marriages 1576 to 1836
Quorn St Bartholomew's Parish Records start in 1576, ......
 
Quorn Place, High Street, Quorndon, Leicestershire 1886
Interior of the billiard room at Quorn Place. The Bedford ......
 
Quorn Place, High Street, Quorndon, Leicestershire 1886
Interior of the tea room at Quorn Place, showing the ......
 
Quorn Place/ the Bull’s Head/ the Quorndon Fox - then and now
This substantial property on High Street, Quorn was a ......
 
Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase 1957
29th March 1957 Quorn Primary School - compulsory ......
 
Quorn Primary School Christmas Party 1951 or 1952
Margaret Harvey was at the school from 1951- 1956, her ......
 
Quorn Primary School class of top infants
Margaret Harvey was at the school from 1951- 1956, her ......
 
Quorn Primary School Staff c1950s
Margaret Harvey (far left) was at the school from 1951- ......
 
Quorn Primary School Staff c1950s
Margaret Harvey was at the school from 1951- 1956, her ......
 
Quorn Pub Token
This is a rubbing of a pub token issued by the White Hart, ......
 
Quorn Public Recreation Ground
Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1968 To the Editor Sir - ......
 
Quorn Quarrymen charged with assault - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - January 2nd 1873 Before ......
 
Quorn residents warned - 1940
LOUGHBOROUGH ECHO -30TH AUGUST 1940 QUORN RESIDENTS AND ......
 
Quorn Sailor
Loughborough Echo 6th March 1942 Mr. and Mrs. Walter ......
 
Quorn Sailors' and Soldiers' Fund 1918
Loughborough Herald - 29th August 1918 Fancy Dress ......
 
Quorn School Football Team c1947
St Barts Quorn C of E School 1st Eleven Football circa ......
 
Quorn Scouts 1955
Quorn Scouts at the Norfolk Summer Camp circa 1955. Also ......
 
Quorn Scouts 1955
Quorn Scouts at the Norfolk Summer Camp circa 1955. Left ......
 
Quorn Scouts 1955
Quorn Scouts at the Norfolk Summer Camp circa 1955. This ......
 
Quorn Scouts celebrate - 1957
Loughborough Monitor - February 15th 1957 The jubilee of ......
 
Quorn sergeant killed - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 17th May 1917 Information had been ......
 
Quorn Silver Jubilee Celebrations Poster 1977
This poster lists all the celebrations and events that were ......
 
Quorn soldier killed - 1944
Loughborough Herald - 17th November 1944 Mrs Mary ......
 
Quorn soldier killed 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 C.O.'s ......
 
Quorn soldier killed in action - 1917
Loughborough Herald - August 30th 1917 Pte Louis Brewin, ......
 
Quorn soldier missing
Loughborough Echo 16th April 1943 Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen, ......
 
Quorn soldier prisoner of war
Loughborough Echo 4th June 1943 Mrs. Harris, of 4, ......
 
Quorn Soldier wounded
18th August 1944 Private Cecil Wykes, son of Mr J Wykes, ......
 
Quorn Soldier Wounded - 1944
Loughborough Echo - 2nd June 1944 Mr and Mrs Hall, of 5 ......
 
Quorn soldiers meet in Holland - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 16th February 1945 Sapper Wilfred ......
 
Quorn soldier's experiences - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 24th September 1914 With the Royal ......
 
Quorn Soldier's Experiences 1914
Loughborough Herald - 24th September 1914 Quorn ......
 
Quorn Soldier's Experiences 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 6th April 1916 (passed by ......
 
Quorn Souvenir China
This small pot is less than 6 cm (2 ½ inches) wide and was ......
 
Quorn Souvenir Jug
This little jug is 7 ½ cms (3 inches) tall. It was made by ......
 
Quorn Stationmaster - presentation to Mr W Youle 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 15th September 1927 A ......
 
Quorn takes Loughboro gas - Mayor starts supply - An important event
Loughborough Echo 28th January 1938 An important event ......
 
Quorn Terrace, Leicester Road – then and now
These four houses are ‘Quorn Terrace’ on Leicester Road, ......
 
Quorn Theft case dismissed - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - June 26th 1873 Martha Bent, a ......
 
Quorn Townswomen's Guild drama group
This photograph is the Quorn Townwomen's Guild drama group. ......
 
Quorn Tug of War - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 15th October 1971 Quorn ......
 
Quorn UDC - Improving a dangerous corner
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September 1925 The ......
 
Quorn United Cricket Club
Loughborough Herald - 6th July 1899 Denounciation of the ......
 
Quorn United Cricket Club 1899
The names shown beneath the photo are: H.Orton M.Bonsor ......
 
Quorn United F.C
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 22nd May 1922 ......
 
Quorn Urban District Council - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 9th February 1899 Medical ......
 
Quorn VE Day Party - Freehold Street Children, May 1945
Christine Baum is the girl seated second from the left and ......
 
Quorn Vicarage Garden Fete - 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 22nd June 1975 Our photographer ......
 
Quorn Vicarage sale catalogue
Sale catalogue for the auction of vicarage furniture after ......
 
Quorn village cobbler works a full day at 79
Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959. In a small dark ......
 
Quorn Village Hall
The street scene remains largely the same, some of the ......
 
Quorn Village Hall - then and now c1900 and 2009
The street scene remains largely the same, some of the ......
 
Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see ......
 
Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see ......
 
Quorn villagers making munitions - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 10th June 1915 Village helps with ......
 
Quorn Voters in County Poll December 1719
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
 
Quorn Voters in Poll January 1775
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
 
Quorn Voters in Poll January 1830
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
 
Quorn Voters in Poll January 1832
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
 
Quorn Voters in Poll March 1741
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
 
Quorn W.I New Year's Eve party - 1974
Loughborough Monitor - 17th January 1975 Women's ......
 
Quorn Wakes 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 10th September ......
 
Quorn War Weapons Week
Loughborough Echo - 30th May 1941 A fine ......
 
Quorn War Weapons Week
Loughborough Echo - 13th June 1941 Quorn, having aimed ......
 
Quorn War Weapons Week 1941
Loughborough Echo - 13th June 1941 Wednesday: ......
 
Quorn Warship Week
Loughborough Echo 27th February 1942 Children at a fancy ......
 
Quorn Warship Week
Loughborough Echo 20th February 1942 A group taken at ......
 
Quorn Wedding - Chambers-Stubley 1934
Loughborough Echo - 6th July 1934 The wedding took place ......
 
Quorn White Cross Football Club
Very little is known about this Club. The photographer is ......
 
Quorn widow's tragic death - 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 12th May 1927 Danger ......
 
Quorn wins Billy Williamson Memorial Trophy - 1972
Loughborough Monitor - 12th May 1972 Quorn 4, Midland ......
 
Quorn woman on fire
Loughborough Echo - 17th February 1939 Prompt action of ......
 
Quorn Workmen's Outing 1899
Loughborough Herald - 28th September 1899. On Saturday ......
 
Quorn Work's Outing - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - August 21st 1873 Treat for ......
 
Quorn yeoman wounded 1902
This snippet from the Loughborough Herald dated 23rd ......
 
Quorn Young People's Fellowship 1962
Loughborough Echo - 9th March 1962 After a lapse of ......
 
Quorn Young People's Fellowship Revue - 1962
Loughborough Monitor - 9th March 1962 After a lapse of ......
 
Quorn 'Cross' c1910
A fine photograph of the centre of the village showing the ......
 
Quorn 'Friends' £1,466 gifts in seven years - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1959 Quorn's interest ......
 
Quorn, England
Contributed by Marie Gray Wise. My father, Pfc. William J. ......
 
Quorn, Mountsorrel, Rothley Bypass Options
This document was used to set out the two options for the ......
 
Quorndon Allotment Society
This group may be the Quorn Allotment Society and looks as ......
 
Quorndon and Neighbourhood Horticultural Society - 1874
A report on the annual show, curiously dismissive of what ......
 
Quorndon Association for the Prosecution of Felons
During the 1700s, there was no police force and it was ......
 
Quorndon Co-op Checks
These checks (sometimes incorrectly known as tokens) dating ......
 
Quorndon Coronation Celebrations 1953
Programme of events June 2nd 1953 on Stafford Orchard. ......
 
Quorndon Farmers' Club 1853
Derby Mercury - 9th November 1853 The fourth annual ......
 
Quorndon Map, North Field, 1752
A pre Enclosure Act map of Quorndon, The North Field, in ......
 
Quorndon Map, South Field, 1752
A pre Enclosure Act map of Quorndon, The South Field, in ......
 
Quorndon Map, West Field, 1752
A pre Enclosure Act map of Quorndon, The West Field, in ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - Febraury 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1895
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1895
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1895
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
Quorndon shop token
This is thrupeny token (approximately 1.5p) for 'General ......
 
Quorndon to Quorn - the Name Change
Derby Mercury - January 1890 This extract from the Derby ......
 
Quorndon Urban District Council and infection diseases
Loughborough Herald - October 25th 1900 To the ......
 
Quornians in Canada
Loughborough Echo 4th March 1938 Mr and Mrs. Clarke, ......
 
Quorn's Carnival Week For The Hospitals - 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 17th July 1947 An intensive week ......
 
Quorn's church clock loses face: Three-inch slip after 132 years
Loughborough Monitor - 27th November 1964 For 132 years ......
 
Quorn's Coronation pageant and comic football rained off - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 5th June 1953 A few dejected ......
 
Quorn's Temperance society - 1873
The Loughborough Advertiser - November 27th 1873 On ......
 
Quorn's 'Mr Football' eats, sleeps, thinks soccer
Loughborough Monitor - 27th November 1959 Quorn's "Mr ......
 
Radio start at Quorn fete
Loughborough Echo - 8th May 1964 The annual spring fair ......
 
Raising funds for proposed church rooms - 1910
Loughborough Monitor and News - 30th June 1910 A summer ......
 
Ralph Thornton 1944
April 28th 1944 Corporal Ralph Thornton, who is serving ......
 
Rawlins 1899
An advertisement for the school from 1899. ......
 
Rawlins becomes a girls' school - 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1947 Quorn Grammar ......
 
Rawlins cricket eleven 1908
Nothing more known about this photograph ......
 
Rawlins fete - 1964
July 1964 ......
 
Rawlins Grammar School - "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 13th March 1947 The dramatic ......
 
Rawlins Grammar School 1921
The photograph below was contributed by Ian Aitken. His ......
 
Rawlins Grammar School Sports - 1958
Loughborough Echo - May 23rd 1958 Gillian Hardman ......
 
Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Speech Day 1959
Loughborough Echo - 13th November 1959 "Pity if this ......
 
Rawlins Hockey Team c1920
c1920 with headteacher Mr Keith Thomson. Front row, ......
 
Rawlins hockey team c1920
Hockey team from the 1920-21. The second headmaster, Keith ......
 
Rawlins School
The Rawlins school was founded in Woodhouse in 1691 by ......
 
Rawlins School
Another early photograph of Rawlins. The Rawlins school ......
 
Rawlins School - date unknown
Probably taken in the early 1900s (Rawlins opened in Quorn ......
 
Rawlins School - then and now c1910 and 2009
At the time the old photograph was taken, the school ......
 
Rawlins School 1901
Rawlins school admitted girls in 1898, the year after it ......
 
Rawlins School c1898
We don't have any date information on this image. It is ......
 
Rawlins staff 1920-21
Back row left to right: Miss Rogers, Miss Vial, Miss ......
 
Rawlins Under 15 - 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd April 1976 Rawlins Under 15 - ......
 
Re-possession of a Quorn house
Loughborough Echo - July 24th 1936 County Court ......
 
Rear of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel c1905-10.
Thomas Dexter, writing of Quorn in the 1890s: " Then we ......
 
Recollections of Quorn – John Rudkin
John was born in Quorn at 44 Barrow Road (next to Harry ......
 
Remembrance Sunday in the Early 1970s
This photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday in the ......
 
Reminiscences of the Vicar, by Canon H H Rumsey
Loughborough Echo - 19th October 1934 25 years in Quorn ......
 
Rev E Foord-Kelcey
The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey was born in Smeeth, Kent. ......
 
Rev F H Allen MA BD
The Reverend F H Allen was the Vicar of Quorn for three ......
 
Rev Kelcey c1910
When the Rev. Kelcey came to Quorn in 1892 he brought with ......
 
Rev R C Faithfull MA
The Reverend Robert Colquhoun Faithfull was the Vicar of ......
 
Rev R N Everett
The Reverend Robin Everett was the Vicar of Quorn for 8 ......
 
Rev Robert Stammers
The Reverend Robert Stammers MA was the Vicar of Quorn for ......
 
Rev S A Jackson MA
The Reverend Stephen Jackson was the Vicar of Quorn from ......
 
Rev W E Pilling
The Reverend W E (Teddy) Pilling was the Vicar of Quorn for ......
 
Rex Bloore - Business boom after trial in village shop
Loughborough Monitor - 16th April 1971 Seven years ago a ......
 
Rex Bloore's party
Rex Bloore was a Quorn businessman who ran a sucessfull ......
 
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 ......
 
River Soar
The river at Soar Road, Quorn about 1960. During the 1930's ......
 
Robert Parkinson
There were three generations of Robert Parkinsons in ......
 
Roll Call at the Old Primary School, Quorn
Photograph taken in the playground of the old primary ......
 
Roll of Honour 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 19th October 1916 Pte ......
 
Roman coin
Roman coin (Denarius). Displaying the head of the Empress ......
 
Roman coin
Roman coin (Denarius). Reverse side showing an image of ......
 
Roman coins
Selection of Roman coins (Sestertius). Portraying the ......
 
Roman spoon
Roman artifact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - ......
 
Ron Gamble and Rev Leslie Worsnip c1952
This is a picture (left to right) of John Gamble the father ......
 
Rose Cottage, Loughborough Road
Rose Cottage was a substantial house on Loughborough Road ......
 
Royal Artillery Quorn 1939-1945
Winter Training 1940. Extracted from 'The History of the ......
 
Royal Oak, corner of Meeting Street and High Street – then and now
The older photograph is one of the oldest on the museum ......
 
Russ Dairies
Russ’s dairy was the larger of two dairies based in the ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church
Taken in the early 1900s, this is a view from the Station ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
Saint Bartholomew's Churchyard
General photographs of the churchyard and gravestones ......
 
Sale of a wife
The London Dispatch - 9th September 1838 On Thursday ......
 
Sale of Farnham land and property 1892
This poster from 1892 is advertising a unique sale of land ......
 
Sale of White Lodge, Quorn - 1968
Loughborough Monitor - 19th July 1968 The White Lodge, ......
 
Santa Maria bridge on Soar Road c1970s
The bridge originally belonged to Quorn Hall and was used ......
 
Santa Maria bridge on the Soar
Loughborough Monitor - 8th August 1975 We received a ......
 
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 ......
 
School Alterations to Quorn Primary School - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September 1925 ......
 
School children on bridge
School children crossing the temporary bridge on School ......
 
School class at the old Primary School, Quorn
A very old photograph taken against the wall of the old ......
 
School Lane - then and now
This is a very old cottage at the corner of School Lane and ......
 
School Lane - then and now
These photographs are of number 9 School Lane. The older ......
 
School Lane - then and now
This view is looking up towards the old primary school with ......
 
School Lane Albion F.C., Quorn
Taken in 1907. ......
 
School Lane Cottage, Quorn
This cottage is at the corner of School Lane and Stoop ......
 
School outing to Bradgate Park 1909
'The School picnic took place on Wednesday, July 14th, on ......
 
Schoolboy Breaks Into Quorn House
Loughborough Echo 21st February 1936. Caught by Occupier ......
 
Scouts in the Garden of Raven Cottage
This photograph is probably of the Mountsorrel Scout Troop. ......
 
Second annual garden party - 1964
29th May 1964 - Loughborough Monitor £125 raised for ......
 
Selling poor quality milk 1917
Loughborough Herald - 5th July 1917 Jeremiah J Stirling, ......
 
Sequel to fall from bus - Inquest on Quorn woman - An unfortunate accident
Loughborough Echo 18th November 1938 After lying ......
 
Sergeant Major James Fullerton, Quorn
How could it be that a Sergeant Major of the famous 93rd ......
 
Sergt. L Green and Miss J Bowler 1944
28th January 1944 The wedding took place at St ......
 
Serving on H.M.S. “Renown”
Loughborough Echo 6th March 1942 One of the 14 ......
 
Shops next to the White Horse on Station Road - 1963
This photograph was found in the Leicester records office. ......
 
Shops on Leicester Road, Quorn, during floods
A photo looking towards Quorn Cross showing the Tea Shop on ......
 
Shops to the side of the White Horse pub c1950
This postcard shows Dockray's Fish and chip shop and ......
 
Signaller G P Flanders 1916
[Note - the correct name is J P Flanders] Loughborough ......
 
Singular Announcement 1840
Preston Chronicle - 10th October 1840 On Tuesday last, ......
 
Sir Richard Sutton - Master of Quorn Hunt 1847-1855
Sir Richard Sutton, upon taking Mastership of the Quorn ......
 
Sketch drawing of Little Bridge on School Lane by W E Cooke.
The Little Bridge on school was built in 1760 and ......
 
Smashing a factory window 1897
Loughborough Herald - 15th April 1897 Petty ......
 
Soar Road - 1930
Loughborough Echo - 18th July 1930 ......
 
Soar Road - then and now
The older photograph was taken in the early 1900s . The ......
 
Soar Road – then and now
The older photograph was taken in the early 1900s, the ......
 
Soar Road, Santa Maria Bridge
This photograph was taken in the early 1900s and is thought ......
 
Soar-side cottages on Soar Road
Built on a stone plinth, with steps probably to keep them ......
 
Social evening at the Men's Institute 1939
Loughborough Echo - 17th February 1939 A social evening ......
 
Soldier's Death 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 10th August 1916 The death of ......
 
Speaker possessed by Red Indian Chief - 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - January 15th 1874 An oration ......
 
Sponsored singing at Quorn Parish Church
Leicester Mercury - 27th April 1981. Fourteen year old ......
 
Spring Fair, Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 11th April 1975 Members of Quorn ......
 
Sqd.-Ldr L. Wright believed killed - Well known local flying officer
Loughborough Echo 14th May 1943 After being reported ......
 
Sqd.-Ldr. Leonard Wright reported missing - Former ADC to British Embassy in Egypt
Loughborough Echo 16th April, 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Wright, ......
 
St Bartholomew's Church - 1930s
These pictures where taken inside the Church in the 1930s. ......
 
St Bartholomew's Church - Leaflet
This leaflet was written by Sue Templeman to provide a ......
 
St Bartholomew's Church Clock - the day the clock face slipped
This photograph was taken on Monday 23rd November 1964, ......
 
St Bartholomew's Church, interior view prior to 1913
This postcard shows a very unusual view of the interior of ......
 
St Bartholomew's Football Team 1950 - 1951
Back row - Ian Aitken is on the left of the goalie (Walter ......
 
St Bartholomew's Football Team 1950 - 1951
Victorious six-a-side football team of 1950-1951 ......
 
St Bartholomew's Football Team 1951 - 1952
Back row, left to right, Tony Brown, Richard Edwards, ......
 
St Bartholomew's Primary School 1958
This photograph was taken in about 1958. It was taken ......
 
St Bartholomew's primary school c1896
The information we have on this photograph is that it ......
 
St Bartholomew's Primary School Orchestra
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Junior School ......
 
St Bartholomew's Primary School Orchestra, 1962
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Junior School ......
 
St Bartholomew's Primary School staff c1940
Back row left to right: Mr Galon, Mr Evans, Miss Sturman, ......
 
St Bartholomew's School, Quorn c1890s
St Bartholomew's School, Quorn This photograph appeared ......
 
St Bartholomew's Young People's Fellowship, 1962
This photograph is St Bartholomew's Church Young People's ......
 
St Batholomew's church yard
Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 Not a haymaking ......
 
St. Bartholomew's Church
The earliest mention of the Church is that Ranulf, 4th Earl ......
 
St. Bartholomew's Church - Interior Plaques and Memorials
The plaques etc are located working around the church ......
 
St. Bartholomew's Church - then and now
Looking a little stark in the old photograph, the yew trees ......
 
St. Bartholomew's Church and Station Road
Taken in 1994. The Mill is still intact before conversion ......
 
St. Bartholomew's Church under repair
Repairs to the church following the fire in 1965. ......
 
St. Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
Looking a little stark in the old photograph, the yew trees ......
 
Staff at Wright's
Jack Winterton and Alf Freer at Wright's factory. ......
 
Stan downs nine faggots to become champion
Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1972 It is hardly ......
 
Station Road and the White Horse – then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1950s and many ......
 
Station Road c1900
The cottages on the right hand side have long gone. ......
 
Station Road c1905
This photograph was taken on Station Road looking towards ......
 
Station Road cottages - January 1969
This photograph is lodged with the record office, ......
 
Station Road Extension (near Mansfield Street)
This view is looking up Station Road with the Apple Tree ......
 
Station Road Extension - then and now
The Apple Tree pub can be seen on the left hand side. ......
 
Station Road looking towards the village centre c1905
Station Road was known as Barrow Street at this time. Most ......
 
Station Road shops - then and now
The older photograph was probably taken in the 1940s. The ......
 
Station Road, Quorn
The Apple Tree pub was originally a dwelling house with a ......
 
Station Road, Quorn
In the mid-distance is the Pig and Whistle pub with the ......
 
Station Road, Quorn - then and now
In the mid-distance is the Pig and Whistle pub with the ......
 
Stealing Mutton 1897
Loughborough Herald - 7th October 1897 Petty ......
 
Steam engine - Swithland Reservoir
One of the three triple expansion steam engines in the ......
 
Stocks, prize-fighting, swimming in the brook and a strike at church 1928
Loughborough Echo - Friday 3rd August 1928 Quorn is ......
 
Stone throwing at Quorn 1897
Loughborough Herald - 11th March 1897 Petty ......
 
Stone well in Station Road cottage 1976
This well was discovered in 1976 during renovation works of ......
 
Stream from Tom Long's Meadow, Quorn
Builders break into the culvert carrying the stream from ......
 
Substantial price reduction - Interview with gas engineer
Loughborough Echo 18th February 1938 The purchase of the ......
 
Successful Church Fair in Quorn 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 5th June 1959 The annual May Fair ......
 
Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 15th April 1960 Members of Quorn ......
 
Sudden death at Quorn - 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - July 30th 1874 On Thursday ......
 
Sudden death of girl 1897
Loughborough Monitor - 25th March 1897 Emily, the 13 ......
 
Sunday gambling
Loughborough Monitor - December 6th 1900 Luke Lester, ......
 
Sunday school Christmas party 1958
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Sunday school ......
 
Sunday School Clothing Club - 1877
Loughborough Advertiser - November 15th 1877 The annual ......
 
Sunday school outing 1952/53
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Sunday School ......
 
Sunday School outing at Quorn Fields Farm 1897
Quorn Fields was a farmhouse standing in the fields between ......
 
Sunday School Outing June 1961
This photograph was taken in June 1961 at Trentham Gardens, ......
 
Sunday School Party 1959
Loughborough Advertiser - 9th January 1959 A "quiet ......
 
Swithland Reservoir
5th July 1894 - the ceremony for the cutting of the "first ......
 
Swithland Reservoir construction 1894-96
A small portion of Swithland reservoir lies within the ......
 
Sydney the postman - a lie-in at last
Loughborough Monitor - 22nd October 1971 These days ......
 
Sykes brothers meet on leave 1944
31st March 1944 The three sons of Mr and Mrs Leonard ......
 
T R Potter - Rambles around Loughborough 1868
Quorn "Where is the village half such charms adorn As ......
 
T R Potter - Walks around Loughborough 1840
Quorndon Had once the reputation of being the most ......
 
Taken prisoner but escaped - adventure of Quorn soldier
Loughborough Herald - 14th January 1944 Pte. Ted Walker, ......
 
Taking rooks - 1830
Derby Mercury - 5th May 1830 Taking Rooks Thursday, two ......
 
Tankard for Quorn Founder
Loughborough Monitor - 17th June 1960 Octogenarian and ......
 
Tell-tale letters - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 12th June 1919 Thomas William ......
 
Temperance Association
Loughborough Advertiser - September 4th 1873 On ......
 
Temporary War Memorial
This was sited on The Cross just in front of where the ......
 
Thatched Cottage, Station Road – 1904 and 2011
The Thatch is situated on Station Road and the church can ......
 
The 505th Camp, Wood Lane, Quorn 1944
The First Battalion being addressed by their Commanding ......
 
The affairs of Mr W E J B Farnham - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 18th May 1899 A Sad Story At ......
 
The alleged assault upon a police constable - 1872
Loughborough Advertiser - 9th May 1872 The alleged ......
 
The back garden of the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 8th September 1939. The garden and ......
 
The Banks Cottages being demolished, 1960s
These rather sad pictures were taken by Richard Thompson in ......
 
The Baptist Chapel – then and now
The original part of the church was built in 1770. This ......
 
The Baptist Chapel, Quorn
Baptists have been active in Quorn for over 200 years. The ......
 
The Baptist Chapel's men's adult school c1910
Nothing more known about this photograph, which appeared in ......
 
The Bellringers 1926
On the milkman's horse and cart as part of a parade forming ......
 
The Bells of St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 5th April 1935 The fine turreted ......
 
The Blacksmiths on Meeting Street
The smithy was in the ownership of the Holmes family for ......
 
The Broom Family on Farnham Street
This is a photograph of Mr and Mrs Broom and their two ......
 
The Co-op. c1910
The shop was built in 1862 on the site of the Blue Ball ......
 
The concealment of a birth 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - 30th April 1874. (see also ......
 
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 ......
 
The Cradocks of Leicestershire
A history of the Cradock family who lived in Quorn Court ......
 
The Cross - then and now
Although recognisable, some buildings such as the White ......
 
The Cross c1920s
A good range of shops in business. The building to the ......
 
The Dining Room at Quorn House - 1956
A room crowded with historical interest. Round the one ......
 
The Dower House
Located in the centre of the village, The Dower House ......
 
The Dower House
To the right of the building can be glimpsed the ......
 
The Dower House, Station Road - then and now
The Dower House, off Station Road was once the Dower House ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
 
The Farnham Chapel - Leaflet
The Farnham Chapel is a rarity as it is one of the few ......
 
The Farnham Family Tree
The Farnhams came to Quorn in 1243 and despite leaving ......
 
The Floods of 1901
Extract from Parish Magazine, January 1901 The floods ......
 
The Gas House, 106 Leicester Road, Quorn, 1961
This rare photograph of the 'Gas House' on Leicester Road ......
 
The Gas Works
The Gas House or Works was constructed in 1853 by the River ......
 
The Grange
Now a hotel on Wood Lane, the house was built in 1903 for ......
 
The great flood at Quorn - July 21st 1875
Notes by C Murray Rumsey A Mountsorrel Pepys Discovery ......
 
The Green
A photograph from the early 1900s. In the early days of its ......
 
The Green c1920
This photo shows The Green before part of it became the car ......
 
The Green in flood
Note the lock up to the left and Wright's factory in the ......
 
The Halford family
Harry Halford was born in Wysall, Nottinghamshire in ......
 
The Hall on the Green, Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 15th March 1963 Efforts are to be ......
 
The High Street, Quorn 1900
Mrs Hensman meets Lord Lonsdale's goat in the High Street ......
 
The history of Quorn Havelock FC
Loughborough Echo 8th Feb 1935 Great excitement ......
 
The Home Farm of the Nether Hall
Submitted by Kate Hutchinson Story written in 1991 The ......
 
The Home Guard
Training with a machine gun on Quorn Green. Left to right: ......
 
The hunt is on for Rufus the pet fox - 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 24th January 1975 Rufus, the hand ......
 
The Huntsman's House, Quorn Hall
The former Huntsman's House near Quorn Hall. Date unknown. ......
 
The Hurst - 1975
The Hurst (now the Chequers chinese restaurant) was a ......
 
The Inglesant WIll
Loughborough Advertiser 1874 In the Court of Probate on ......
 
The Kaye House, Quorn
In 1691 Charles Farnham succeeded, under the will of his ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This is a very early photograph of the King William the ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
The pub has since been demolished and stood at the front of ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
The pub has since been demolished and stood at the front of ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This postcard is lodged in the record office in ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This photograph is lodged in the record office in ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This photograph is lodged in the record office in ......
 
The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
Loughborough and Monitor and Herald - 10th August ......
 
The Late Canon H Rumsey, MA
Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1940 Thirty-one years vicar ......
 
The Library at Quorn House - 1956
At this time Quorn House was owned by Mr George Farnham and ......
 
The Lodge, Meeting Street, Quorn
The lodge and gates to Quorn House are visible in the ......
 
The Manor Hotel, Quorn
The Manor House Hotel opened in 1899, the year after the ......
 
The Manor House - 1935
An advert for the Manor House Hotel from 1935 ......
 
The Manor House Pub, Woodhouse Road – then and now
The Manor House Hotel dates from 1899, shortly after the ......
 
The Mill House Inn, Quorn c1900
To the right of the archway is Factory House, which was a ......
 
The Mill House, Quorn
Date unknown. The pub took its name from the steam flour ......
 
The mystery of Betsy Greer - 1915-1916
The following newspaper transcriptions cover the period ......
 
The Old Bull's Head
Located on the High Street and now subdivided into flats, ......
 
The Old Bull's Head - then and now
Situated in the centre of the village, the building has ......
 
The Old Forge, Meeting Street, Quorn
Looking down Meeting Street towards The Old Forge on the ......
 
The Old Lock-up - then and now
The old lock up was built on the village green in the early ......
 
The Old Primary School
The original school was built in 1834-5 and known as the ......
 
The Old School, Quorn - then and now
Saint Bartholomew's Primary School (1834-1969). When ......
 
The Old Vicarage – then and now
The older photograph shows Quorn vicarage in about 1904. ......
 
The Opening of the Farnham Memorial Hall - 1938
The Hall was the gift of George Farnham and was opened by ......
 
The Parish Church Choir c1900
Jack Fewkes is in the front row (cap with Rawlins School ......
 
The Pig and Whistle
The Pig and Whistle was originally a general shop which ......
 
The Quorn by-pass
Loughborough Echo 4th February 1938 The proposal to ......
 
The Quorn Glee Club outside the Bowls Club 1922
Quorn Glee Club after giving a concert at the Royal ......
 
The Quorn Men - death of the "brave lads".
Loughborough Herald - 20th May 1915 Sergeant-Major ......
 
The Quorn Official Guide 1950
Published in 1950, this is a simple document detailing the ......
 
The Quorn Smells Poster - November 1889
Poster printed by William Edward Basil Farnham. Making ......
 
The Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
The Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
The Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
 
The Quorndon Records
Some extracts from early historical records. In 1912 ......
 
The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey
The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey was born in Smeeth, Kent, ......
 
The Reverend H H Rumsey and family
Reverend Rumsey was Vicar of Quorn for 31 years until his ......
 
The Riley, Seal and Rumsey Families in Quorn
The chance acquisition of a postcard and a bit of detective ......
 
The River Soar in flood c1900
This is a view facing east along Soar Road towards Santa ......
 
The River Soar, Soar Road, Quorn
The granite and brick wall on the left is still present ......
 
The road from Barrow-upon-Soar to Quorn c1907
Barrow Bridge (in the distance) is the end of the parish ......
 
The Royal Oak 1896
The Royal Oak was originally several cottages. At one time ......
 
The sad story of George and Emma Cummins, Quorn 1898
The information for this story was provided by Andrew ......
 
The sad suicide of a medical gentleman
Loughborough Advertiser - 14th May 1874. On Wednesday ......
 
The Sanders story by Elizabeth Thompson (nee Sanders)
As far as I can learn the name of Sanders was introduced ......
 
The Shuttlewood Story
William Shuttlewood and his Family - Quorn Photographer ......
 
The Slabs
The Quorn to Barrow Slabs footpath under water in the ......
 
The Stafford Orchard in flood. 1930s
Floods in the Stafford Orchard. This photograph has been ......
 
The story of the Unknown Donor's Charity (or the Townland's Charity)
Loughborough Advertiser - 3rd October 1872 The origin ......
 
The Tar Tub
The Tar Tub was a familiar sight in Quorn. Tar was loaded ......
 
The Thatch
The original postcard is lodged with the record office in ......
 
The Theft of Lady Southampton's Jewels. -1830
Derby Mercury - April and August 1830. 1 - April It may ......
 
The Turnpike Murder
The Derby Mercury - Friday January 13th - 30th ......
 
The Vicarage, Quorn c1905
Rev. Foord-Kelcey in the vicarage doorway at the turn of ......
 
The Village Hall, Quorn
The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A ......
 
The War Memorial, Quorn
Names on the memorial from both world wars including place ......
 
The War Memorial, Quorn
The memorial is situated in the very centre of Quorn in the ......
 
The War Memorial, Quorn
Newly erected after the first World War, the memorial looks ......
 
The White Horse 1960s
Probably taken in the 1960s, this photograph shows how an ......
 
The White Horse, Quorn
Owned by William and Mary White in the c17th and described ......
 
The White House, Meeting Street – then and now
The White House (101 Meeting Street) is one of the oldest ......
 
The White House, Quorn
101 Meeting Street. In 2009, much of the rendering was ......
 
The Woodhouse Lane fatality - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd December 1925 A ......
 
Theft at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Monitor and Herald Ann Keyte, widow, of no ......
 
Theft by a domestic
Loughborough Monitor - August 16th 1900 Louisa Clamp, ......
 
Theft by a "man in possession" - 1897
Loughborough Herald - 18th November 1897 Petty ......
 
Theft from a Quorn Public House
Loughborough Herald - 21st May 1896. Petty Sessions: ......
 
Theft of a trowel
John Bancroft, bricklayer's labourer, Church Lane, Quorn, ......
 
Theft of bones - 1881
Birmingham Daily Post - January 6th 1881 On Tuesday at ......
 
Theft of cigars from the King William IV
Loughborough Advertiser - August 8th 1872 On Friday ......
 
Theft of ducks - 1873
A copy of this poster was found in Loughborough Library. ......
 
Theft of maypole - 1772
This very old article in the Derby Mercury comes from a ......
 
Tiny pub fireplace
Illustrated Leicester Chronicle - 8th August 1931. A ......
 
Tom Firr - huntsman with the Quorn
Tom Firr was a local celebrity and his hunting exploits ......
 
Tom Firr 1899
The famous Quorn huntsman. This portrait (from The Stable ......
 
Tom Firr outside Charnwood House, Leicester Road
Now part of Quorn County Hotel. Among the previous ......
 
Train timetable - 1899
An example of a Great Centrail Railway timetable from 1899 ......
 
Trespassing on the railway
Loughborough Advertiser - August 25th 1881 Thomas Wesson ......
 
Troops at The Curzon Arms - then and now
82nd Airborne paratroopers based in Quorn and British Wrens ......
 
Troops at The Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves, 1944
82nd Airborne paratroopers based in Quorn and British Wrens ......
 
Turning on gas for Quorn
Loughborough Echo 4th February 1938 The Mayor of ......
 
Unknown location
We know this to be a view of a cottage in Quorn and suspect ......
 
Unknown location, Quorn
This photograph might have been taken on the Quorn House ......
 
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 ......
 
Urban District Council - Diphtheria outbreak
Loughborough Herald - 6th January 1898 A monthly meeting ......
 
Urban District Council - medical report, the health of the village
Loughborough Herald - 8th February 1900 The monthly ......
 
Urban District Council - nuisance in Woodhouse Lane, Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 4th January 1900 The monthly ......
 
Urban District Council - special meeting to consider Farnham proposal
Loughborough Herald - 14th June 1900 A special meeting ......
 
Urban District Council meeting - proposal by Mr Farnham
Loughborough Herald - 7th June 1900 The monthly meeting ......
 
US 82nd Airborne Division
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Introduction The ......
 
US 82nd Airborne Division - The veterans visit Quorn
The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd ......
 
US Paratroopers at Camp Quorn 1944
Company H. 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment Standing ......
 
US Paratroopers on Company Street at Camp Quorn 1944
Three paratroopers of H Co 505 PIR pose on the company ......
 
US soldier Private Gilbert L Gamelcy, Camp Quorn 1944
Private Gilbert L Gamelcy. "Moose" outside his tent at ......
 
US soldier Private Leon Vassar, Camp Quorn 1944
Camp Quorn, England. H. 505 Company Street - Pvt Leon ......
 
US soldier Richard A Vargas, Camp Quorn 1944
Richard A Vargas standing on H Company street in Camp ......
 
US soldier Robert E Coddington, Camp Quorn 1944
Robert E Coddington was a good trooper who was often found ......
 
US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
Paratroopers of H Company 505 Parachute Regiment of the ......
 
US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
At Camp Quorn in Leicestershire, England. Kenneth W Roddy, ......
 
US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
February 1944 at Camp in Quorn, England. Paratroopers of H. ......
 
US troops based in Quorn photographed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester
In the spring of 1944, 505 troopers pose after a dance in ......
 
US troops based in Quorn photographed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Leicester's De Montfort Hall was the gather place for many ......
 
V.T.C. walking contest - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 3rd August 1916 V.T.C. walking ......
 
VE day parties in Quorn - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 18th May 1945 Last week abounded in ......
 
Vehicle accident near Loughborough - 1897
Lougborough Herald - 10th June 1897 A serious accident ......
 
Victory Effort by Quorn British Legion - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 20th July 1945 The Quorn and ......
 
Village Hall as wartime canteen - 1941
Loughborough Echo - 3rd January 1941 The village hall, ......
 
Village Hall Ball Ticket 1906
From this ticket, it sounds as if the Village Hall ball was ......
 
Village pump c1910
Rear view of 40 & 42 High Street. These cottages have been ......
 
Volvo coach for Howlett and Son 1974
Loughborough Echo - 15th March 1974 Volvo coach for ......
 
Waiting for a wedding
The first time a bride came to church in a motor car for ......
 
Walking the village in procession
An early custom of the Oddfellows Society in Quorn was ......
 
War Tribunal - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 19th March 1917 (Tribunals were ......
 
Warners cottages on Soar Road
Cottages built for hunt workers on Soar Road by the Warner ......
 
Was this the most unkind man ever to have lived in Quorn?
Leicester Mercury - 8th November 1840 Clerical ......
 
Watercolour by W E Cooke, 1889
W E Cooke was a local artist who lived at Brook House ......
 
Waterlogged allotments at Quorn - 1957
Loughborough Echo - April 12th 1957 Mr S Hallam presided ......
 
Webster drunk again
Loughborough Advertiser - November 20th 1873 John ......
 
Wedding of Eliza Chamberlain and Frederick Evans, 1915
This wedding took place in 1915 in Quorn. The bride and ......
 
Welfare Clinic 1920
The clinic was held in the village hall. Here mothers and ......
 
Wesleyan Boys' Life Brigade football team
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 4th June 1925 The ......
 
Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn
Stone laying ceremony at the Wesleyan Chapel April 1st 1907. ......
 
Wesleyan Home Missions Gospel Car in the Memorial Gardens in about 1906
The Methodists were very strong in 1900s in Quorn, as they ......
 
Westfield House
Situated on Loughborough Road, near to the junction with ......
 
When cows meet in the street - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 4th May 1934 Two herds of cows were ......
 
William Parkinson of Quorn - A staunch Baptist, 44 years a ruling Elder
Loughborough Echo 14th January 1938 How He Was ......
 
William Shirley Northcote Toller, DSO, TD, JP, DL of Quorn
William Shirley Northcote Toller was born in 1878 and came ......
 
William Teagle in Barrow Road
This photograph was taken in the very early 1900s (before ......
 
Women unite to plant a tree for '73
Loughborough Monitor - 23rd November 1973 Members of ......
 
Wood Lane - then and now
These cottages were built by Wrights elastic webbing ......
 
Wood Lane garage - 1964
Advertisment from 1964. The Wood Lane garage was ......
 
Wood Lane, Quorn card
Card illustrating a courting couple in Wood Lane. Nothing ......
 
Wooden Bowl from The Bull's Head, Quorn
This turned oak bowl was purchased from a Sue Ryder charity ......
 
Woodlands, Chaveney Road – then and now
These two very large semi detached houses were built in ......
 
Woolly rhinoceros discovered in Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 18th August 1939 Now on view in ......
 
Working at Cocklow Quarry c1907
In about 1812 a Mr Jackson discovered how to work hard ......
 
World War I soldiers
Soldiers from the first world war parading down ......
 
Wrights Christmas Party c1973 - 1974
On the right seated are Tim and Julie Long. Behind them ......
 
Wrights Social and Dance at Quorn 1939
Loughborough Echo - 10th February 1939 Messrs M Wright ......
 
Wrights's Commanders Carnival Band
Photographed outside the Bowls Club in 1937. John Rudkin ......
 
Wright's Carnival Band, Quorn - 1930s
A photograph held in Loughborough Library. We have ......
 
Wright's children's party - 1972
Loughborough Echo - 14th January 1972 About 40 children ......
 
Wright's Christmas Party
Loughborough Monitor - 26th December 1969. The lady on ......
 
Wright's Christmas Party
Wright's elastic and webbing factory has been a major ......
 
Wright's Christmas Party 1976
24th December 1976 Children of employees of M Wright and ......
 
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 ......
 
Wright's factory
Part of the building was used by the County Council as a ......
 
Wright's factory advertisement from 1936
A advert for young girls to learn weaving, winding and ......
 
Wright's Factory c1925
Girls standing at the end of their looms in the weaving ......
 
Wright's Military Webbing WW2
During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of ......
 
Wright's Military Webbing WW2
During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of ......
 
Wright's Military Webbing WW2
During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of ......
 
Wright's Mill
Michael Wright came to Quorn from Leicester to manufacture ......
 
Wright's Mill used as library
Inside of Wright's when used as the library prior to the ......
 
WW2 training exercise
American soldiers during training exercises in the Soar ......
 
Young Children c1910
These five young children (c1900) dressed as was the ......
 
"Red Laugh" - Black Eye
Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1930 Percy Botwright, ......
 
"Signs would stop cars parking on Green" - Council
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963 Quorn Parish ......
 
"Webster's Whistle" - 1872
Until the early nineteenth century the hosiery industry was ......
 
'Suffer the little children'
Loughborough Advertiser - 29th May 1873 Dear Sir I ......
 
£1,000 for 15-year-old Quorn boy
Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 Hand entangled in ......
 
£125 raised by Quorn Gala - 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 13th June 1969 Quorn Friends of ......
 

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