 |  | One Ash, Quorn One Ash is situated within the Parish of Quorn, although it is beyond the main village ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of The Little Green This postcard shows Quorn Hunt on 'The Little Green' before the First World War. It must ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Court Quorn Court is now 26 High Street and has been turned into flats. It was originally built ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Loughborough Road This postcard was posted in 1906 and shows the left hand side of Loughborough Road, ...... cont.
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 |  | Rose Cottage Rose Cottage was a substantial house on Loughborough Road next to 'The Hurst' (now The ...... cont.
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 |  | Corner of School Lane c1940s. Mr Allen's cycle shop is to the right. Pratt's motor spirit pump stands by the roadside.
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 |  | Rear of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel c1905-10. Thomas Dexter, writing of Quorn in the 1890s:
" Then we come to the Wesleyan Chapel ...... cont.
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 |  | One Ash c1905 Photographed between 1905-1910, One Ash was built in the 1890s for William Wright of ...... cont.
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 |  | The Grange Now a hotel on Wood Lane, the house was built in 1903 for Sydney Wright (of Wright's ...... cont.
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 |  | Westfield House Situated on Loughborough Road, near to the junction with Woodhouse Road, the house is ...... cont.
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 |  | Warners cottages on Soar Road Cottages built for hunt workers on Soar Road by the Warner family of Quorn Hall.
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 |  | Station Road looking towards the village centre c1905 Station Road was known as Barrow Street at this time. Most of the buildings in the ...... cont.
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 |  | Loughborough Road c1906 Looking toward the village centre. . The photograph nicely illustrate the changing ...... cont.
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 |  | The Old Primary School The original school was built in 1834-5 and known as the National School. It later ...... cont.
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 |  | Leicester Road and Wright's Mill A photograph taken in the early years of the twentieth century, making the village look ...... cont.
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 |  | Carr's Boot Shop c1930 The shop stood on the corner of Leicester Road, opposite the Village Hall.
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 |  | The Old Bull's Head Located on the High Street and now subdivided into flats, the Old Bull's Head has a ...... cont.
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 |  | King William IV Pub An early photograph of the pub which was demolished in 1956.
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 |  | Early view of Woodhouse Road Known in the past as 'Station Road', this shows West Field farmhouse to the south of ...... cont.
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 |  | Meeting Street Formerly known as Wood Street or Wood Gate, this photograph shows the Blacksmith's Arms ...... cont.
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 |  | Air Raid Precaution members c1944 Air Raid Precaution members wore the mixture of uniform and private clothing which marked ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Hunt - The Huntsman's House c1910 The house is still in existence, on Huntsman's close just off Meynell Road in the ...... cont.
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 |  | Wright's Mill Michael Wright came to Quorn from Leicester to manufacture elastic webbing. By 1881 the ...... cont.
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 |  | The Dower House Located in the centre of the village, The Dower House belonged to the Farnhams of the ...... cont.
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 |  | The Dower House To the right of the building can be glimpsed the unattractive hostel attached to the ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Conservative Club - history of the building Extracted from the original deeds by Joyce Elliott.
From the Diamond Jubilee Brochure ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase 1957 29th March 1957
Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase of Burton's ...... cont.
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 |  | An Old Quorn Ticket House - Footpath toll for pedestrians Loughborough Echo - 21st June 1935
At the north-western entrance to the churchyard in ...... cont.
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 |  | Markfield May Day Parade, winning float The Markfield May Day Parade was an annual event in the village. This photo was taken ...... cont.
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 |  | Couple in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950s Granny Ainsworth (grandmother to Iris Wilcox) and Norah Folkes in the garden of Brook ...... cont.
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 |  | Brook House, Quorn Granny Ainsworth, Linda Bonshor (granddaughter of Granny Ainsworth) and Cis Wilcox, ...... cont.
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 |  | The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester.
The pub has since been ...... cont.
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 |  | The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester.
The pub has since been ...... cont.
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 |  | The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester.
The pub has since been ...... cont.
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 |  | Jack Payne's shop Jack Payne repaired shoes from the front room of his home in Station Road for over sixty ...... cont.
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 |  | The Thatch The original photograph is lodged with the record office in Leicester. There is no text ...... cont.
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 |  | The Lodge, Meeting Street, Quorn The lodge and gates to Quorn House are visible in the middle distance. Facer's woodyard ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Mills Park Bowls Club Pavillion This photograph is lodged with the records office in Leicester. Quorn Mills Park Bowling ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottage on High Street This photograph is lodged with the record office in Leicester. The map handwritten on ...... cont.
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This photograph is lodged with the record office, Leicester. The writing on the back ...... cont.
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 |  | The Home Farm of the Nether Hall Submitted by Kate Hutchinson
Story written in 1991
The old stone farm house still ...... cont.
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 |  | Stocks, prize-fighting, swimming brook and a strike at church Loughborough Echo - Friday 3rd August 1928
Quorn is perhaps as well off as most places ...... cont.
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 |  | Urban District Council - special meeting to consider Farnham proposal Loughborough Herald - 14th June 1900
A special meeting of this Council was held in ...... cont.
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 |  | Once an old coaching house - Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn Loughborough Echo - 4th August 1939
In these days of ultra-modern stream-lined ...... cont.
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 |  | Fire at Facer's Timber Yard, Quorn 1985 Walter Blyth looking at the wreck of Facer's Timber Yard, Meeting Street. Taken on ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn Reprint of postcard. Right hand house in No.47.
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 |  | The White House, Quorn 101 Meeting Street. In 2009, much of the rendering was removed to reveal very old timbers ...... cont.
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 |  | Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn An advert for the Bull's Head Hotel (now the Quorndon Fox) which appeared in a local ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn This house is now 45 Chaveney Road on the corner almost opposite Buddon Lane. The name ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of house in Woodhouse Road, Quorn This house is called The Briars, and is either 86 or 88 Woodhouse Road - both of which ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking towards the Loughborough ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Parish Church This is the Parish Church, looking down the main aisle.
The card was posted on 16th ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn This is a view looking down Meeting Street, with the blacksmith's forge on the left and ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of High Street, Quorn This view is of High Street, looking towards Loughborough. The main shop front on the ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of The Cross, Quorn This photograph looks as if it was taken from the middle of the road, outside what is now ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Quorn Cross This is Quorn Cross looking down Station Road towards what is now the thatched ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of the High Street, Quorn This is looking along High Street to Loughborough Road from the centre of the village. ...... cont.
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 |  | Post Card of The Cross, Quorn This is a view of the Cross taken from outside the Memorial Gardens looking up High ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of The Vicarage The old vicarage, High Street - now an integral part of Rawlins Community College.
The ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Hunt on School Lane The Quorn Hunt travelling along School Lane towards the old primary school. The picket ...... cont.
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 |  | Leicester Road, Quorn c1930s. Note the Mill House Inn - this is the white building centre left with the large ...... cont.
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 |  | Nut Row, Quorn These old cottages stood at the back of what was Quorn Post Office (now the shop in The ...... cont.
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 |  | Floods on Station Road, Quorn 1922 Station Road flooded in August 1922. Note the railings of Black Green on the left.
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 |  | Post Office in Quorn Cross c1940s This building has been in use as a shop in one form or another for many decades. It is ...... cont.
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 |  | The Cross c1920s A good range of shops in business. The building to the right of the Royal Opera House ...... cont.
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 |  | The White Horse, Quorn Owned by William and Mary White in the c17th and described as "all that messuage or ...... cont.
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 |  | Post Office The Post Office was H H North's at the end of the c19th and his business included selling ...... cont.
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 |  | St. Bartholomew's Church under repair Repairs to the church following the fire in 1960s.
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 |  | Banks cottages, Quorn After the road widening part of the bank was used to make a footpath and railing were put ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottages next to the White Horse, Quorn These shops were demolished in the 1960s to widen the entrance and extend the car park. ...... cont.
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 |  | Billy Lovett Billy Lovett, the rag and bone man, with his donkey and cart outside Joe Bate's ...... cont.
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 |  | Constructing the modern footbridge on Leicester Road A 1675 map (Ogilby's) shows a bridge of five arches here because the stream used to be ...... cont.
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 |  | Rawlins School - date unknown
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 |  | The High Street, Quorn Mrs Hensman meets Lord Lonsdale's goat in the High Street c1900.
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 |  | Banks cottages, Quorn A tenant of the cottages c1900.
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 |  | Banks cottages Mrs Spreckley in the end cottage.
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 |  | Cottage on Church Lane, Quorn
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 |  | Quorn House
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 |  | The Conservative Club, Quorn The original building at 40 Station Road was at its earliest known date owned by John ...... cont.
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 |  | The Conservative Club Mr Ernest Laundon, a manager at Wright's factory, opens the Conservative Club.
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 |  | Decorated house 92 'Gaffer' Adams' house decorated for coronation of Edward VII - 1902.
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 |  | Village pump Rear view of 40 & 42 High Street. These cottages have been demolished but stood between ...... cont.
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 |  | 27 Meeting Street, Quorn Part of the present building was erected in 1650 and was at right angles to the street. ...... cont.
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 |  | Children playing on School Lane c1897-1910 The windows are very characteristic of the cottages in School Lane opposite the old ...... cont.
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 |  | Children in School Lane, Quorn The old primary school can be seen in the background. The picket fence is the boundary of ...... cont.
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 |  | Children in School Lane, Quorn This is taken just in front of one of the cottages on the left of School Lane after the ...... cont.
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 |  | The Tar Tub The Tar Tub was a familiar sight in Quorn. Tar was loaded into the tub at the Gas Works ...... cont.
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 |  | Church Lane cottages At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mrs Heap and her son Bill with a neighbour ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottages on Leicester Road, Quorn Prior to demolition - date unlnown.
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 |  | Mr T North in his garden
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 |  | Quorn Cross
Taken looking up the High Street towards Loughborough. 1930s-1940s.
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 |  | High Street, Quorn Looking down the High Street towards the Cross. Probably c1930s. The Bull's Head can be ...... cont.
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 |  | The Huntsman's House
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 |  | Aerial photograph of Wright's Mill Much has changed since this image was taken, although much also remains. Many of the ...... cont.
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Total: 229 artefacts returned over 3 pages