Saturday 7th December 2024  

Quorn Local Government and Public Health

Here we can trace the history of local government in the village. We have subsections on the Local Board, which surprising for a relatively small village, evolved into an Urban District Council and which ultimately in 1936 became the Parish Council. The information is primarily taken from newspaper sources instead of minutes as the papers tended to report on the more interesting aspects of the meetings.

Public health was a matter of great concern for our forefathers and we can read with the benefit of a modern understanding of basic hygiene, the horrors of frequent infant mortality due to the recurring infectious diseases, often caused by terrible sanitary conditions.

		Original Plans and Sections for Swithland Reservoir 1889/90 The pdf file below contains images of a large book (31 ins x 23 ins or 79cm x 57.5cm), ...... cont.
		Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name? The brook that flows from the Quorn parish boundary at Swithland Reservoir and passes ...... cont.
		Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide This booklet ‘Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide’ was published during ...... cont.
		A piped water supply for Quorn The pictures below are of water drain covers situated near to the Quorn House Lodge in ...... cont.
		A story about Quorn Parish boundary by Barrow Bridge, from 1909 A STRANGE DIVERGENCE OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO PARISHES OF QUORN AND ...... cont.
		Quorn Milestone On the Leicester Road between the pavement and the fence stands a little-known link with ...... cont.
		1935 Silver Jubilee Seat petition In May 1935, King George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee was celebrated in Quorn with ...... cont.
		Quorndon Coronation Celebrations Minute Book 1936/7 In January 1936, King George V died and his eldest son Edward VIII succeeded him as King ...... cont.
		Civilian Bobbies on the beat in Quorn In this 2003 newspaper article held in the Quorn Parish Council Archives, Councillor Joan ...... cont.
		Quorn Environmental Award (2000) Quorndon Parish Council won the Daily Telegraph/Calor Gas National Environmental Village ...... cont.

Total: 105 artefacts returned over 11 pages

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