Thursday 12th February 2026  

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.

		Receipts – Quorndon Local Board and Barrow on Soar Poor Law Union The two receipts below are dated 24th August 1868 and 8th March 1876 respectively. ...... cont.
		PC Thomas Henry Thornton, a Quorn Police Constable The name PC Thornton crops up in many Quorn newspaper articles between 1899 and 1923. ...... cont.
		The History of Quorn Gas Works, the Brinks, established 1854 There is little sign today of the Quorn Gas Works that were situated on the Brinks in ...... cont.
		Poor facilities in Quorn, 1879 Quorn Village On-line Museum and Mountsorrel History Group have a great relationship, but ...... cont.
		Medal re opening of Swithland Reservoir, Sept 1896 Where the medal came from The medal below was issued on the opening of Swithland ...... cont.
		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.

Total: 110 artefacts returned over 11 pages

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