Tuesday 21st January 2025  

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.

		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.
		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.
		Woodthorpe and Quorndon Parish Boundary Marker This boundary marker was originally sited on the A6 Trunk Road to indicate the position ...... cont.
		Quorn – the best kept village! Between 1996 and 2004 the village received a number of awards. Quorn Parish Council at ...... cont.
		Upset in Quorn Urban District Council! The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle Saturday 24th April 1926 DESPICABLE ...... cont.
		Quorndon Parish Council – the best in the country! This article appeared in the press shortly after Quorndon Parish Council was named ...... cont.
		HMS Quorn Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn as part of the ‘Hunt Class’. ...... cont.
		Quorndon Embossing Presses These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 Parish Council office move from ...... cont.
		William Henry Norman (PC Billy Norman) 1889 to 1958 William Henry (Billy) Norman was born on 29th March 1889 in Oadby. After distinguished ...... cont.
		PC Billy Norman – served in Quorn 1930 to 1944 In the 1980s and 1990s Harry Limbert, who lived in Quorn talked to a lot of the older ...... cont.
		Quorn Police Station, 1980s Quorn Police Station closed in 2011 and the land has since been redeveloped for housing. ...... cont.
		Quorn and the Spanish flu epidemic The worldwide ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic of 1918 hit the UK in waves and it is estimated that ...... cont.
		Quorn toilet dispute! 1961 The British Film Institute Player website includes a 1 ½ minute clip of film made in ...... cont.
		Recreation Ground for Quorn, April 1914 Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News - Thursday 2nd April ...... cont.
		Quorn, Beating the Bounds, May 1917 Loughborough Echo - Friday 18th May 1917 QUORN, BEATING THE BOUNDS — On Wednesday ...... cont.
		Quorn UDC horse and cart This photograph was taken in the early 1900s and is an picture that the team have never ...... cont.
		List of Overseers of the Poor – Quorn 1801 to 1879 This list was taken from the Quorndon Vestry Meeting minute book. Vestry Meetings were an ...... cont.
		List of Parish Constables – Quorn 1784 to 1835 This list was taken from the Quorndon Vestry Meeting minute book. Vestry Meetings were an ...... cont.
		Urban District Council - Stafford Orchard, conditions of sale - 1918 Loughborough Herald - 7th November 1918 A meeting of this Council was held at the ...... cont.
		Urban District Council Election - 1896 Loughborough Herald - 26th March 1896 Mr George White, the returning officer, received ...... cont.
		Urban District Council meeting - September 1915 The reports of the UDC meetings offer us an insight as to how life on the home front ...... cont.
		Medical Report - 1926 Loughborough Echo - 17th September 1926 A special meeting of the Quorn Urban ...... cont.
		Retirement of Dr Wykes, Quorn, late 1970s The retirement of Quorn doctor, Dr Wykes, 1977/78. Left to right: Phyllis Field, Mrs ...... cont.
		The Old Lock-up These photographs were taken in the early 1960s, around the time that the public toilets ...... cont.
		Rawlins snogging row called storm in a teacup Loughborough Monitor - 5th November 1971 Allegations that Rawlins school pupils are ...... cont.
		Quorn's Jubilee Cash - 1977 Loughborough Echo - 26th August 1977 Quorn's Jubilee Cash The future of £350 that ...... cont.
		Quorn's 'Monument' to close - 1963 This newspaper article documents the closing of the notorious public loos which were ...... cont.
		Post War reconstruction - 1944 Loughborough Echo - 7th January 1944 Quorn Parish Council - Post-war houses site ...... cont.
		Leicester Road, The Gas House - then and now The older picture was taken on Leicester Road in the 1930s. It is looking up from what is ...... cont.
		Quorn Gas Works - Early Days Today, most of us like to think of Quorn as a large, but rural village. However in the ...... cont.
		Quorn Gas Works 1960s Quorn Gas Works on Leicester Road (where The Brinks is now), finished producing gas in ...... cont.
		Quorn by-pass stops business and housing plans inquiry told - 1960 Loughborough Monitor - December 9th 1960 Uncertainty about a proposed by-pass at ...... cont.
		Quorn land is 'unsuitable' for housing, say planners - 1960 Here are an interesting couple of newspaper articles commenting on the refusal of ...... cont.
		Quorndon Association for the Prosecution of Felons During the 1700s, there was no police force and it was victims and private individuals ...... cont.
		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 part of the research for ...... cont.
		Quorn Fire Service - The Town Fire Engine in 1862 These notes were provided by Don Wix. They were gathered as part of the research for ...... cont.
		Quorn, Mountsorrel, Rothley Bypass Options This document was used to set out the two options for the Quorn, Mountsorrel, Rothley ...... cont.
		Quorn National Fire Service The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White Horse. This photograph is ...... cont.
		Professor D. C. Freshwater Leicester Graphic - February 1973 Professor Freshwater has been head of the department ...... cont.
		Substantial price reduction - Interview with gas engineer Loughborough Echo 18th February 1938 The purchase of the Quorn and Mountsorrel Gas ...... cont.
		The Quorn by-pass Loughborough Echo 4th February 1938 The proposal to by-pass Quorn by a road running ...... cont.
		Turning on gas for Quorn Loughborough Echo 4th February 1938 The Mayor of Loughborough (Ald. A. Lacey) at the ...... cont.
		Quorn takes Loughboro gas - Mayor starts supply - An important event Loughborough Echo 28th January 1938 An important event in the history of the ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council Loughborough Echo 4th December 1936 The monthly meeting of the Quorn Parish Council ...... cont.
		All-night lighting at Quorn - 1958 Loughborough Echo - 9th May 1958 Quorn is on the verge of having all-night lighting on ...... cont.
		A Quorn Complaint - state of Freehold Street. 1934 Loughborough Echo - 9th November 1934 Criticism by Chairman The monthly meeting of ...... cont.
		Quorndon Parish Council, monthly meeting April 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963 Quorn Parish Council decided at its monthly ...... cont.
		Quorn Council and brook to be cleaned - 1934 Loughborough Echo - 17th August 1934 A meeting of the Quorn Urban District Council was ...... cont.
		Local Board - 1865 Quorndon Local Board At an adjourned meeting of the Board held in the Board Room on ...... cont.
		Local Board - 1864 Minutes of the Quorndon Local Board - 1st August 1864 Note that Quorndon Local Board ...... cont.
		Quorn Urban District Council - 1899 Loughborough Herald - 9th February 1899 Medical Officer's Report The monthly ...... cont.
		Death of Mr W S Swinfield of Quorn - 1968 Loughborough Echo - 29th November 1968 The death occurred last week of Mr William ...... cont.
		Death of Mr Joseph Camm, of Quorn - 1896 Loughborough Herald - 3rd December 1896 On Monday evening, at the advanced age of 86 ...... cont.
		Coronation Plans - 1953 Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1953 Will they leave their TV sets? Will Quorn ...... cont.
		Death of Miss Lucy Facer - Distinguished public service Loughborough Echo - 20th October 1972 The death of Miss Lucy Facer, of Quorn, on ...... cont.
		Parish Council meeting - January 1941 Loughborough Echo - 17th January 1941 A Quorn problem – question of bus stop The ...... cont.
		Quorn Ostler's fatal fall - death from lockjaw 1900 Loughborough Herald - 15th November 1900 An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon at ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council and the Black-out - 1940 Loughborough Echo - 19th January 1940 Taking advantage of the moon, Quorn Parish ...... cont.
		Parish Council warned - ‘River Soar may change course’ - 1953 Loughborough Monitor - 10th April 1953 Parish Council Meeting In not many years’ ...... cont.
		Quorn - a village divided over education Up until the 1870s Quorn village was a quiet, reasonably prosperous place, sheltered to a ...... cont.
		Parish Council Loughborough Monitor - 16th May 1969 Quorn Parish Council are becoming increasingly ...... cont.
		Quorndon to Quorn - the Name Change Derby Mercury - January 1890 In 1889 Mr George White, on behalf of Quorndon Local ...... cont.
		Swithland Reservoir 5th July 1894 - the ceremony for the cutting of the "first sod" in the presence of ...... cont.
		Welfare Clinic 1920 The clinic was held in the village hall. Here mothers and children have gathered at the ...... cont.
		The Gas Works The Gas House or Works was constructed in 1853 by the River Soar on land called 'The ...... cont.
		Quorn UDC - Improving a dangerous corner Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September 1925 The monthly meeting of Quorn UDC ...... cont.
		Carriage Licence 1885 Licence for a carriage granted to Thomas Kinch (King William IV public house) in January ...... cont.
		Quorn National Fire Service The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White Horse. This photograph is ...... cont.
		Urban Council 1918 - Infant mortality - shortage of jam, fat and sugar to blame Loughborough Herald - 22nd August 1918 A special meeting of this Council was held on ...... cont.
		Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase 1957 29th March 1957 Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase of Burton's ...... cont.
		Quorn Fire Brigade and Club refused use of Stafford Orchard for football 1936 Loughborough Echo - June 12th 1936 Quorn Fire Brigade - Suggested Disbandment Parish ...... cont.
		The Quorn Smells Poster - November 1889 Poster printed by William Edward Basil Farnham. Making light of what was in effect a ...... cont.
		Urban District Council - special meeting to consider Farnham proposal Loughborough Herald - 14th June 1900 A special meeting of this Council was held in ...... cont.
		Urban District Council meeting - proposal by Mr Farnham Loughborough Herald - 7th June 1900 The monthly meeting of this Council was held at ...... cont.
		Urban District Council - medical report, the health of the village Loughborough Herald - 8th February 1900 The monthly meeting of this Council was held ...... cont.
		Urban District Council - nuisance in Woodhouse Lane, Quorn Loughborough Herald - 4th January 1900 The monthly meeting of this Council was held at ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council 1947 Loughborough Monitor - 9th January 1947 In response to complaints about flooding in ...... cont.
		Big demand for £20,000 homes at Quorn - Inquiry told 1973 Loughborough Monitor - 18th May 1973 The old camp site at Wood Lane, Quorn, was ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council - Condition of Stafford Orchard Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 The monthly meeting of the Parish Council was held ...... cont.
		Urban District Council - Diphtheria outbreak Loughborough Herald - 6th January 1898 A monthly meeting of this Council was held at ...... cont.
		Quorn Improvement Wanted - Stafford Orchard Loughborough Echo - 14th July 1939 A report is to be presented to Quorn Parish Council ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council Meeting - 1939 Loughborough Echo - 6th January 1939 The monthly meeting of the Quorn Parish Council ...... cont.
		Quorn Public Recreation Ground Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1968 To the Editor Sir - I was much surprised to read ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council meeting 1941 - Caravans on Village Green Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1941 Parish Council meeting Caravans on Village ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council meeting 1936 - Stafford Orchard and Football Club, and Disbandment of Quorn Fire Brigade Loughborough Echo - August 14TH 1936 At a meeting of the Quorn Parish Council on ...... cont.
		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 Stirling Refusal to withdraw ...... cont.
		Quorn Parish Council Meeting 1936 - Dirty Milk, Jubilee seats and Footpath complaints Loughborough Echo - January 10th 1936 Quorn Council and milk samples - What is "dirty ...... cont.
		Quorndon Urban District Council and infection diseases Loughborough Herald - October 25th 1900 To the Editor: Sir- The above Council have ...... cont.
		Wright's factory Part of the building was used by the County Council as a library during the 1960s-1970s.
		Wright's factory Part of the building was used by the County Council as a library during the 1960s-1970s.
		Demolition of Little Bridge on School Lane c1897 Workmen demolishing the 'Little Bridge' over the stream in School Lane to make way for a ...... cont.

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