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.
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 | | PC Thomas Henry Thornton, a Quorn Police Constable
The name PC Thornton crops up in many Quorn newspaper articles between 1899 and 1923. ...... cont.
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 | | 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.
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 | | Poor facilities in Quorn, 1879
Quorn Village On-line Museum and Mountsorrel History Group have a great relationship, but ...... cont.
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 | | Medal re opening of Swithland Reservoir, Sept 1896
Where the medal came from
The medal below was issued on the opening of Swithland ...... cont.
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| | 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.
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| | 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.
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| | Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide
This booklet ‘Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide’ was published during ...... cont.
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 | | A piped water supply for Quorn
The pictures below are of water drain covers situated near to the Quorn House Lodge in ...... cont.
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 | | 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.
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 | | Quorn Milestone
On the Leicester Road between the pavement and the fence stands a little-known link with ...... cont.
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 | | 1935 Silver Jubilee Seat petition
In May 1935, King George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee was celebrated in Quorn with ...... cont.
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| | 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.
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 | | Civilian Bobbies on the beat in Quorn
In this 2003 newspaper article held in the Quorn Parish Council Archives, Councillor Joan ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Environmental Award (2000)
Quorndon Parish Council won the Daily Telegraph/Calor Gas National Environmental Village ...... cont.
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 | | Woodthorpe and Quorndon Parish Boundary Marker
This boundary marker was originally sited on the A6 Trunk Road to indicate the position ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn – the best kept village!
Between 1996 and 2004 the village received a number of awards. Quorn Parish Council at ...... cont.
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 | | Upset in Quorn Urban District Council!
The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle
Saturday 24th April 1926
DESPICABLE ...... cont.
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 | | Quorndon Parish Council – the best in the country!
This article appeared in the press shortly after Quorndon Parish Council was named ...... cont.
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| | HMS Quorn
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn as part of the ‘Hunt Class’. ...... cont.
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 | | Quorndon Embossing Presses
These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 Parish Council office move from ...... cont.
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| | William Henry Norman (PC Billy Norman) 1889 to 1958
William Henry (Billy) Norman was born on 29th March 1889 in Oadby. After distinguished ...... cont.
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 | | 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.
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 | | Quorn Police Station, 1980s
Quorn Police Station closed in 2011 and the land has since been redeveloped for housing. ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn and the Spanish flu epidemic
The worldwide ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic of 1918 hit the UK in waves and it is estimated that ...... cont.
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Total: 110 artefacts returned over 5 pages
