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.

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