Monday 21st October 2019  

Quorn Business and Industry

Up until the mid nineteen century most industry in the village was cottage based, primarily frame-work knitting. During the 1820s two hosiery factories were established and by the middle of the century Quorn had a sock and glove manufacturer (Websters) and a twist lace, silk net and cotton tatting factory (Balms), located where the Church Rooms are now. Wrights Mill, elastic webbing manufacturers, arrived in the village in 1860. By 1911 Wrights employed over 30% of the working population of Quorn and they are still present in the village today.

In addition to the factories, this section also contains information about the quarry, the railway and shops, all of which had an impact on village life.

		Thomas Cradock of Quorn Court Thomas Cradock was born in Loughborough in 1795. He married Mary Octavia Grover (known as ...... cont.
		Thomas Lucas, jeweller, Quorn - Watch paper Watch papers were round papers, placed between the inner and outer case of a pocket ...... cont.
		Video - Tom Long haymaking in his meadow, 1960s This converted cine film shows Tom Long making hay in his meadow in the early 1960s. The ...... cont.
		Blacksmiths shop, Meeting Street, Quorn, 1935 On Saturday 17th August 1935, The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle published this ...... cont.
		Home Farm and the Pepper Family Life in Quorn was very different in the 1900s, with many more farms in the village. One ...... cont.

Total: 292 artefacts returned over 59 pages

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