Friday 22nd February 2019  

Quorn Pubs

In 2010 Quorn had seven pubs, but a greater number existed in previous years. This section includes historical descriptions, photographs and illustrations of existing pubs and also buildings which have disappeared (King William IV) or are now used for other purposes (Pig and Whistle).

		King William lVth pub, Leicester Road, Quorn The King William lVth was an old thatched pub that stood where the Quorn Country Hotel is ...... cont.
		Tower at the side of the Quorndon Fox In the back garden of the building that is now the Quorndon Fox, on the north-west ...... cont.
		Royal Oak, Quorn in the floods, early 1930s This photograph was taken in the floods at Quorn Cross/Meeting Street, by the Royal Oak ...... cont.
		High Street, Quorn in the 1950s Two photographs of High Street, Quorn, looking towards Quorn Cross, in the 1950s, showing ...... cont.
		Deer roaming around the White Horse in Quorn! 1988 During road works near the White Horse pub in Quorn in 1988, ancient deer bones were ...... cont.
		Leicester City Football Club at Quorn – well nearly! Leicester City Football Club were formed in 1884 and were initially known as Leicester ...... cont.
		Floods around the White Horse pub, Quorn, 1986 The first photograph was taken during the floods of 1986, looking up Meeting Street, ...... cont.
		Floods on Station Road, probably 1947 The gabled building behind the lorry is the White Horse pub, on the corner of Station ...... cont.
		Quorn Cross, late 1930s Quorn Cross looking towards the Loughborough direction, showing the Royal Oak on the left ...... cont.
		The White Horse, Quorn – A surprise visitor in March 1982! A lorry from Bakewell in Derbyshire, made an unscheduled stop at the White Horse in Quorn ...... cont.
		The Royal Oak, Quorn Cross The Royal Oak pub is a familiar landmark on Quorn Cross. This photograph is difficult to ...... cont.
		The White Horse, Quorn Cross, early 1940s This photograph from the late 1930s or early 1940s, shows Quorn Cross with the White ...... cont.
		Quorn Cross, the Royal Oak and the White Horse, early 1940s This photograph from the late 1930s or early 1940s, is taken from Quorn Cross, looking up ...... cont.
		Presentation at the White Horse to Mr and Mrs Hincks Mr and Mrs Hincks were the landlord and landlady of the White Horse pub in the 1940s and ...... cont.
		The Chequers Inn, 1980s The Chequers Inn, formally the Hurst, on Loughborough Road in Quorn, used to be a lively ...... cont.
		Manor House Hotel, early 1900s The photograph for this postcard was taken in the early 1900s. Unfortunately this scan is ...... cont.
		Quorn Charities Darts League – programme 6th June 1980 The various pubs and clubs in Quorn had many darts players and they played in the Quorn ...... cont.
		Blacksmith’s Arms, Quorn This photograph was taken from a Christmas card sent by Harold & Pat Cox, the landlords ...... cont.
		Quorn Publican found drowned - 1926 Loughborough Echo - 24th December 1926 Quorn Publican found drowned. A woman ...... cont.
		Quorn Charities Darts - Beardsley new gift. 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 25th January 1963 The officials of the Quorn Charities Darts ...... cont.
		Quorn High Street - The White Hart and Banks cottages This photograph is taken looking down High Street towards Quorn Cross in the 1960s. The ...... cont.
		Mill House Inn, Leicester Road during floods in the 1920s The Mill House Inn used to be on Leicester Road, abutting what are now Wright's factory ...... cont.
		Bull's Head - 1955 This attractive view of the Bull's Head (now the Quorndon Fox) comes from the Leicester ...... cont.
		The Hurst - 1975 The Hurst (now the Chequers chinese restaurant) was a popular haunt for young people in ...... cont.
		Leicester Road, King William IVth/Quorn Country Hotel - then and now The King William IVth pub on Leicester Road was one of the oldest pubs in Quorn. The ...... cont.
		Matchbox from the Pig and Whistle Pub The Pig and Whistle was a pub on Station Road in Quorn. It is now a residential house (no ...... cont.
		Quorn Angling Society - 1872 Loughborough Advertiser - 24th October 1872 A special meeting of the members of this ...... cont.
		Alleged attempted suicide at Quorn - 1897 A very sad tale - resulting in a custodial sentence. Loughborough Herald - 28th ...... cont.
		Inn to be sold at auction - 1828 This classified advert from 1828 offers us an insight as to the large business concern ...... cont.
		Lounge of the Old Bull's Head - 1955 From The Leicester Graphic 1955 a photo of the bar and lounge at the the Old Bull's Head, ...... cont.
		A presentation by Murray Rumsey to Miss Good at the Bull's Head This photograph looks as if it was taken in the 1950s. It shows Murray Rumsey presenting ...... cont.
		Picturesque local inn to go - Road widening scheme Loughborough Echo 7th January 1938 One of Leicestershire’s oldest landmarks, the ...... cont.
		America wants Loughborough Echo 25th February 1938 The Famous Leicestershire inn, “King William the ...... cont.
		Death of Mr J. A. Hayward. 1922 Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 19th 1922 Death of Mr J. A. Hayward A ...... cont.
		Quorn Charities Darts League - 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 26th April 1963 The finalists and semi-finalists of Quorn ...... cont.
		Police Court – Charges against a Quorn Landlord. 1893 Loughborough Herald - 12th October 1893 Alfred Sault, licensed victualler, Quorn, was ...... cont.
		The Manor House Pub, Woodhouse Road – then and now The Manor House Hotel dates from 1899, shortly after the Great Central Railway station ...... cont.
		Quorn Place/ the Bull’s Head/ the Quorndon Fox - then and now This substantial property on High Street, Quorn was a family house called Quorn Place and ...... cont.
		60 Station Road/The Pig and Whistle Pub - then and now The Pig and Whistle was a popular pub in Quorn, especially with the footballers who used ...... cont.
		Station Road and the White Horse – then and now The older photograph was taken in the 1950s and many villagers still remember Dockray’s ...... cont.
		Quorn Angling Society Loughborough Echo - 11th April 1958 At the first annual meeting of the newly-formed ...... cont.
		The Manor House - 1935 An advert for the Manor House Hotel from 1935
		Accidents at Quorn - Wood Lane and Leicester Road Loughborough Echo - 23rd August 1935 Coming from Leicester on Monday morning at about ...... cont.
		Quorn Place, High Street, Quorndon, Leicestershire 1886 Interior of the billiard room at Quorn Place. The Bedford Lemere daybook lists the ...... cont.
		Quorn Place, High Street, Quorndon, Leicestershire 1886 Interior of the tea room at Quorn Place, showing the fireplace and furnishings. The ...... cont.
		Quorn inn gets a face-lift 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 13th December 1963 A £15,000 face-lift has this week been ...... cont.
		Quorn Angling Society annual supper 1899 Loughborough Herald - 1st June 1899 The annual supper took place at the Pig and ...... cont.
		Quorn Charities Darts - 1962 Loughborough Echo - 22nd June 1962 The Royal Oak beat the Conservative Club in 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.
		The alleged assault upon a police constable - 1872 Loughborough Advertiser - 9th May 1872 The alleged assault upon a police ...... cont.
		Fire at the White Hart - 1782 Morning Herald - December 1782 We are fortunate to have found this very old newspaper ...... cont.
		Mary Ackroyd - inquest 1899 Loughborough Herald - 16th November 1899 Fatal fall downstairs On Thursday evening ...... cont.
		Ladies Darts Champions - 1958 Loughborough Echo - 12th September 1958 Quorn Ladies' Darts Team Champions Happy ...... cont.
		Wooden Bowl from The Bull's Head, Quorn This turned oak bowl was purchased from a Sue Ryder charity shop in Gatley, Cheshire. It ...... cont.
		Fire at the Manor House - 1940 Loughborough Echo - 26th January 1940 FIRE AT MANOR HOUSE HOTEL BEDCLOTHES ...... cont.
		Theft from a Quorn Public House Loughborough Herald - 21st May 1896. Petty Sessions: Before Ald. W A Cartwright, R ...... cont.
		King William IV Pub This popular picturesque pub, located outside what is now the Quorn Country Hotel, was ...... cont.
		King William IV pub Hephzibah Kinch (owner) and her daughters outside the King William IV pub. The daughters ...... cont.
		Blacksmith's Arms The date of this photograph is unknown, probably 1960s-70s. The Blacksmith's Arms ...... cont.
		The White Horse 1960s Probably taken in the 1960s, this photograph shows how an attempt was made to give an ...... cont.
		Quorn Cricket Club Founded in 1872, the first 'club' was on a field on Leicester Road. Then in 1889 a ...... cont.
		Quorn 'Cross' c1910 A fine photograph of the centre of the village showing the now demolished Brook House in ...... cont.
		Shops to the side of the White Horse pub c1950 This postcard shows Dockray's Fish and chip shop and cottages at the side and back of the ...... cont.
		Fish and Chip shop - Station Road This shop was part of a row of shops which were attached to the White Horse pub and ran ...... cont.
		The Royal Oak 1896 The Royal Oak was originally several cottages. At one time the main entrance was through ...... cont.
		The Pig and Whistle The Pig and Whistle was originally a general shop which doubled as a newsagent and beer ...... cont.
		The Old Bull's Head Located on the High Street and now subdivided into flats, the Old Bull's Head has a ...... cont.
		King William IV Pub An early photograph of the pub which was demolished in 1956.
		Leicester Road This photograph was probably taken in the 1920s. The sign in the foreground on the right ...... cont.
		Meeting Street Formerly known as Wood Street or Wood Gate, this photograph shows the Blacksmith's Arms ...... cont.
		Bull in the Hollow Public House Loughborough Monitor and Herald. - unknown date c1925 This is a very rare, in fact the ...... cont.
		Carriage Licence 1885 Licence for a carriage granted to Thomas Kinch (King William IV public house) in January ...... cont.
		Tiny pub fireplace Illustrated Leicester Chronicle - 8th August 1931. A fireplace, 8 inches high and 6 ...... cont.
		The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn Loughborough and Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933. Another image of the The King ...... cont.
		Quorn Dog Licence 1882 Issued on 9th January 1882 to Hepzibah Kinch, landlady of the King William IV public ...... cont.
		Hepzibah Kinch Landlady of the King William IV public house located next to Charnwood House (now part of ...... cont.
		May Dancing by 10th May 1974 For the third consecutive year the "Quorn Folk" continued the revival of ...... cont.
		Objection to License renewal - Bull's Head Inn, Quorn 1918 Loughborough Herald - 7th February 1918 "Rowdy music and foot stamping" The police ...... cont.
		Stan downs nine faggots to become champion Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1972 It is hardly surprising that Stan Coulsell will not ...... cont.
		The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn This postcard is lodged in the record office in Leicester. The pub has since been ...... cont.
		The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester. The pub has since been ...... cont.
		The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn This photograph is lodged in the record office in Leicester. The pub has since been ...... cont.
		Customers at fault [wartime blackout] 1916 Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 William Ironman, licensed victualler, ...... cont.
		Extraordinary suicide in a gaol Liverpool Mercury - 3rd January 1871. On Saturday afternoon a prisoner in the ...... cont.
		Popular hosts retire from Quorn pub Loughborough Monitor - 7th November 1975 Mr Albert Sweet and his wife Elsie, the ...... cont.
		An Extraordinary outrage in Leicestershire Derby Mercury - April 1863. An extraordinary and fatal outrage was perpetrated at ...... cont.
		Quorn Man's Strange Conduct Loughborough Herald - 26th January 1905. Ernest Facer, labourer, Quorn, was summoned ...... cont.
		Bull's Head Hotel advert 1975 An advert from 1975 featuring meals at The Bull's Head Hotel, now the Quorndon Fox. This ...... cont.
		Stocks, prize-fighting, swimming in the brook and a strike at church 1928 Loughborough Echo - Friday 3rd August 1928 Quorn is perhaps as well off as most places ...... cont.
		Dining room at the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn - 1939 Loughborough Echo - 1st September 1939. We think this room is to the right as you enter ...... cont.
		The back garden of the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn Loughborough Echo - 8th September 1939. The garden and stonework has changed very ...... cont.
		Quorn, England Contributed by Marie Gray Wise. My father, Pfc. William J. Gray from Philadelphia (photo ...... cont.
		James Hartopp Loughborough Echo - 28th April 1939 Any stranger meeting James Hartopp for the first ...... cont.
		Once an old coaching house - Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn Loughborough Echo - 4th August 1939 In these days of ultra-modern stream-lined ...... cont.
		Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 "One for the road" took on quite a special ...... cont.
		After the snow came the floods Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1947 At Quorn, Mr A W Hincks, landlord of the "White ...... cont.
		Quorn Pub Token This is a rubbing of a pub token issued by the White Hart, probably in the 1920s or ...... cont.
		Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn An advert for the Bull's Head Hotel (now the Quorndon Fox) which appeared in a local ...... cont.
		Newspaper Advert for the Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn February 1973.
		Postcard of Leicester Road, Quorn A parade along Leicester Road. The photo is taken looking towards the centre of the ...... cont.

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