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2The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This is a very early photograph of the King William the ......
3Why not join Quorn Local History Group?
Are you interested in local history? ......
8School Lane Albion F.C., Quorn
Taken in 1907. ......
9People in Quorn Stables
This photograph was taken by William Shuttlewood between ......
104 Wood Lane, Quorn 1937
Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen, born 24 November 1914, was ......
11Orchard Estate, Quorn - newpaper advert
Advertisement in local newspaper in 1936. The start of ......
12Quorn Man Fined £5
Loughborough Echo 24th January 1936. The seriousness of ......
13Quorn Man Drank Methylated Spirits
Loughborough Echo 24th January 1936. Quorn Shopkeepers ......
16Postcard of Quorn High Street with the Banks cottages beyond
The photograph shows the High Street, showing (what is now) ......
18Roll Call at the Old Primary School, Quorn
Photograph taken in the playground of the old primary ......
19The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
The pub has since been demolished and stood at the front of ......
20The 505th Camp, Wood Lane, Quorn 1944
The First Battalion being addressed by their Commanding ......
21Members of the 505th, Wood Lane, Quorn
A break in training, resting on the grass verge by the ......
22Children playing in the River Soar, Quorn approx 1941
This is the small area of public land still in existence ......
23Children sitting on wall
Three children enjoying the sun, sitting next to the gate ......
24School class at the old Primary School, Quorn
A very old photograph taken against the wall of the old ......
25Quorn VE Day Party - Freehold Street Children, May 1945
It was announced on Monday 7th May 1945 that the war in ......
26Meeting Street, Quorn
An early photograph of Meeting Street. The pub (2nd ......
27Meeting Street, Quorn
An early photograph of Meeting Street. The pub on the right ......
28Children and bike 1940s
Children near the barrier on Soar Road. The River Soar is ......
29Car crash at the Royal Oak, Quorn 1917
Car crash at the Royal Oak Pub, 1917. Clearly a major event ......
30Aerial view of Stafford Orchard, Quorn 1990s
Taken from a hot air balloon in the mid 1990s. The Old ......
31Aerial view of north west end of Quorn 1980s
Streets visible include Toller Road and Chestnut Close, ......
32Aerial view of the High Street, Quorn 1990s
The building centre-right fronting the road with the gable ......
33Aerial view of centre of Quorn Village c1994
A good aerial view of the centre of the village. The shops ......
35The Manor Hotel, Quorn
The Manor House Hotel opened in 1899, the year after the ......
36Chaveney Road, Quorn
A view looking east along Chaveney Road c1910, ie from ......
37Chaveney House, Chaveney Road, Quorn
After the death of Henry Chaveney in 1727 the property ......
38The Baptist Chapel, Quorn
Baptists have been active in Quorn for over 200 years. The ......
39The Kaye House, Quorn
In 1691 Charles Farnham succeeded, under the will of his ......
40Hyde House, Quorn 1758-1841
The Hyde House was halfway between the Forge and the ......
41Meeting Street, Quorn
Shows the street before it was metalled. On the right of ......
42Meeting Street, Quorn c1900
To the right is Mr Sander's house and the entrance to his ......
43Meeting Street, Quorn
27 Meeting Street is to the left of the timber yard ......
44Quorn Cross c1910
Dominating the Cross is the White Horse Inn, due to its ......
45Rev Kelcey c1908
When the Rev. Kelcey came to Quorn in 1892 he brought with ......
46Tom Firr outside Charnwood House, Leicester Road
Now part of Quorn County Hotel. Among the previous ......
47Tom Firr - huntsman with the Quorn
Tom Firr was a local celebrity and his hunting exploits ......
48The Village Hall, Quorn
The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A ......
49Original Village Hall poster
The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A ......
50Joe Bates, wheelwright c1905
The Wheelwright's shop, owned for a least four generations ......
52Brook House, Quorn
The property was bought from the Parnham family by Mr ......
53Fishing at The Cross c1900
The stone bridge still exists and has an additional ......
54The Slabs
The Quorn to Barrow Slabs footpath under water in the ......
55Sir Richard Sutton - Master of Quorn Hunt 1847-1855
Sir Richard Sutton, upon taking Mastership of the Quorn ......
56Quorn Hall
Photograph taken in the early 1900s. ......
57Quorn Hunt Kennels
These unusual almost circular "beehive pattern" brick huts ......
58Quorn Hunt Kennels
These unusual almost circular "beehive pattern" brick huts, ......
59Boys enjoying the River Soar in 1905
We don't know exactly where on the river this photograph ......
60The River Soar in flood c1900
This is a view facing east along Soar Road towards Santa ......
61Station Road, Quorn
The Apple Tree pub was originally a dwelling house with a ......
62The Green
A photograph from the early 1900s. In the early days of its ......
63Floods on the Village Green in 1932
The single storey building to the right in the foreground ......
64Postcard of Parish Church
This is a particularly nice view of the church, looking ......
66Postcard of Loughborough Road Villas, Quorn
This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking ......
67Kirbell Cottages, Barrow Road, Quorn, early 1900s.
These cottages are now numbers 47 to 53 Barrow Road. Most ......
68The Vicarage, Quorn c1905
Rev. Foord-Kelcey in the vicarage doorway at the turn of ......
69Rawlins School
The Rawlins school was founded in Woodhouse in 1691 by ......
70Rawlins School
Another early photograph of Rawlins. The Rawlins school ......
71High Street, Quorn
This photograph was taken after High Street had been ......
72High Street, Quorn in the early 1900s
View towards the centre of the village. Most of the stone ......
73Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn
Stone laying ceremony at the Wesleyan Chapel April 1st 1907. ......
74Waiting for a wedding
The first time a bride came to church in a motor car for ......
75Saint Bartholomew's Church
Taken in the early 1900s, this is a view from the Station ......
76St. Bartholomew's Church
The earliest mention of the Church is that Ranulf, 4th Earl ......
77The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey
The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey was born in Smeeth, Kent, ......
79The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
80The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
81The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
82The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
83The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
84The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
85The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
86The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
87The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
88The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
89The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
90The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
91The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
92The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
93The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
94The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
95The Farnham Chapel
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
96Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
97Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
98Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
99Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
100Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
101Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
102Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
103Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
104Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
105Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
106Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
107Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
108Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
109Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
110Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
111Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
112Saint Bartholomew's Church - interior view
These memorial plaques relating to the Hyde family were ......
113Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
114Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
115Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
116Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
117Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
118Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
119Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
120Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
121Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
122Saint Bartholomew's Church - exterior view
Photographed by English Heritage in the 1980s. This image ......
123Postcard of Rawlins from the Church tower
This photograph was taken from the top of the Church tower, ......
124Old King Bill has a nasty knock
Loughborough Echo 2nd January 1948 Skidding on ice which ......
125King William licence opposition
Loughborough Echo 9th February 1940 Opposing a renewal ......
126King William IV pub is reprieved
Loughborough Monitor 13th March 1953 700 year old Quorn ......
127District nurse for 30 years leaves Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 23rd October 1964 Quorn villagers ......
128Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society - Without the Prince
Loughborough Monitor - 15th May 1953 Quorn Amateur ......
129The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
The pub has since been demolished and stood at the front of ......
130Quorn's church clock loses face: Three-inch slip after 132 years
Loughborough Monitor - 27th November 1964 For 132 years ......
131Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn
The buildings on the right belonged at this time (early ......
132Jack Field did his office work in soccer boots
Loughborough Monitor - 30th January 1953 Hon. Secretary ......
133The Late Canon H Rumsey, MA
Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1940 Thirty-one years vicar ......
134Radio star at Quorn fete
Loughborough Echo - 8th May 1964 The annual spring fair ......
135Mr Sam Hallam of Quorn fifty-one years with one firm. 1936
Loughborough Echo - 29th MAY 1936 After serving the firm ......
136Quorn Guest House
An entry in a local advertising magazine or booklet. Date ......
137Quorn High Street - then and now
High Street looking towards Loughborough and showing the ......
138The Old School, Quorn - then and now
Saint Bartholomew's Primary School (1834-1973). When ......
139The sad suicide of a medical gentleman
Loughborough Advertiser - 14th May 1874. On Wednesday ......
140River mystery at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor and News - 30th June 1910. On ......
141The concealment of a birth 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - 30th April 1874. (see also ......
142Felony at Quorndon
Loughborough Advertiser - April 16th 1874. Charles ......
143Quorn Baker was Drunk 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - April 2nd 1874. John Webster, ......
144Quorn Workmen's Outing 1899
Loughborough Herald - 28th September 1899. On Saturday ......
145A Big Excursion 1899
Loughborough Herald - 6th July 1899. The employees of ......
146Floods in Station Road, Quorn c1900
c1900 Station Road under a considerable amount of water. ......
147Leicester Road, Quorn
An early view of Leicester Road looking north into the ......
148Cottages in Station Road, Quorn 1975
Three cottages in 1975 prior to the start of restoration ......
149Cottages in Station Road, Quorn, prior to renovation in 1975
Rear view of cottages that were almost derelict in 1975. ......
150Aerial view of Quorn Park
Mountsorrel Quarry and Swithland Reservoir are visible ......
151St. Bartholomew's Church and Station Road
Taken in 1994. The Mill is still intact before conversion ......
152Aerial view of St. Bartholomew's Church 1994
Photographed from above the Stafford Orchard in 1994. ......
153Aerial view of The Stafford Orchard 1994
Wright's Mill can be seen clearly upper-centre. The mill ......
154Aerial view of The Stafford Orchard 1994
Taken in 1994. Station Road is behind the line of trees. ......
155Aerial view of Tom Long's Meadow 1991
Plenty of change has happened since this photograph was ......
156Aerial view of Station Road
Taken in 1994. Lower-left is the corner of the Stafford ......
157Freehold Street, Quorn - Coronation Party 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 12th June 1953. Freehold Street ......
158Aerial view of Station Road, Quorn
Taken in 1994. This predates the developments in the ......
159Aerial View of Station Road, Quorn and St. Bartholomew's Church
Photograph taken in 1994. ......
160Hot air balloon, Stafford Orchard, Quorn 1990s
The Gambles hot air balloon was a common sight in the ......
161Aerial view of Stafford Orchard
Taken from a hot air balloon in the mid 1990s. The old ......
162Aerial view of Quorn village centre
Taken c1994 on a winter day early in the evening, this ......
163Cottages in Station Road, Quorn 1976
Taken in 1976. Three cottages in Station Road are re-roofed ......
164Cottages in Station Road, Quorn
1976. During renovation works, three cottages are converted ......
165Stone well in Station Road cottage 1976
This well was discovered in 1976 during renovation works of ......
167Quorn 1841 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1841 census arranged in order of surnames. This ......
168Quorn 1841 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1841 census listed in the order in which the ......
169Quorn 1851 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1851 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
170Quorn 1851 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1851 census listed in the order in which the ......
171Quorn 1861 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1861 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
172Quorn 1861 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1861 census listed in the order in which the ......
173Quorn 1871 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1871 census arranged in order of surnames. This ......
174Quorn 1871 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1871 census listed in the order in which the ......
175Quorn 1881 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1881 census arranged in order of surnames. This ......
176Quorn 1881 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1881 census listed in the order in which the ......
177Quorn 1891 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1891 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
178Quorn 1891 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1891 census listed in the order in which the ......
179Quorn 1901 Census (ordered by surname)
The Quorn 1901 census arranged in order of surnames. ......
180Quorn 1901 Census (original order)
The Quorn 1901 census listed in the order in which the ......
182The War Memorial, Quorn
Quorn War Memorial is situated in the very centre of Quorn ......
183Quorn Baptist Church - Memorial Transcriptions
Details of all grave transcriptions in the Baptist Church ......
184Quorn Parish Church (St. Bartholomew's) Grave Transcriptions
Details of all grave transcriptions in the Parish Church ......
185Saint Bartholomew's Churchyard
General photographs of the churchyard and gravestones ......
186Baptist Church graves
General photographs of the Baptist Church gravestones ......
187Mountsorrel Quarry - then and now 1972 and 1995
An aerial view of what was Buddon Wood, now mostly removed ......
188Buddon Wood granite quarrying
Loughborough Echo - 21st January 1972 Buddon Wood ......
189Rawlins Hockey Team c1920
c1920 with headteacher Mr Keith Thomson. Front row, ......
190Rawlins staff 1920-21
Back row left to right: Miss Rogers, Miss Vial, Miss ......
192Floods at Quorn Cross and Station Road
Date unknown, however, there was substantial flooding in ......
193Ladies at carnival time
This photograph was taken at a fete in the 1970s. there was ......
194Jack Field 1970s
Jack was a frequent 'master of ceremonies' at Quorn events. ......
195Outdoor Service on Stafford Orchard 1970s
This outdoor service was held on Stafford Orchard and is ......
196Festival on Stafford Orchard 1970s
This event is thought to be the Queens Silver Jubilee ......
197St Bartholomew's Primary School staff, early 1950s
Back row left to right: Mr Gaylon (head), Mr Evans, Miss ......
198Church procession across Stafford Orchard c1970s
Probably related to the Outdoor Service on Stafford Orchard ......
199The Mill House, Quorn
Date unknown. The pub took its name from the steam flour ......
200Carnival on Stafford Orchard
The ladies are believed to be Mrs Bishop and Mrs ......
201Kid Creeb 1930s
We know from the reverse of the card that Kid Creeb was ......
202Floods in Soar Road, Quorn 1930s
Pre-1940 floods in Soar Road. This is a view looking east ......
203The Stafford Orchard in flood. 1930s
Floods in the Stafford Orchard. This photograph has been ......
204Unknown location, Quorn
This photograph might have been taken on the Quorn House ......
205Cottage on School Lane, Quorn
This is one of the cottages on School Lane just after the ......
206Brook House pre 1963
A very old house which was once the home of the Parnham ......
207Tom Firr 1899
The famous Quorn huntsman. This portrait (from The Stable ......
208The Quorn Official Guide 1950
Published in 1950, this is a simple document detailing the ......
209Jubilee of Quorn Village Hall and proposed share issue 1939
Loughborough Echo - 16th June 1939 Mr W E B J Farnham's ......
210Alleged Indecent Assault 1878
Loughborough Advertiser - 31st January 1878 Petty Sessions ......
211Drunk and Disorderly 1878
Loughborough Advertiser - 14th January 1878 Petty ......
212Brawling 1878
Loughborough Advertiser - 10th January 1878 Petty ......
213Football at Quorn 1897
Loughborough Herald - 16th December 1897 Petty ......
214Theft by a bailiff
Loughborough Herald - 18th November 1897 Petty ......
215Stealing Mutton 1897
Loughborough Herald - 7th October 1897 Petty ......
216A begging letter 1897
Loughborough Herald - 1st July 1897 Elizabeth Frost, ......
217Gambling 1897
Loughborough Herald 24th June 1897 Petty ......
218Mrs Sophia Perry-Herrick
Mrs Perry-Herrick was the owner of Beaumanor Hall and its ......
219Smashing a factory window 1897
Loughborough Herald - 15th April 1897 Petty ......
220Lord Londsdale's whiskey 1897
Loughborough Herald - 15th April 1897 Petty ......
221Stone throwing at Quorn 1897
Loughborough Herald - 11th March 1897 Petty ......
222Not drunk - excited 1897
Loughborough Herald - 11th February 1897 Petty ......
223A Disgraceful Carousal at Quorn 1897
Loughborough Herald - 7th January 1897 Petty ......
224Mrs Sophia Perry-Herrick
Mrs Perry-Herrick was the owner of Beaumanor Hall and its ......
225Quorn Village Hall
The street scene remains largely the same, some of the ......
226Quorn Village Hall - then and now c1900 and 2009
The street scene remains largely the same, some of the ......
227The River Soar, Soar Road, Quorn
The granite and brick wall on the left is still present ......
228Rawlins School - then and now c1910 and 2009
At the time the old photograph was taken, the school ......
229Station Road, Quorn - then and now
In the mid-distance is the Pig and Whistle pub with the ......
230Station Road, Quorn
In the mid-distance is the Pig and Whistle pub with the ......
231St. Bartholomew's Church - then and now
Looking a little stark in the old photograph, the yew trees ......
232St. Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
Looking a little stark in the old photograph, the yew trees ......
233Meeting Street, Quorn - then and now
The buildings in the right foreground of the old ......
235Loughborough Road Villas - then and now
Built in the early years of the 20th century, these villas ......
236Loughborough Road Villas, Quorn
These villas were built in the early years of the 20th ......
237Loughborough Road, Quorn, early 1900s
Looking towards the top of the village with the Bowls Club ......
239Leicester Road, Quorn - then and now
Many of the buildings have now disappeared including the ......
240High Street, Quorn - then and now
The cottages on the left no longer exist and the oriel ......
241Station Road Extension (near Mansfield Street)
This view is looking up Station Road with the Apple Tree ......
242Station Road Extension - then and now
The Apple Tree pub can be seen on the left hand side. ......
243The Cross - then and now
Although recognisable, some buildings such as the White ......
244Postcard of the High Street, Quorn
This postcard shows High Street and specifically the old ......
245The Old Bull's Head - then and now
Situated in the centre of the village, the building has ......
246School Lane Cottage, Quorn
This cottage is at the corner of School Lane and Stoop ......
247School Lane - then and now
This is a very old cottage at the corner of School Lane and ......
248High Street, Quorn - then and now
An evocative image of a snowy High Street in 1907. The tall ......
249Maypole Dancing on the Stafford Orchard 1911
Taken in 1911. ......
250Maypole Dancing - then and now
Maypole dancing on the Stafford Orchard, 1911 and 2005. ......
251Mill chimney being dismantled
The mill chimney belonging to M Wright and Sons was removed ......
252Quorn Havelock Football Club
Taken in 1907 and donated by Linda Reid, British Columbia, ......
253Rider on Horse
Taken between 1905 and 1909 by William Shuttlewood, a Quorn ......
254Leicester Road, Quorn
Looking North along Leicester Road towards School Lane (on ......
255Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen
Ms. Charlotte Hildenhagen, born 24 November 1914, was ......
256Mr Thomas Lucas c1925
Thomas Lucas was a watchmaker and had a shop at what is now ......
257The Old Forge, Meeting Street, Quorn
Looking down Meeting Street towards The Old Forge on the ......
258Quorn Hunt at The Cross
The Quorn Hunt gathers at The Cross in the early 1900s. The ......
259Quorn Cross
Taken circa 1946. Motor traffic still a relative rarity. ......
260Quorn Cross
Taken around 1950. The photographer is standing at the door ......
261River Soar
The river at Soar Road, Quorn about 1960. During the 1930's ......
262Quorn Memories - Maria Ankers, 1939
Loughborough Echo - 21st July 1939 Few local villages ......
263Quorn United Cricket Club
Loughborough Herald - 6th July 1899 Denounciation of the ......
264The Inglesant Will
Loughborough Advertiser 1874 In the Court of Probate on ......
265Children on the rectory lawn 1936
Loughborough Echo - 29th May 1936 Happy children ......
266Concealment of birth at Quorndon
Loughborough Advertiser - July 16th 1874 (See also petty ......
267Alleged attempted rape
Loughborough Advertiser - March 28th 1878 (see also ......
268Old Bull's Head coaching lamp
The old coaching lamp from the old Bull's Head inn in the ......
269Quorn Fields Farm (Quorn Lodge Farm)
Quorn Fields Farm (also known as Lodge Farm) is situated ......
270Boys playing in the River Soar
At this time the Soar Road was known as Soar Side. ......
271Santa Maria Lodge, Quorn
The iron bridge at Santa Maria Lodge was built for the ......
272Soar-side cottages on Soar Road
Built on a stone plinth, with steps probably to keep them ......
273School children on bridge
School children crossing the temporary bridge on School ......
274World War I soldiers
Soldiers from the first world war parading down ......
275The Home Guard
Training with a machine gun on Quorn Green. Left to right: ......
276George Gartshore
George Gartshore (1830 to 1917) early in his career was a ......
277Dr James Arthur Unitt (1860-1949)
Dr Unitt lived in The Croft on Soar Road, the house was ......
278Leicester Road, Quorn
c1930s. Note the Mill House Inn - this is the white ......
279Nut Row, Quorn
These old cottages stood at the back of what was Quorn Post ......
280Floods on Station Road, Quorn 1922
Station Road flooded in August 1922. Note the railings of ......
281Wrights's Commanders Carnival Band
Photographed outside the Bowls Club in 1937. It is believed ......
282Wright's Mill used as library
Inside of Wright's when used as the library prior to the ......
283Children on School Lane causeway
Children on causeway looking from School Lane towards the ......
284Post Office in Quorn Cross c1940s
This building has been in use as a shop in one form or ......
285The Cross c1920s
A good range of shops in business. The building to the ......
286The White Horse, Quorn
Owned by William and Mary White in the c17th and described ......
287Post Office
The Post Office was North's at the end of the c19th and his ......
288Camm Map 1838
Drawn by Mr Joseph Camm and presented by his son James Camm ......
289Sunday School outing at Quorn Fields Farm 1897
Quorn Fields Farm (also known as Quorn Lodge Farm) is ......
290New bridge on School Lane, Quorn
The original bridge was demolished in 1897 when it became ......
291St. Bartholomew's Church under repair
Repairs to the church following the fire in 1965. ......
292Walking the village in procession
An early custom of the Oddfellows Society in Quorn was ......
293Banks cottages, Quorn
After the road widening part of The Bank was used to make a ......
294Cottages next to the White Horse, Quorn
These shops were demolished in the 1960s to widen the ......
295Edward William [Walker] Hensman
Edward Hensman was appointed first headmaster of the ......
296Louie Burrows
Louisa (known as Louie) Burrows was born in Ilkeston on ......
297Billy Lovett
Billy Lovett, the rag and bone man, with his donkey and ......
298Oddfellows Society
Quorn's oldest society is that of the Oddfellows, whose ......
299The Opening of the Farnham Memorial Hall - 1938
The Farnham Hall within Rawlin's School was the gift of ......
300The Quorndon Co-operative Society. c1910
The shop was built on Station Road in 1862 on the site of ......
301Young Children c1910
These five young children (c1900) dressed as was the ......
302John Sanders and daughter
John Sanders (senior) was born in 1838. He excelled in the ......
303Edward VII coronation parade 1902
Of the coronation parade, the Rev Foord-Kelcey wrote: ......
304School outing to Bradgate Park 1909
'The School picnic took place on Wednesday, July 14th, on ......
305Constructing the modern footbridge on Leicester Road
A 1675 map (Ogilby's) shows a bridge of five arches here ......
306Rawlins School - date unknown
Probably taken in the early 1900s (Rawlins opened in Quorn ......
307Rawlins cricket eleven 1908
Nothing more known about this photograph ......
308Carnival fancy dress c1908
Nothing known about this photograph. ......
310Rawlins hockey team c1920
Hockey team from the 1920-21. The second headmaster, Keith ......
311The High Street, Quorn 1900
Mrs Hensman meets Lord Lonsdale's goat in the High Street ......
314Charles 'Gaffer' Adams, headmaster of Quorn National School
Charles Adams was the headmaster of Quorn National School ......
315Boys paddling on The Green c1908
A child in a pram far left sits somewhat precariously by ......
316Baptist Church Christian Endeavour c1900
This group thrived during the last few years of the 19th ......
317The Quorn Glee Club outside the Bowls Club 1922
Quorn Glee Club after giving a concert at the Royal ......
318The Baptist Chapel's men's adult school c1910
Nothing more known about this photograph, which appeared in ......
319Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations 1897
Ladies outside refreshment tent. 1897. ......
320Banks cottages, Quorn c1900
A tenant of the cottages c1900. The cottages, which stood ......
321The Bellringers 1926
On the milkman's horse and cart as part of a parade forming ......
322Banks cottages
Mrs Spreckley in the end cottage. The cottages which were ......
323Cottage on Church Lane, Quorn
Nothing known about this photograph, it probably dates from ......
324Quorn House - date unknown
Quorn House was the home of the Farnham family until the ......
325The Conservative Club, Quorn
The original building at 40 Station Road was at its ......
326The Conservative Club
Mr Ernest Laundon, a manager at Wright's factory, opens the ......
327Rawlins School 1901
Rawlins school admitted girls in 1898, the year after the ......
328The Green in flood
Note the lock up to the left and Wright's factory in the ......
330The Parish Church Choir c1900
Jack Fewkes is in the front row (cap with Rawlins School ......
331Water pump in the village c1910
Rear view of 40 & 42 High Street. These cottages have been ......
33227 Meeting Street, Quorn
Part of the present building was erected in 1650 and was at ......
333Children playing on School Lane c1897-1910
The windows are very characteristic of the cottages in ......
334Children on bridge
The Little Bridge on School Lane was built in 1760. ......
335Children at play
Probably taken in the Stafford Orchard. The picket fence ......
336Children in School Lane, Quorn
The old primary school can be seen in the background. The ......
337Children by the brook
This lovely photograph was taken before 1897 when the old ......
338Children
Believed to have been taken at the gated entrance to the ......
339Children in School Lane, Quorn
This is taken just in front of 9 School Lane, ie on the ......
340The Tar Tub
The Tar Tub was a familiar sight in Quorn. Tar was loaded ......
341Church Lane cottages
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mrs Heap and her ......
342Quorn Mills (Wright's) Fire Brigade 1907
Private fire brigade attached to Wright's factory. This ......
343Quorn Temporary War Memorial
On Saturday 22nd December 1917 a temporary war memorial was ......
344An accordian band
The band is dressed up just below Quorn Station bridge ......
345Outside a beer house
Hepzibah Kinch and her daughers taken outside the King ......
346Cottages on Leicester Road, Quorn
Prior to demolition - date unlnown. ......
347Playing cricket on the Stafford Orchard c1910
Boys playing cricket on the Stafford Orchard park. In those ......
348Santa Maria bridge on Soar Road c1970s
The bridge originally belonged to Quorn Hall and was used ......
349Mr Thomas North in his garden
In the late 1800s Mr Thomas North made tallow candles ......
350Quorn Cross
Taken looking up the High Street towards Loughborough. ......
351High Street, Quorn
Looking down the High Street towards the Cross. Probably ......
353A Christening
Mr Sault at Christening. Mr Sault was the innkeeper of the ......
354The Huntsman's House, Quorn Hall
The former Huntsman's House near Quorn Hall. Date unknown. ......
355Demolition of Little Bridge on School Lane c1897
Workmen demolishing the 'Little Bridge' over the stream in ......
356Sketch drawing of Little Bridge on School Lane by W E Cooke.
The Little Bridge on School Lane was built in 1760 and ......
357Grounds of Quorn House c1897
People in the grounds of Quorn House, home of the Farnham ......
358Grounds of Quorn House c1897
The stables and courtyard of Quorn House, home then of the ......
359Aerial photograph of Wright's Mill
Much has changed since this image was taken, although much ......
360Aerial View c1950
The open area lower-right is now the Sanders Road area. The ......
361Wright's factory
Taken from the car park (formerly 'The Green') c1960s. ......
362Quorn Hunt kennels
Impression of hunt kennels by W E Cooke 1878. The central ......
363Wright's factory
Part of the building was used by the County Council as a ......
364Wright's factory
Part of the building was used by the County Council as a ......
365Rawlins School c1898
We don't have any date information on this image. It is ......
366Unknown location
We know this to be a view of a cottage in Quorn and suspect ......
367Group of people
We believe this group to have been photographed in Quorn ......
368Staff at Wright's
Jack Winterton (left) and Alf Freer at Wright's factory. ......
369Re-possession of a Quorn house
Loughborough Echo - July 24th 1936 County Court ......
370Action against a Mutual Aid Society
Loughborough Herald - June 21st 1900 Thomas Pilkington, ......
371Theft of cigars from the King William IV
Loughborough Advertiser - August 8th 1872 On Friday ......
372Drunken children
Loughborough Advertiser - May 2nd 1872 John Forth, ......
373Domestic quarrel
Loughborough Advertiser - April 18th 1872 Before C ......
374Webster drunk again
Loughborough Advertiser - November 20th 1873 John ......
375Brawl at the Bull's Head 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - August 21st 1873 Samuel ......
376Fined for riding a bike
Loughborough Advertiser - November 10th 1881 Walter ......
377Drunk in charge of horse
Loughborough Advertiser September 15th 1881 William ......
378Trespassing on the railway
Loughborough Advertiser - August 25th 1881 Thomas Wesson ......
379Poaching fish
Loughborough Advertiser - March 3rd 1881 William Dunn ......
380The story of the Unknown Donor's Charity (or the Townland's Charity)
Loughborough Advertiser - 3rd October 1872 The origin ......
381'Suffer the little children'
Loughborough Advertiser - 29th May 1873 Dear Sir I ......
382Desecration of churchyard
Deanery Magazine - 5th September 1941 Protest by Vicar ......
383Quorndon Urban District Council and infection diseases
Loughborough Herald - October 25th 1900 To the ......
384Quorn Parish Council Meeting 1936 - Dirty Milk, Jubilee seats and Footpath complaints
Loughborough Echo - January 10th 1936 Quorn Council and ......
385Quorn 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 ......
386Quorn Parish Council meeting 1936 - Stafford Orchard and Football Club, and Disbandment of Quorn Fire Brigade
Loughborough Echo - August 14TH 1936 At a meeting of ......
387Quorn Parish Council meeting 1941 - Caravans on Village Green
Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1941 Parish Council ......
388Quorn Hunt Ball
Loughborough Herald - 5th January 1893 The second annual ......
389Quorn Public Recreation Ground
Loughborough Echo - 31st May 1968 To the Editor Sir - ......
390Quorn housewife wins Mini in Hoover/Co-op competition
Loughborough Echo - 8th September 1972 Mrs Jacqueline ......
391The Turnpike Murder
The Derby Mercury - Friday January 13th - 30th ......
392Fashionable wedding at Quorndon
Loughborough Monitor - 24th September 1868 The pretty ......
393Death of Mr Philip Wright
15th February 1900 - Loughborough Monitor Funeral at ......
394Mysterious death of a schoolmistress at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 6th April 1893. On Thursday ......
395Barnham and Bailey's circus comes to town 1899
October 1899. The arrival of this famous circus in ......
396Celebrating the relief of Mafeking
Loughborough Herald - May 24th 1900 The relief of ......
397Quorn British Legion branch formed
Loughborough Echo - 14th December 1936 Quorn ex-service ......
398Temperance Association
Loughborough Advertiser - September 4th 1873 On ......
399Melancholy death of a Gentleman
Loughborough Advertiser - July 3rd 1873 On Sunday ......
400Sudden death of girl 1897
Loughborough Monitor - 25th March 1897 Emily, the 13 ......
401The great flood at Quorn - July 21st 1875
Notes by C Murray Rumsey A Mountsorrel Pepys Discovery ......
402Quorn Hunt on School Lane
The Quorn Hunt travelling along School Lane towards the old ......
403Clay Pipe
18th century or early 19th century carved bowl of a clay ......
404Antique glass bottle
19th century glass bottle found during the refurbishment of ......
405Roman coins
Selection of Roman coins (Sestertius). Portraying the ......
406Roman coin
Roman coin (Denarius). Displaying the head of the Empress ......
407Roman coin
Roman coin (Denarius). Reverse side showing an image of ......
408Frog artefact
Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. ......
409Goddess
Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. ......
410Brooch pins
Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - ......
411Roman spoon
Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - ......
412Glass pot lid
Possibly dating from the time of Richard III due to ......
413Commemorative token
In 1789 the printer Robert Raikes started Sunday Schools in ......
414Howlett's Bus Company
Founded in Quorn by George Howlett in the early 1920s. The ......
415Quorn Census Returns and Street Names
When looking at the census records, some street names may ......
416Quorn Census Occupations
Occupations in Quorn have varied enormously over the years ......
417Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
This view is looking down Chaveney Road from the Woodhouse ......
418Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
This house is now 45 Chaveney Road on the corner almost ......
419Postcard of house in Woodhouse Road, Quorn
This house is called The Briars, and is either 86 or 88 ......
420Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn
This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking ......
422Postcard of The Pied Piper
This photograph was taken in 1906 by William ......
423Postcard of Parish Church
This is the Parish Church, looking down the main ......
424Postcard of Leicester Road, Quorn
A parade along Leicester Road. The photo is taken looking ......
425Postcard of The Cross, Quorn
This photograph is taken from the Cross looking towards the ......
426Postcard of Meeting Street, Quorn
This is a view looking down Meeting Street, with the ......
427Postcard of High Street, Quorn
This view is of High Street, looking towards Loughborough. ......
428Postcard of The Cross, Quorn
This photograph looks as if it was taken from the middle of ......
429Postcard of Quorn Cross
This is Quorn Cross looking down Station Road towards what ......
430Postcard of the High Street, Quorn
This is looking along High Street to Loughborough Road from ......
431Post Card of The Cross, Quorn
This is a view of the Cross taken from outside the Memorial ......
432Postcard of The Vicarage
The old vicarage, High Street - now an integral part of ......
433Wrights Social and Dance at Quorn 1939
Loughborough Echo - 10th February 1939 Messrs M Wright ......
434Woolly rhinoceros discovered in Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 18th August 1939 Now on view in ......
435Quorn celebrates a royal wedding - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 13th July 1893 In honour of the ......
436Theft by a domestic
Loughborough Monitor - August 16th 1900 Louisa Clamp, ......
437A wise course
Loughborough Monitor - August 30th 1900 Samuel E Swann, ......
438Sunday gambling
Loughborough Monitor - December 6th 1900 Luke Lester, ......
439Theft of a trowel
John Bancroft, bricklayer's labourer, Church Lane, Quorn, ......
440A sacrilegious act
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1900 Agnes Thompson ......
441An affray in the dark at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 3rd May 1900 Rev R Burton, Messrs ......
442A Sunday fight in Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 28th June 1900 Richard Snow, ......
443Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1939
Carnival Queen - Joan Jollands ......
444Newspaper Advert for the Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn
February 1973. ......
445Quorn Parish Council Meeting - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 6th January 1939 The monthly meeting ......
446Quorn woman on fire
Loughborough Echo - 17th February 1939 Prompt action of ......
447Quorn Souvenir China
This small pot is less than 6 cm (2 ½ inches) wide and was ......
449Quorn Specialities Ltd
Quorn grocery products - and we don't mean the modern ......
450Quorn Souvenir Jug
This little jug is 7 ½ cms (3 inches) tall. It was made by ......
451Quorndon Co-op Checks
These checks (sometimes incorrectly known as tokens) dating ......
452Quorn Pub Token
This is a rubbing of a pub token issued by the White Hart, ......
453Fire at Facer's Timber Yard, Quorn 1985
Walter Blyth looking at the wreck of Facer's Timber Yard, ......
454Stream from Tom Long's Meadow, Quorn
Builders break into the culvert carrying the stream from ......
455Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn
The houses, left to right are Forest View (no 51), Beacon ......
456The White House, Quorn
101 Meeting Street. In 2009, much of the rendering was ......
457Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
An advert for the Bull's Head Hotel (now the Quorndon Fox) ......
458Quorn Improvement Wanted - Stafford Orchard
Loughborough Echo - 14th July 1939 A report is to be ......
459£1,000 for 15-year-old Quorn boy
Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 Hand entangled in ......
460Social evening at the Men's Institute 1939
Loughborough Echo - 17th February 1939 A social evening ......
461Dance Band Members Crash at Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 24th March 1939 Dance band ......
462James Hartopp, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 28th April 1939 Any stranger meeting ......
463Once an old coaching house - Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 4th August 1939 In these days of ......
464Urban District Council - Diphtheria outbreak
Loughborough Herald - 6th January 1898 A monthly meeting ......
465Quorn Parish Council - Condition of Stafford Orchard
Loughborough Echo - 9th June 1939 The monthly meeting ......
466Women unite to plant a tree for '73
Loughborough Monitor - 23rd November 1973 Members of ......
467Quorn Football Club
Loughborough Monitor - 14th September 1973 This is ......
468St Bartholomew's church yard
Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 Not a haymaking ......
469Blacksmith's Arms, Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 8th June 1973 "One for the road" ......
470Big demand for £20,000 homes at Quorn - Inquiry told 1973
Loughborough Monitor - 18th May 1973 The old camp site ......
472After the snow came the floods
Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1947 At Quorn, Mr A W ......
473Quorn British Legion Party
Loughborough Monitor - 16th January 1947 These ......
474Dedication of Quorn Trees
Loughborough Monitor - 9th May 1952 Major Norman E ......
475Quorn Parish Council 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 9th January 1947 In response to ......
476Urban District Council - nuisance in Woodhouse Lane, Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 4th January 1900 The monthly ......
477Urban District Council - medical report, the health of the village
Loughborough Herald - 8th February 1900 The monthly ......
478Urban District Council meeting - proposal by Mr Farnham
Loughborough Herald - 7th June 1900 The monthly meeting ......
479Urban District Council - special meeting to consider Farnham proposal
Loughborough Herald - 14th June 1900 A special meeting ......
480Rawlins Grammar School -
Loughborough Monitor - 13th March 1947 The dramatic ......
481Robert Parkinson
There were three generations of Robert Parkinsons in ......
482Air Raid Shelter Poster, Gambles, Quorn
Poster advertising air raid shelter construction. Relating ......
483Quorn Coronation Sports Cup
The wording (just about readable) is: 'Coronation Sports ......
484Stocks, prize-fighting, swimming in the brook and a strike at church 1928
Loughborough Echo - Friday 3rd August 1928 Quorn is ......
485Dining room at the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 1st September 1939. We think this room ......
486The back garden of the Bull's Head Hotel, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 8th September 1939. The garden and ......
487Quorn, England
Contributed by Marie Gray Wise. My father, Pfc. William J. ......
488First passenger coaches
Loughborough Monitor - 7th September 1973 The Main Line ......
489Quorn group to dance in France
Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1973 Nine members ......
490Wood Lane, Quorn card
Card illustrating a courting couple in Wood Lane. Nothing ......
491Quorn Methodist Football Club
Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1947 Members of Quorn ......
492Evacuees in Mansfield Street, Quorn
Barbara Haines (nee Postans) and John Pritchard were ......
493Obstreperous Army Corporal
Loughborough Monitor - 11th September 1947 Extracts from ......
494Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn
This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now ......
495Chaveney Road, Quorn - then and now
This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now ......
496Postcard of Quorn - Multiview
This postcard contains six photographs and although they ......
497US 82nd Airborne Division
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Introduction The ......
498Scouts in the Garden of Raven Cottage
This photograph is probably of the Mountsorrel Scout Troop. ......
499Employees at Messrs M Wright and Sons c1902
This group of employees of Messrs M Wright and Sons' ......
500Bull's Head Hotel advert 1975
An advert from 1975 featuring meals at The Bull's Head ......
501The Shuttlewood Story
William Shuttlewood and his Family - Quorn Photographer ......
502Troops at The Curzon Arms, Woodhouse Eaves, 1944
82nd Airborne paratroopers based in Quorn and British Wrens ......
503Troops at The Curzon Arms - then and now
82nd Airborne paratroopers based in Quorn and British Wrens ......
504Pestilence Cottage, Old Woodhouse, Leicestershire, built circa 1300
In the middle ages the black rat or "Rattus Rattus" cut a ......
505Artwork discovered in Quorn cottage
When decorating some years ago, Phil and Sue Child of ......
506Floods on Loughborough Road, Quorn
Severe flooding on the Quorn to Loughborough road causes ......
507Opening of Quorn Village Hall
An original poster detailing the opening celebrations of ......
508The Home Farm of the Nether Hall
Submitted by Kate Hutchinson Story written in 1991 The ......
509Quorndon Map, South Field, 1752
A pre Enclosure Act map of Quorndon, The South Field, in ......
510Quorndon Map, West Field, 1752
A pre Enclosure Act map of Quorndon, The West Field, in ......
511Quorndon Map, North Field, 1752
A pre Enclosure Act map of Quorndon, The North Field (or ......
512A farm at Quorn 300 years ago
by the Rev E Foord-Kelcey. Article written in 1908. It ......
513The Quorn Smells Poster - November 1889
Poster printed by William Edward Basil Farnham. Making ......
514Santa Maria bridge on the Soar
Loughborough Monitor - 8th August 1975 We received a ......
515Quorn Vicarage Garden Fete - 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 22nd June 1975 Our photographer ......
516Spring Fair, Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 11th April 1975 Members of Quorn ......
517Pirates of Penzance
Loughborough Monitor - 25th April 1975 Pictured in ......
518May Fair at Rawlins
Loughborough Monitor - 16th May 1975 ......
519The Cradocks of Leicestershire
A history of the Cradock family who lived in Quorn Court ......
520US Paratroopers on Company Street at Camp Quorn 1944
Three paratroopers of H Co 505 PIR pose on the company ......
521US Paratroopers at Camp Quorn 1944
Company H. 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment Standing ......
522US troops based in Quorn photographed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester
In the spring of 1944, 505 troopers pose after a dance in ......
523Quorn Camp troops at The Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
WW2 82nd Airborne Troops stationed in Quorn in 1944 and ......
524US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
Paratroopers of H Company 505 Parachute Regiment of the ......
525US soldier Richard A Vargas, Camp Quorn 1944
Richard A Vargas standing on H Company street in Camp ......
526US soldier Robert E Coddington, Camp Quorn 1944
Robert E Coddington was a good trooper who was often found ......
527US soldier Private Gilbert L Gamelcy, Camp Quorn 1944
Private Gilbert L Gamelcy. "Moose" outside his tent at ......
528US troops based in Quorn photographed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Leicester's De Montfort Hall was the gather place for many ......
529Quorn Camp troops at The Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
WW2 82nd Airborne Paratroopers stationed in Quorn in 1944 ......
530Quorn Camp troops at the Pear Tree Inn, Woodhouse Eaves 1944
WW2 82nd Airborne Troops stationed in Quorn in 1944 and ......
531US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
At Camp Quorn in Leicestershire, England. Kenneth W Roddy, ......
532US soldier Private Leon Vassar, Camp Quorn 1944
Camp Quorn, England. H. 505 Company Street - Pvt Leon ......
533US troops at Camp Quorn prior to D-Day 1944
February 1944 at Camp in Quorn, England. Paratroopers of H. ......
534Quorndon Coronation Celebrations 1953
Programme of events June 2nd 1953 on Stafford Orchard. ......
535The Theft of Lady Southampton's Jewels. -1830
Derby Mercury - April and August 1830. 1 - April It may ......
536An Extraordinary outrage in Leicestershire
Derby Mercury - April 1863. An extraordinary and fatal ......
537Quorn Man's Strange Conduct
Loughborough Herald - 26th January 1905. Ernest Facer, ......
538Petty Sessions - An Aggravated Husband
Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1905. Edwin Brewin, ......
539Mothers' Union 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 12th December 1975 Home made ......
540Quorn Conservative Association 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 21st November 1975. Quorn ......
541Quorn Havelock Football Club
Loughborough Echo - 14th April 1972. The above picture ......
542St Bartholomew's Football Team 1951 - 1952
Back row, left to right, Tony Brown, Richard Edwards, ......
543St Bartholomew's Football Team 1950 - 1951
Back row - Mr Gaylon (Head), Alfred (Pongo) Harvey, Terry ......
544St Bartholomew's Football Team 1950 - 1951
Victorious six-a-side football team of 1950-1951 ......
545Certificate of Merit 1951
Certificate revealing footballing expertise at Festival of ......
546Was this the most unkind man ever to have lived in Quorn?
Leicester Mercury - 8th November 1840 Clerical ......
547Loughborough Petty Sessions 1851
Derby Mercury - 16th July 1851. Loughborough Petty ......
548Petty Sessions 1851
Derby Mercury - 6th August 1851 Petty Sessions. July 28th ......
549Fatal and Melancholy Accident 1851
Derby Mercury - 10th December 1851 On Wednesday last, an ......
550Quorndon Farmers' Club 1853
Derby Mercury - 9th November 1853 The fourth annual ......
551Loughborough Agricultural Association 1862
Derby Mercury - 27th July 1862 The premiums offered for ......
552Sykes brothers meet on leave 1944
31st March 1944 The three sons of Mr and Mrs Leonard ......
553Ralph Thornton 1944
April 28th 1944 Corporal Ralph Thornton, who is serving ......
554Sergt. L Green and Miss J Bowler 1944
28th January 1944 The wedding took place at St ......
555A history of Quorn Baptist Church
This transcription of a 1960 pamphlet by Mr Wilfred Mee, ......
556Nearly a Romantic Disaster
Daily News - 28th September 1846 Story of a ......
557Sale of a wife
The London Dispatch - 9th September 1838 On Thursday ......
558Quorn War Weapons Week
Loughborough Echo - 30th May 1941 A fine ......
559Quorn War Weapons Week
Loughborough Echo - 13th June 1941 Quorn, having aimed ......
560Quorn War Weapons Week 1941
Loughborough Echo - 13th June 1941 Wednesday: ......
561Met on leave in Quorn
21st January 1944 These four Quorn sailor boys recently ......
562Quorn Soldier wounded
18th August 1944 Private Cecil Wykes, son of Mr J Wykes, ......
563Four generations of the Wykes family
18th August 1944 Mr J Wykes, of 4 Church Path, Quorn, is ......
56421 years in Royal Marines
14th January 1944 Corp George Taylor, husband of Mrs ......
565Quorn's Coronation pageant and comic football rained off - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 5th June 1953 A few dejected ......
566Popular hosts retire from Quorn pub
Loughborough Monitor - 7th November 1975 Mr Albert Sweet ......
567Presented gift to school and then dedicated it
Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1953 St Bartholomew's ......
568Freehold Street Coronation Party
12th June 1953 - Loughborough Monitor Freehold Street ......
569Quorn Conservative Club's Skittles Final
Loughborough Echo - 15th March 1968 Quorn Conservative ......
570Quorn Fire Brigade and Club refused use of Stafford Orchard for football 1936
Loughborough Echo - June 12th 1936 Quorn Fire Brigade - ......
571Extraordinary determined suicide in a gaol
South London Chronicle - Saturday 07 January ......
572An Unnatural Husband
Loughborough Advertiser - November 19th ......
573Brutal Prizefighting Contest
Morning Chronicle - 4th January 1817 A correspondent at ......
574Attempted Murder
Freeman's Journal - 1st February 1838 Friday, the ......
575Fatal accident at Quorndon -1861
Derby Mercury - 21st August 1861 On Saturday, two ......
576Beekeepers' 25th Anniversary at One Ash, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 30th June 1972 On Saturday, upwards ......
577Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see ......
578Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see ......
579Diamond wedding at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 16th April 1914 Mr and Mrs George ......
580Second annual garden party - 1964
29th May 1964 - Loughborough Monitor £125 raised for ......
581A Midnight Disturber
Petty Sessions - Quorn manufacturer summoned. Sydney J ......
582Fancy Dress Parade at Quorn - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 25th June 1914 For the second time ......
583Quorn Soldier's Experiences 1914
Loughborough Herald - 24th September 1914 Quorn ......
600Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
605Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
606Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
607Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1890
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
608Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
609Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
610Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
611Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
612Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
615Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
617Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
618Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
619Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1891
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
620Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
624Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
625Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
626Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
627Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
628Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
629Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
630Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
631Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1892
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
632Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
633Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
634Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
635Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
636Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
638Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
640Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
641Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1893
St Bartholomew's Quornd Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
642Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorn Parish Magazine Note - this is a ......
643Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1893
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
644Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
645Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
646Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1894
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
647Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
648Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
649Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
650Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1894
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
651Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
652Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1894
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
653Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1894
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
654Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1894
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
655Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1894
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
656Quorndon Parish Magazine - January 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
657Quorndon Parish Magazine - February 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
658Quorndon Parish Magazine - March 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
659Quorndon Parish Magazine - April 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
660Quorndon Parish Magazine - May 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
661Quorndon Parish Magazine - June 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
662Quorndon Parish Magazine - July 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
663Quorndon Parish Magazine - August 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. Note that most of ......
664Quorndon Parish Magazine - September 1895
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
665Quorndon Parish Magazine - October 1895
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
666Quorndon Parish Magazine - November 1895
St Bartholomew's Quorndon and St Mary-in-the-Elms, ......
667Quorn soldier killed 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 C.O.'s ......
668Customers at fault [wartime blackout] 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 21st September 1916 William ......
669Lance-Corporal Harris 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 19th October 1916 L-Cpl. Harris, ......
670Soldier's Death 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 10th August 1916 The death of ......
671Roll of Honour 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 19th October 1916 Pte ......
672Signaller G P Flanders 1916
[Note - the correct name is J P Flanders] Loughborough ......
673Private E A Benskin 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd November 1916 Offical ......
6742nd Lieutenant H Beardmore 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 16th November 1916 Information ......
675Cottage on High Street
This photograph is lodged with the record office in ......
676Station Road cottages - January 1969
This photograph is lodged with the record office, ......
677The Thatch
The original postcard is lodged with the record office in ......
678Emma Caroline Jacques's school c1900-1901
Miss Jacques with her scholars at her private school held ......
679Cottages on High Street c1963
This photograph is lodged with the record office in ......
680The Lodge, Meeting Street, Quorn
The lodge and gates to Quorn House are visible in the ......
682Santa Maria lodge and the river soar c1900
Real postcard. Original lodged with the records office, ......
683Quorn Mills Park Bowls Club Pavillion
This postcard is lodged with the records office in ......
684Jack Payne's shop
Jack Payne repaired shoes from the front room of his home ......
685Laying of village hall memorial stones - June 29th 1889
This fragile poster advertising the ceremony for the laying ......
686The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This postcard is lodged in the record office in ......
687The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This photograph is lodged in the record office in ......
688The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
This photograph is lodged in the record office in ......
689Children in garden of Brook House, 1947
Friends Iris Wilcox & Cynthia Williams. Born 1947 in Brook ......
690Family in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950-51
Norah Folkes, born 1907,with her baby Janet Williams, ......
691Markfield May Day Parade, winning float
The Markfield May Day Parade was an annual event in the ......
692Couple in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950s
Granny Ainsworth (grandmother to Iris Wilcox) and Norah ......
693Brook House, Quorn
Granny Ainsworth, Linda Bonshor (granddaughter of Granny ......
694Advertisement by T. Lucas, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
695Advertisement by J. Sanders, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
696Advertisement by George Voss, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
697Advertisement by A. Sault, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
698Advertisement by Thomas North, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
699Advertisement by W. H. Backhouse, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
700Advertisement by F. Facer (Havelock Coffee House), Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
701Christmas parcels for the Front - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 10th December 1914 On Tuesday ......
702Advertisement by William Webster, Quorn, 1891
This advert appeared in the Quorndon Parish Magazine - ......
703Thomas Rawlins Grammar School 1921
The photograph below was contributed by Ian Aitken. His ......
704Mr and Mrs Williams' sons
Loughborough Herald - 5th August 1915 Mr and Mrs ......
705Private Blackshaw - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 12th August 1915 News has been ......
706Garden Fete 1915
Loughborough Herald - 9th September 1915. Judging by the ......
707Death of Captain Harold Wright
Loughborough Herald - 16th September 1915. It is with ......
708Howlett's Bus Company 1972
This is a picture of a Howlett's bus passing through Quorn ......
709Quorn Soldier's Experiences 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 6th April 1916 (passed by ......
710Assault on schoolboy 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 31st August 1916 Cecil Holmes, ......
711Stan downs nine faggots to become champion
Loughborough Echo - 7th July 1972 It is hardly ......
712Quorn Havelock FC
Winners of League Championship, 1907-8 Back row (left to ......
713400 miles of narrow fabric - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959. The elastic ......
714Sunday School Party 1959
Loughborough Advertiser - 9th January 1959 A "quiet ......
715Mr Charles Camp - Three times wounded, escaped and married
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959 Sentenced to ......
716Quorn village cobbler works a full day at 79
Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959. In a small dark ......
717Quorn Family link with St Bartholomew's
Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959. The Westley family ......
718Benjamin Fewkes and America
Loughborough Echo - March 29th 1935 Originator of ......
719Col. Toller soon to leave Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 16th October 1959 Colonel W. S. ......
720Men of Quorn Baptist Church entertain 80. 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1959 About 80 members ......
721Quorn Methodist FC - October 1959
Left to right back row: J Wisehall, G Lee, K Sutton, A ......
722The history of Quorn Havelock FC
Loughborough Echo 8th Feb 1935 Great excitement ......
723Quorn United Cricket Club 1899
The names shown beneath the photo are: H.Orton, Manton ......
724An Old Quorn Ticket House - Footpath toll for pedestrians
Loughborough Echo - 21st June 1935 At the north-western ......
725A Quorn Funeral - Mr Tom Bates
Loughborough Echo - 10th May 1935 The funeral of Mr Tom ......
726Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Speech Day 1959
Loughborough Echo - 13th November 1959 "Pity if this ......
727Quorn china ribbon plate 1910
This is a china ribbon plate, made as a souvenir of Quorn ......
728The Bells of St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 5th April 1935 The fine turreted ......
729From Stables to Modern House - Mr and Mrs Bob Spoor
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959 Mr and Mrs Bob ......
730Quorn Guides May Fair 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 8th May 1959 The members of Quorn ......
731Successful Church Fair in Quorn 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 5th June 1959 The annual May Fair ......
732Ann Morris's letter 1838
This letter and its transcription has been sent to the ......
733Quorn man hooks 70lb shark 1957
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd August 1957 After a ......
735Quorn Cricket Club 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd July 1976 The club defeated ......
736Quorn Church of England School 1912
The caption with this photograph, stated that the teacher ......
737Bowls Club Dinner 1957
Loughborough Monitor - 22nd November 1957 A happy ......
738Quorn Fete August 1917
Round the Maypole at the Quorn Fete on behalf of the ......
739Selling poor quality milk 1917
Loughborough Herald - 5th July 1917 Jeremiah J Stirling, ......
740Singular Announcement 1840
Preston Chronicle - 10th October 1840 On Tuesday last, ......
741Dance Display by Children - 2nd April 1976
Trained by Margaret Lovett, pupils of St Bartholmew's ......
74255 years with one firm
27th December 1957 At Messrs Wright and Sons annual ......
743Quorn Primary School - compulsory purchase 1957
29th March 1957 Quorn Primary School - compulsory ......
744Rawlins Under 15 - 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd April 1976 Rawlins Under 15 - ......
745Wright's Christmas Party 1976
24th December 1976 Children of employees of M Wright and ......
746Quorn Infant Welfare 1918
Loughborough Herald - 11th July 1918 The mothers and ......
747Quorn Sailors' and Soldiers' Fund 1918
Loughborough Herald - 29th August 1918 Fancy Dress ......
748Objection to License renewal - Bull's Head Inn, Quorn 1918
Loughborough Herald - 7th February 1918 "Rowdy music and ......
749Motor Bus Accident near Quorn 1918
Loughborough Herald - 4th July 1918 Shortly after 5pm on ......
750Wright's Commanders Band, Quorn - 1930s
A photograph held in Loughborough Library. We have ......
751Unknown Quorn family c1910
A photograph held in Loughborough Library. ......
752May Dancing by
10th May 1974 For the third consecutive year the "Quorn ......
753Urban Council 1918 - Infant mortality - shortage of jam, fat and sugar to blame
Loughborough Herald - 22nd August 1918 A special meeting ......
754Bowls Club 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald Play in progress on the ......
755Miss Webster 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September ......
756Quorn Wakes 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 10th September ......
757A Living from the Land - Quorn Ex-serviceman's experience 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 24th September ......
758Men's Institute for Quorn - to brighten village life 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 1st October 1925 A ......
759Quorn children 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 10th December 1925 A ......
760Quorn School Football Team c1947
St Barts Quorn C of E School 1st Eleven Football circa ......
761Quorn National Fire Service
The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White ......
762Shops on Leicester Road, Quorn, during floods
A photo looking towards Quorn Cross showing the Tea Shop on ......
763Sergeant Major James Fullerton, Quorn
How could it be that a Sergeant Major of the famous 93rd ......
764Quorn Dog Licence 1882
Issued on 9th January 1882 to Hepzibah Kinch, landlady of ......
765The Reverend H H Rumsey and family
Reverend Rumsey was Vicar of Quorn for 31 years until his ......
766Hepzibah Kinch
Landlady of the King William IV public house located next ......
767Wrights Christmas Party c1973 - 1974
On the right seated are Tim and Julie Long. Behind them ......
768Henry Hunn Rumsey
Vicar of Quorn 1909 - 1940. ......
769Quorn Old People's Fellowship
Thought to be taken in the kitchen of the Church Rooms, ......
770Volvo coach for Howlett and Son 1974
Loughborough Echo - 15th March 1974 Volvo coach for ......
771Quorn Conservative Club Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Brochure 1981
A brochure printed in 1981 to celebrate the club's Diamond ......
77240/42 Station Road - Havelock Coffee House/Quorn Conservative Club
Most of this information was extracted from the original ......
773Loughborough Road, Quorn
An early view of Loughborough Road. New Quorn House is ......
774Carriage Licence 1885
Licence for a carriage granted to Thomas Kinch (King ......
775Quorn Memorial Service 1901
Memorial Service for Queen Victoria, February 2nd 1901. ......
776Postcard - Wright's Offices, Leicester Road, Quorn
Sent to Miss E Kinch. Believed to be taken outside Wright's ......
777Quorn Old People's Fellowship
Taken outside the Church Rooms. Standing on the far right ......
778Lindsay Everard and family, MP for Quorn in 1928
Signed photograph of Lindsay Everard (the local MP) sent to ......
779Leicester Road in flood 1933
Two similar images of Leicester Road in flood. Taken from ......
780Postcard of Quorn Shop c1930
Carr's Boot and Shoe shop c1930. The shop was located on ......
781Florence Carr c1930
Florence Carr, who with her husband Edward, owned Carr's ......
782Wesleyan Boys' Life Brigade football team
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 4th June 1925 The ......
783Quorn Fancy Dress parade and dance 1919
Loughborough Herald - 22nd May 1919 On Saturday ......
784Boy of Ten becomes Squire of Quorn
Leicester Mercury - 26th October 1937. Mrs Catherine ......
785Death of George Francis Farnham - 1933
Leicester Evening Mail. January 9th 1933. Photograph ......
786Sponsored singing at Quorn Parish Church
Leicester Mercury - 27th April 1981. Fourteen year old ......
787Tiny pub fireplace
Illustrated Leicester Chronicle - 8th August 1931. A ......
788The King William the Fourth Pub, Quorn
Loughborough and Monitor and Herald - 10th August ......
789Quorn car crash
Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933. A motor car that ......
790Pamela Clarke 1933
Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933. The driver of a ......
791Quorn Friends of Markfield Bazaar
Loughborough Echo - 7th June 1974 Members of the small ......
792Quorn Lawn Tennis Club 1974
Loughborough Echo - 19th July 1974 Junior members of ......
793Quorn Cricket Club - winners of the Davis Cup 1974
Loughborough Echo - 2nd August 1974 Front row (left to ......
794Quorn Scouts 1955
Quorn Scouts at the Norfolk Summer Camp circa 1955. Also ......
795Quorn Scouts 1955
Quorn Scouts at the Norfolk Summer Camp circa 1955. Left ......
796Quorn Scouts 1955
Quorn Scouts at the Norfolk Summer Camp circa 1955. This ......
797Marriage of Miss Wright at Quorn 1925
17th September 1925 - Loughborough Monitor and ......
798Quorn UDC - Improving a dangerous corner
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September 1925 The ......
799Quorn Football Club 1974
23rd August 1974 - Loughborough Echo Quorn Football Club ......
800Harold Farley - a Quorn War Hero
Handwriting on the back of this photograph ......
801Quorndon Allotment Society
This group may be the Quorn Allotment Society and looks as ......
802New Scoreboard for Cricket Club 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 19th September 1969 OWZAT! - ......
803British Legion Fair 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 10th October 1969 The first photo ......
804Bull in the Hollow Public House
Loughborough Monitor and Herald. - unknown date ......
805St Bartholomew's School, Quorn c1890s
St Bartholomew's School, Quorn This photograph appeared ......
806Floods follow the thaw 1962
Loughborough Echo - January 12th 1962 Photograph 1 shows ......
807Quorn Baptist Church 1924
A photograph taken inside Quorn Baptist Church. The legend ......
808Quorn Baptist Church 1954
A photograph taken outside Quorn Baptist Church. The legend ......
809Mr Murray Rumsey
Loughborough Echo - 12th January 1945 Mr Murray Rumsey, ......
810Quorn Firm's Annual Dinner 1962
Loughborough Echo - 9th February 1962 Some of the guests ......
811Local Gale Damage 1962
Loughborough Echo - 16th February 1962 A tremendous gale ......
812Howlett's Bus Company
The photograph below shows a 14 seater Reo bus, which was ......
813The Gas Works
The Gas House or Works was constructed in 1853 by the River ......
814Jubilee celebrations of 1935 (King George V and Queen Mary)
The day started at 10.00am with jubilee mugs being ......
815Air Raid Precaution members c1944
Air Raid Precaution members wore the mixture of uniform and ......
81682nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
American paratroopers relaxing in Quorn c1944. ......
81782nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
Kit inspection at Quorn Camp on the Quorn House estate in ......
81882nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
A cheerful rollcall at the camp in front of the tented camp ......
819Quorn Hunt - The Huntsman's House c1910
The house is still in existence, on Huntsman's Close just ......
820Working at Cocklow Quarry c1907
In about 1812 a Mr Jackson discovered how to work hard ......
821Swithland Reservoir construction 1894-96
A small portion of Swithland reservoir lies within the ......
822The Blacksmiths on Meeting Street
The smithy was in the ownership of the Holmes family for ......
823Men working at Cocklow quarry c1910
See
824Wright's Mill
Michael Wright came to Quorn from Leicester in 1870 to ......
825The road from Barrow-upon-Soar to Quorn c1907
Barrow Bridge (in the distance) is the end of the parish ......
826The Dower House
Located in the centre of the village, The Dower House ......
827The Dower House
To the right of the building can be glimpsed the ......
828One Ash c1905
Photographed between 1905-1910, One Ash was built in the ......
829The Grange
Now a hotel on Wood Lane, the house was built in 1903 for ......
830Westfield House
Situated on Loughborough Road, near to the junction with ......
831Warners cottages on Soar Road
Cottages built for hunt workers on Soar Road by the Warner ......
832Station Road looking towards the village centre c1905
Station Road was known as Barrow Street at this time and on ......
833Loughborough Road c1906
Loughborough Road looking toward the village centre. The ......
834The Old Primary School
The original school was built in 1834-5 and known as the ......
835Quorn 'Cross' c1910
A fine photograph of the centre of the village showing the ......
836Leicester Road and Wright's Mill
A photograph taken in the early years of the twentieth ......
837Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club 1931
Bowling winners of the Hartopp Cup and the Mallinson Shield ......
838Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club
Quorn Mills Park Bowling Club opened in 1923. It was then ......
839Carr's Boot Shop c1930
The shop stood on the corner of Leicester Road, opposite ......
840Corner Shop in Barrow Road 1902
Now Hannah's Chocolates [2010]. ......
841Shops to the side of the White Horse pub c1950
This postcard shows Dockray's Fish and chip shop (1 Station ......
842Fish and Chip shop - Station Road
This shop was part of a row of shops which were attached to ......
843The Royal Oak 1896
The Royal Oak was originally several cottages. At one time ......
844The Pig and Whistle
The Pig and Whistle was originally a general shop which ......
845The Old Bull's Head
Located on the High Street and now subdivided into flats, ......
846King William IV Pub
An early photograph of the pub which was demolished in 1956. ......
847Leicester Road
This photograph was probably taken in the 1920s. The sign ......
848Early view of Woodhouse Road
Although this postcard is marked 'Station Road', it shows ......
849Meeting Street
Formerly known as Wood Street or Wood Gate, this photograph ......
850Floods on Station Road 1920s
Judging by the clothes, this photograph was taken in the ......
851The Floods of 1901
Extract from Parish Magazine, January 1901 The floods ......
852The Quorndon Records
Some extracts from early historical ......
854Decorated carts in Station Road
Judging by the hairstyles and clothing, this may have been ......
855Freehold Street
According to 'Bygone Quorn in Photographs' published in ......
856Gas works by 'The Brinks'
The gas works were demolished in 1966 and there is now a ......
857Cottages on Wood Lane
The cottages were built by Wrights for their workers in ......
858Blacksmith's Arms
The date of this photograph is unknown, probably ......
859Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
Celebrations on Stafford Orchard in 1897. The old primary ......
860The White Horse 1960s
Probably taken in the 1960s, this photograph shows how an ......
862Banks cottages
An early photograph of the Banks cottages, demolished in ......
863Banks cottages c1905
After the road widening and erection of safety railings ......
864Floods on Barrow Road
Taken in 1951, the slightly raised level (where the ......
865Welfare Clinic 1920
The clinic was held in the village hall. Here mothers and ......
866Quorn Cycle Club 1935
The club practised on a cinder track on Quorn Green (now ......
867Quorn Methodist Football Club 1940
In 1940 the team beat Leicester City 3-2 at Filbert Street ......
868Quorn Cricket Club
Founded in 1872, the first 'club' was on a field on ......
869Picture by W E Cooke, 1889
W E Cooke was a local artist who lived at Brook House ......
870Wright's Factory c1925
Girls standing at the end of their looms in the weaving ......
871Quorn Lodge
Quorn Lodge was situated on the A6, beyond One Ash, just ......
872Estate staff c1897
The staff of one of Quorn's great houses, Quorn Hall. ......
873The old Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, about 1905
The old Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on High Street was built ......
874Swithland Reservoir
5th July 1894 - the ceremony for the cutting of the "first ......
875Steam engine - Swithland Reservoir
One of the three triple expansion steam engines in the ......
876Royal Artillery Quorn 1939-1945
Winter Training 1940. Extracted from 'The History of the ......
877Plan of St Bartholomew's School, Quorn 1846
A very early plan of the primary school on School Lane. ......
878Corner of School Lane c1940s.
Mr Allen's cycle shop is to the right. Pratt's motor ......
879Quorn Hygienic Laundry in 1932.
Quorn Hygienic Laundry (steam laundry) in Barrow Road as it ......
880The War Memorial, Quorn
Newly erected after the first World War and unveiled in ......
881King William IV Pub
This popular picturesque pub, located outside what is now ......
882King William IV pub
Hephzibah Kinch (owner) and her daughters outside the King ......
883Boiler arriving at Wright's factory c1900
Boiler arriving at Wright's factory c1900 ......
884Dedication Ceremony 1952
Alderman Stenson at the dedication ceremony of the avenue ......
885School House, decorated for the coronation of Edward VII
This is the old school house decorated for coronation of ......
886Station Road c1900
The cottages on the right hand side have long gone. ......
887WW2 training exercise
American soldiers during training exercises in the Soar ......
888Quorn Hunt c1900
Members of the Hunt appear to be 'on show' at some event in ......
890Quorn Vicarage sale catalogue
Sale catalogue for the auction of vicarage furniture after ......
891Quorn Primary School Staff, early 1950s
Margaret Harvey (far left) was at the school from 1951- ......
892Quorn Primary School Staff c1950s
Margaret Harvey was at the school from 1951- 1956, her ......
893Quorn Primary School Christmas Party 1951 or 1952
Margaret Harvey was at the school from 1951- 1956, her ......
894Quorn Primary School class of top infants
Margaret Harvey was at the school from 1951- 1956, her ......
895Quorndon shop token
This is thrupeny token (approximately 1.5p) for 'General ......
896Quorn Angling Club Annual Meeting
Loughborough Monitor - 11th April 1975 Pictured with the ......
897First event on Stafford Orchard
History made at Quorn in 1957. History was made at Quorn ......
898Dog drags eiderdown from bed to raise fire alarm
10th January 1969 - Loughborough Monitor Dragging the ......
899Quorndon to Quorn - the Name Change
Derby Mercury - January 1890 In 1889 Mr George White, on ......
900Quorn Floods 1977
Loughborough Echo - 4th March 1977 Quorn Cross, which is ......
901Pte B Allen - Released in March 1945
Loughborough Echo - 27th April 1945 Gaily decorated ......
902Rose Cottage, Loughborough Road
Rose Cottage was a substantial house on Loughborough Road ......
903Quorn Stationmaster - presentation to Mr W Youle 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 15th September 1927 A ......
904Postcard of Quorn Terrace
This postcard was posted on 29th Aug 1905 and shows four ......
905Postcard of The Little Green
This postcard shows Quorn Hunt on 'The Little Green' before ......
906Quorn Court
Quorn Court is now 26 High Street and has been turned into ......
907Postcard of The Thatch
This card was posted in November 1904. This property was ......
908Postcard of Loughborough Road
This postcard was posted in 1906 and shows the left hand ......
909Soar Road, Santa Maria Bridge
This photograph was taken in the early 1900s and is thought ......
910One Ash, Quorn
One Ash is situated within the Parish of Quorn, although it ......
911Military Medal for Quorn Soldier
Loughborough Echo - 20th July 1945 The Military Medal ......
912Parish Council
Loughborough Monitor - 16th May 1969 Quorn Parish ......
913Disappointment for Quorn Bride
Loughborough Echo - 20th February 1942 Much sympathy is ......
914Quorn Young People's Fellowship 1962
Loughborough Echo - 9th March 1962 After a lapse of ......
915Quorn Branch of the Royal British Legion c1937
Members of Quorn Branch of the Royal British Legion attend ......
916Quorn Jubilee Queen 1977
Loughborough Monitor - 3rd June 1977 A competition was ......
917Geoff Kendall takes Quorn '180' trophy
Loughborough Monitor - 1st August 1969 Quorn ......
918The Hall on the Green, Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 15th March 1963 Efforts are to be ......
919Reminiscences of the Vicar, by Canon H H Rumsey
Loughborough Echo - 19th October 1934 25 years in Quorn ......
920Quorn Old Time Dance Club 1951
The dance photograph is of the Quorn Old Time Dance Club at ......
921Wright's Christmas Party
Loughborough Monitor - 26th December 1969. The lady on ......
922Theft from a Quorn Public House
Loughborough Herald - 21st May 1896. Petty Sessions: ......
924Quorn - a village divided over education
Up until the 1870s Quorn village was a quiet, reasonably ......
925Baptist Church Garden Party c1950
This picture was supplied by Bron Worsnip and shows a group ......
926Quorn Old Peoples Fellowship c1950
This photograph was supplied by Bron Worsnip: This is a ......
927Farnham Chapel Plaques and Memorials
The Farnham family lived in Quorn from about 1260 to the ......
928St. Bartholomew's Church - Interior Plaques and Memorials
The plaques etc are located working around the church ......
929Quorn Baptist Church c1952
This is a picture of the Quorn Baptist Church Sunday School ......
930Quorn Baptist Church Nativity Play c1952
Front row, L to R, Trevor Rodley, Tony Rodley and Bill ......
931Quorn Baptist Church Sunday School Outing c1952
Left to right: David Worsnip, (unknown), Christine Baum, ......
932Ron Gamble and Rev Leslie Worsnip c1952
This is a picture (left to right) of John Gamble the father ......
933Quorn Baptist Church Outing c1952
Front row - Left to right: Miss Edie Turlington, Mrs Julia ......
934Quorn Baptist Church Outing c1952
Left to right - Phyllis Worsnip and Leslie Worsnip. In the ......
935Quorn Baptist Church Nativity Play c1952
Back row, left to right Ian Aitken, Phillip Gamble and Bron ......
936Postcards - Their Place in Quorn's Local History
This article was written by Sue Templeman. It outlines the ......
937The Riley, Seal and Rumsey Families in Quorn
The chance acquisition of a postcard and a bit of detective ......
938St Bartholomew's Church - Leaflet
This leaflet was written by Sue Templeman to provide a ......
939The Farnham Chapel - Leaflet
The Farnham Chapel is a rarity as it is one of the few ......
940The Farnham Family Tree
The Farnhams came to Quorn in 1243 and despite leaving ......
941Quorn 1911 Census (ordered by surname)
Below is the Quorn 1911 census listed in order of ......
942Quorn 1911 Census (original order)
Below is the Quorn 1911 census listed in the order in which ......
1003Wooden Bowl from The Bull's Head, Quorn
This turned oak bowl was purchased from a Sue Ryder charity ......
1004Quorn Floods in 1939
Loughborough Echo - 27th January 1939 The recent snow ......
1005Quorn floods of 1882
Birmingham Daily Post - 6th June 1882 Floods in ......
1006Quorn and District floods of 1948
Loughborough Echo - 12th November 1948 SOAR VALLEY ......
1007Quorn flood of 1901
Extract from Parish Magazine - January 1901 The floods ......
1008John Cradock - obituary 1838
Derby Mercury - 8th August 1838 Brief Memoir of the late ......
1009Death of a Quorn resident - George Gartshore 1917
Loughborough Herald - 25th October 1917 Death of an old ......
1010An unjust sentence? - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 29th April 1915 Letter to the Editor ......
1011Quorn aids Belgian refugees - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 29th October 1914 Belgian refugees ......
1012Quorn residents warned - 1940
LOUGHBOROUGH ECHO -30TH AUGUST 1940 QUORN RESIDENTS AND ......
1013Quorn Man missing - 1941
Loughborough Echo -31st October 1941 Quorn man presumed ......
1014Quorn Camp closes - 1959
Loughborough Echo - 10th September 1959 Quorn Camp to be ......
1015Quorn widow's tragic death - 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 12th May 1927 Danger ......
1016Child Murder in Quorn Parish - 1833
Derby Mercury - 1st May 1833 An inquest was held on ......
1017Fire at the Manor House - 1940
Loughborough Echo - 26th January 1940 FIRE AT MANOR ......
1018Quorn employees in stocking trade strike - 1819
Leicester Chronicle - 17th August 1819 Stocking-making ......
1019Quorn soldier's experiences - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 24th September 1914 With the Royal ......
1020Missing woman found drowned - 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 6th 1927 Quorn ......
1021Plans for a pleasure park - 1948
Loughborough Echo - 30th April 1948 Quorn Man’s Venture ......
1022Quorn man has three sons serving - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 5th August 1915 Mr J Burton, a ......
1023Private S Davis - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 6th May 1915 Information had been ......
1024Betsy Cook v William Sutton 1896
Loughborough Herald - 30th April 1896 County Court - ......
1025Funeral of John Pick - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 4th May 1916 The funeral of Mr ......
1026Inquest - Selina Barnett 1897
Loughborough Herald - June 24th 1897 SINGULAR DEATH An ......
1027Plough Monday - an ancient Quorn custom
Loughborough Echo - 15th January 1960 Plough ......
1028Quorn boy helps prisoners of war - 1941
Loughborough Echo - 1st August 1941 Punch and Judy ......
1029News of Quorn prisoner of war - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 5th January 1945 News of Quorn ......
1030Quorn family's record - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 28th January 1915 The family of ......
1031Quorn casualties - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 17th October 1918 Local ......
1035Quorn hosiery industry and 'Webster's Whistle'
Until the early nineteenth century the hosiery industry was ......
1036Quorn Work's Outing - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - August 21st 1873 Treat for ......
1037Bancroft - Inquest 1964
Loughborough Monitor - 11th December 1964 Fire death – ......
1038Inquest - George Brewin 1914
Loughborough Herald - 12th February 1914 A Quorn ......
1039Quorn gardener's sudden death - 1910
Loughborough Monitor and News - 10th February ......
1040Quorn child killed - 1910
Loughborough Herald - February 10th 1910 Child ......
1041The affairs of Mr W E J B Farnham - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 18th May 1899 A Sad Story At ......
1042Lady Shelley's recollections of Hugo Meynell
Extract from the Diary of Frances Lady Shelley ......
1043Jack Payne - obituary 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 17th January 1969 Cobbler began ......
1044Charles Adams's funeral 1935
Loughborough Echo - 28th June 1935 The funeral of Mr ......
1045Death of Jack Emerson - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 16th February 1962 Death of Quorn ......
1046Quorn villagers making munitions - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 10th June 1915 Village helps with ......
1047Private Bonner - killed in action 1917
Loughborough Herald - 18th October 1917 Private E H ......
1048Quorn soldier killed in action - 1917
Loughborough Herald - August 30th 1917 Pte Louis Brewin, ......
1049Quorn sergeant killed - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 17th May 1917 Information had been ......
1050One Ash - a Victorian architectual wonder
Loughborough Monitor - 12th June 1953 On the road from ......
1051Hot cross bun - the oldest in Quorn?
Loughborough Echo - 12th April 1968 When Mrs Elsie ......
1052Ladies Darts Champions - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 12th September 1958 Quorn Ladies' ......
1053A peep into the past - 1936
Loughborough Echo - 11th December 1936 The granite ......
1054Parish Council warned - ‘River Soar may change course’ - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 10th April 1953 Parish Council ......
1055Raising funds for proposed church rooms - 1910
Loughborough Monitor and News - 30th June 1910 A summer ......
1056Experiences of Quorn airman in Penang
Loughborough Echo - 5th October 1945 L.A.C Clarence ......
1057Quorn soldiers meet in Holland - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 16th February 1945 Sapper Wilfred ......
1058Boating on the river Soar
Photograph of boating on the River Soar by Santa Maria ......
1059A Quorn beauty - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 20th September 1917 A Quorn Beauty ......
1060Jack Martin is the man with a whist record - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 1st May 1959 Jack Martin of 47 ......
1061Theft of ducks - 1873
A copy of this poster was found in Loughborough Library. ......
1062Flood of 1932
1932 must have been a bad year for flooding. We found ......
1063Flood of 1932
Although not of a good quality, Leicester Record Office has ......
1064Flood of 1932
This is one of three photographs found in the Leicester ......
1065Quorn Hall c1950s
The home of the Quorn Hunt until the early years of the ......
1066History of Quorn House from an article dated 1953
23rd October 1953 – Loughborough Monitor As long ago as ......
1067Mary Ackroyd - inquest 1899
Loughborough Herald - 16th November 1899 Fatal fall ......
1068Quorn British Legion Fete - 1957
Loughborough Monitor - 21st June 1957 The Quorn branch ......
1069Friends of Markfield - 1968
23rd August 1968 – Loughborough Echo The picture ......
1070Shops next to the White Horse on Station Road - 1963
This photograph was found in the Leicester records office. ......
1071Headmaster retires - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 19th February 1971 This was the ......
1072Death of primary school teacher - 1964
Loughborough Monitor - 24th January 1964 Dog’s ......
1073Extracts from Quorn National School log book (juniors/seniors) 1874-98
School log books are an invaluable source of local history ......
1074Early photograph of primary school children c1900
The schoolmistress in this photograph is Miss Isabella ......
1075Heavy flooding in the Loughborough District - 1960
Loughborough Echo - 9th December 1960 At Quorn on ......
1077Bastardy Records, 1817 to 1836
The Overseers of the Poor kept records of children born to ......
1078Quorn Bowls Club - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 2nd November 1962 Quorn Mills Park ......
1079Quorn Parish Council and the Black-out - 1940
Loughborough Echo - 19th January 1940 Taking ......
1080Couple celebrate Diamond Wedding - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 12th October 1945 Mr and Mrs G ......
1081Local cinema pioneer married - 1959
Loughborough Echo - 8th May 1959 Sixty-nine year old Mr ......
1082Death of Mr Tommy Gartshore of Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 17th March 1972 Mr Thomas (Tommy) ......
1083Death of ex-policeman who was escort to the Mayors for 24 years
Loughborough Monitor - 2nd January 1959 First world war ......
1084Captain Harold Wright
Captain Harold Wright’s military funeral procession on High ......
1085Building the railway through Quorn c1895
Workers constructing the Great Central railway through Quorn ......
1086Train timetable - 1899
An example of a Great Centrail Railway timetable from 1899 ......
1087Building the railway through Quorn c1895
The Great Central line through Quorn under construction ......
1088The Woodhouse Lane fatality - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd December 1925 A ......
1089Death at Gasworks in Quorn - 1858
Liverpool Mercury - 5th March 1858 Death at ......
1090Man’s death ‘accidental’ - 1964
Loughborough Monitor - 21st February 1964 A ......
1091Sale of White Lodge, Quorn - 1968
Loughborough Monitor - 19th July 1968 The White Lodge, ......
1092Fire at the White Hart - 1782
Morning Herald - December 1782 We are fortunate to have ......
1094Quorn Allotment Society - annual meeting 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 15th 1925 ......
1095British Legion presentation to Arthur Staines - 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 8th October 1976 There was a ......
1096Quorn White Cross Football Club
Very little is known about this Club. The photographer is ......
1098Portrait of Charles Farnham
This is a Victorian oil painting framed behind glass. The ......
1099Quorn Golden Wedding - Mr and Mrs J T S Caunt
Loughborough Echo - 26th January 1968 A couple who have ......
1100Presentation to Mr Tom Dexter, of Quorn - 1957
Loughborough Monitor - November 1st 1957 There was an ......
1101Quorn Ostler's fatal fall - death from lockjaw 1900
Loughborough Herald - 15th November 1900 An inquest was ......
1102Buddon quarry - 1964
A photograph of the spoil heap probably taken from Wood ......
1103Parish Council meeting - January 1941
Loughborough Echo - 17th January 1941 A Quorn problem – ......
1104Queer happenings at Quorn students’ party 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 13th November 1953 The ......
1105Building a new school for Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 5th January 1973 The ......
1106New headmaster for Quorn Grammar School - 1941
Mr Alan Dalton Murray, BA., BSc., was appointed to succeed ......
1107Prisoners of War refused worship in parish church - 1946
Here is an interesting series of newspaper articles showing ......
1108A Quorn beauty - Miss S A Gamble.
Loughborough Herald - 2nd August 1917 When this picture ......
1109Poachers attack gamekeepers in Quorn House Park - 1882
Loughborough Advertiser - 27th July 1882 A serious ......
1110The alleged assault upon a police constable - 1872
Loughborough Advertiser - 9th May 1872 The alleged ......
1111£125 raised by Quorn Gala - 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 13th June 1969 Quorn Friends of ......
1112A history of Quorn Wakes (as written in September 1935)
The old village green at Quorn, where the War Memorial now ......
1113Quorn Soldier Wounded - 1944
Loughborough Echo - 2nd June 1944 Mr and Mrs Hall, of 5 ......
1114Corporal Pash in the Far East
Loughborough Echo - 27th November 1942 Corporal George ......
1115Private Holders served in Crete - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 10th April 1942 Pte. Joseph Holders, ......
1116A Quorn Airman in America - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 4th September 1942 Experiences and ......
1117Quorn House stables 1957
Fine horses exercising occasionally in the adjoining ......
11181921 Map
Portion of map showing the centre of the village. ......
1119Death of Miss Lucy Facer - Distinguished public service
Loughborough Echo - 20th October 1972 The death of ......
1120WW1 Letters from the front - The Quorn Men, May 1915
Letters from the front - The Quorn Men Leicester Journal – ......
1121Bunney - a fine record - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 23rd November 1916 Mr and Mrs E ......
1122Fancy dress parade - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 31st August 1916 A fancy dress ......
1123V.T.C. walking contest - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 3rd August 1916 V.T.C. walking ......
1124Quorn man killed
Loughborough Herald - 24th October 1918 Pte. W H ......
1125Quorn man killed
Loughborough Herald - 24th October 1918 Pte. E B ......
1126Quorn man killed
Loughborough Herald - 27th June 1918 L-Cpl A W ......
1127Quorn man reported missing - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 6th March 1942 Private Harold ......
1128Rex Bloore - Business boom after trial in village shop
Loughborough Monitor - 16th April 1971 Seven years ago a ......
1129County Court Facer v Marriott - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 12th September 1918 A Composite ......
1130Burning an effigy - 1867
Derby Mercury - 10th July 1867 Petty Sessions, July 8th ......
1131Brawl ends in court appearance - 1870
Derby Mercury - 5th January 1870 Petty Session, Dec 28. ......
1132A soldier's outburst - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 24th October 1918 Exciting scene ......
1133History of Quorn Hall
A History of The Nether Hall (Quorn Hall) - source and ......
1134Quorn Hall 1954
A photograph of Quorn from 1954. At this time it was owned ......
1135Coronation Plans - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1953 Will they leave ......
1136Opening of the village hall
Poster advertising the opening of the village hall in 1889. ......
1137Village Hall as wartime canteen - 1941
Loughborough Echo - 3rd January 1941 The village hall, ......
1138Death of Mrs Foord-Kelcey - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 12th February 1914 The Late Mrs ......
1139Gamble Golden Wedding - 1976
Loughborough Monitor - 18th June 1976 Everything in the ......
1140George Haynes at 92yrs old - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 12th April 1935 92 years old Mr ......
1141Death of Mr W H Inglesant - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 5th January 1934 Death of Mr W H ......
1142Jack Towell - 60 years at Wright's
Loughborough Monitor - 6th May 1977 After 60 years at ......
1143Waterlogged allotments at Quorn - 1957
Loughborough Echo - April 12th 1957 Mr S Hallam presided ......
1144Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society -
Loughborough Echo - 2nd February 1962 This comedy of the ......
1145Quorn Angling Society annual supper 1899
Loughborough Herald - 1st June 1899 The annual supper ......
1146Quorn Mills Park Ladies' Bowling Club - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 29th June 1962 On Wednesday of last ......
1147Quorn Fete in aid of British Legion - 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 21st August 1947 A garden fete, ......
1148Quorn Young People's Fellowship Revue - 1962
Loughborough Monitor - 9th March 1962 After a lapse of ......
1149History of Quorn Cricket Club - 1934
Quorn United Cricket Club, 1899 The photograph ......
1150Quorn Charities Darts - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 22nd June 1962 The Royal Oak beat ......
1151Quorn wins Billy Williamson Memorial Trophy - 1972
Loughborough Monitor - 12th May 1972 Quorn 4, Midland ......
1152Quorn 'Friends' £1,466 gifts in seven years - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 20th March 1959 Quorn's interest ......
1153History of Quorn Oddfellows - 1934
Oddfellows' Centenary at Quorn - Loyal Blooming Rose ......
1154Oddfellows advertisement from 1988
In 1988 Jack Field was secretary to the association. He was ......
1155Quorn Scouts celebrate - 1957
Loughborough Monitor - February 15th 1957 The jubilee of ......
1156Advertisement - 1934
One of three adverts from 1934 - Can anyone remember this ......
1157Advertisement - 1934
One of three adverts from 1934. Can anyone remember ......
1158Advertisement - 1934
George Cecil White (known as Cecil) was the son of George ......
1159Messrs M Wright and Sons Ltd - £1,600 towards a “Spitfire”
Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1941 Letter from Lord ......
1160Wright's factory advertisement from 1936
A advert for young girls to learn weaving, winding and ......
1161County Court - Farnham v Peel 1890
Birmingham Daily Post - 13th August 1890 Breach of ......
1162County Court - Howlett v Priestley 1928
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 22nd December ......
1163Child's death from burns - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 22nd May 1919 On Wednesday ......
1164Fanny Egan inquest - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 2nd March 1899 An inquest was ......
1165Composer dies at Hastings House - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 25th January 1963 One of the ......
1166The mystery of Betsy Greer - 1915-1916
The following newspaper transcriptions cover the period ......
1167Lifelong sportsman looks back on 50 years of marriage.
Loughborough Monitor - 18th September 1975 Well known ......
1168Death of Mr Joseph Camm, of Quorn - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 3rd December 1896 On Monday ......
1169When cows meet in the street - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 4th May 1934 Two herds of cows were ......
1170Quorn Wedding - Chambers-Stubley 1934
Loughborough Echo - 6th July 1934 The wedding took place ......
1171Quorn Place, High Street, Quorndon, Leicestershire 1886
Interior of the billiard room at Quorn Place. The Bedford ......
1172Quorn Place, High Street, Quorndon, Leicestershire 1886
Interior of the tea room at Quorn Place, showing the ......
1173Quorn inn gets a face-lift 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 13th December 1963 A £15,000 ......
1174Death of Mr W S Swinfield of Quorn - 1968
Loughborough Echo - 29th November 1968 The death ......
1175A story about the village (or Swine) green from 1726.
This article was written by the Reverend Foord Kelcey in ......
1176Farewell to Rev Everett - 1974
Loughborough Echo - 22nd March 1974 On Monday evening a ......
1177New Vicar of Quorn - The Rev S A Jackson 1957
Loughborough Echo - 1st November 1957 The Rev S A ......
1178Honour for a Quorn Yeoman 1915
Loughborough Herald - 15th July 1915 Official intimation ......
1179Sudden death at Quorn - 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - July 30th 1874 On Thursday ......
1180Quorn Quarrymen charged with assault - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - January 2nd 1873 Before E ......
1181Quorn Theft case dismissed - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - June 26th 1873 Martha Bent, a ......
1182Interior of Quorn Hall - 1901
Interior of the drawing room, with the window to the left ......
1183Quorn Urban District Council - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 9th February 1899 Medical ......
1184Accidents at Quorn - Wood Lane and Leicester Road
Loughborough Echo - 23rd August 1935 Coming from ......
1185Quorn Court - front
Quorn Court was for many years from the mid c19th the home ......
1186Quorn Court - rear
Quorn Court was for many years from the mid c19th the home ......
1187Death of Mr Solomon Darker - 1916
Loughborough Monitor - 9th November 1916 Mr Solomon ......
1188Victory Effort by Quorn British Legion - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 20th July 1945 The Quorn and ......
1189Rawlins fete - July 1964
This picture of Rawlins fete in 1964, sat on the museum ......
1190War Tribunal - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 19th March 1917 (Tribunals were ......
1191Proposed communal kitchen at Quorn - scheme rejected - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 28th February 1918 In connection ......
1192Rawlins 1899
An advertisement for the school from 1899. ......
1193School Alterations to Quorn Primary School - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd September 1925 ......
1194Jubilee Concert - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 13th May 1977 The village hall was ......
1195Local Board - 1864
Minutes of the Quorndon Local Board - 1st August ......
1196Local Board - 1865
Quorndon Local Board At an adjourned meeting of the ......
1197Company bids for Quorn Country Club shares - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 4th October 1963 Rexall drug and ......
1198The Manor House - 1935
An advert for the Manor House Hotel from 1935 ......
1199Mr Walter Jacques MA and Miss E Braley - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 17th April 1942 The wedding of Miss ......
12001946 Picture Post Article - Quorn Rawlins School Trip to the North of Scotland
This article was written by Fyfe Robertson and appeared in ......
1201Quorn Cricket Club - Tea Room for Pavilion 1934
Loughborough Echo - 31st August 1934 Some few years ago ......
1202House at Swithland Reservoir - 11th Sept 1896
Exterior view of the house at Swithland Reservoir Water ......
1203Pumping House and Well House Swithland Reservoir - 11th Sept 1896
Interior view of the Pumping House at Swithland Water ......
1204Portrait of Hugo Meynell - 1758
Hugo Meynell bought Quorn Hall in 1753 from Justinian ......
1205Death of Mr Edmund Renals - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 2nd January 1919 We regret to ......
1206The Sanders story by Elizabeth Thompson (nee Sanders)
As far as I can learn the name of Sanders was introduced ......
1207Quorn soldier killed - 1944
Loughborough Herald - 17th November 1944 Mrs Mary ......
1208Taken prisoner but escaped - adventure of Quorn soldier
Loughborough Herald - 14th January 1944 Pte. Ted Walker, ......
1209Quorn Council and brook to be cleaned - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 17th August 1934 A meeting of the ......
1210Extracts from Quorn National Schools' Log Books (Infants) 1863-1954
Extracts from Quorn National Schools' Log Books ......
1211Corner of Barrow Road and Farnham Street – then and now
These photographs were taken on the corner of Barrow Road ......
1212Leicester Road near School Lane – then and now
Leicester Road looking towards the Cross with the end of ......
1213Quorn Terrace, Leicester Road – then and now
These four houses are ‘Quorn Terrace’ on Leicester Road, ......
1214Leicester Road, Early 1900s and 2011
Leicester Road looking down from the Cross. The early ......
1215The Old Vicarage – then and now
The older photograph shows Quorn vicarage in about 1904. ......
1216Thatched Cottage, Station Road – 1904 and 2011
This thatched building is situated on Station Road and the ......
1217Meynell Road – then and now
These cottages were built for hunt workers on Meynell Road ......
1218Quorn Tug of War - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 15th October 1971 Quorn ......
1219US 82nd Airborne Division - The veterans visit Quorn
The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd ......
1220Quorn Man wins £7,214 - 1948
Loughborough Echo - 27th August 1948 A reward for ......
1221In praise of the village school - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 27th March 1959 Sir, Some ......
1222Ballet Honours for the girls of St Bart's
Loughborough Monitor - 11th July 1975 Ballet Honours for ......
1223Quorn Angling Society
Loughborough Echo - 11th April 1958 At the first annual ......
1225Advertisement - 1959
This is one of a series of adverts from 1959. The Hurst ......
1226Speaker possessed by Red Indian Chief - 1874
Loughborough Advertiser - January 15th 1874 An oration ......
1228Quorndon Parish Council, monthly meeting April 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963 Quorn Parish ......
1229Old People's Fellowship - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 15th October 1971 Stallholder Mrs ......
1230Sydney the postman - a lie-in at last
Loughborough Monitor - 22nd October 1971 These days ......
1231Russ Dairies
Russ’s dairy was the larger of at least two dairies based ......
1232St Bartholomew's Parish Registers, Marriages 1576 to 1836
Quorn St Bartholomew's Parish Records start in 1576, ......
1233Quorn Voters in County Poll December 1719
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
1234Quorn Voters in Poll March 1741
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
1235Quorn Voters in Poll January 1775
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
1236Quorn Voters in Poll January 1830
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
1237Quorn Voters in Poll January 1832
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
1238Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for 1828-9 – Quorndon entries
“Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for 1828-9 Comprising ......
1239Frameworking Knitting in Quorn
This mechanised form of knitting started in the 1600s. By ......
12406 Loughborough Road - Quorn Vicarage from 1945 to 2010
Prior to 1945, Quorn Vicarage was a substantial house in ......
1241The Old Lock-up - then and now
The old lock up was built on the village green in the early ......
1242Loughborough Road, Quorn - then and now
This is a view of the right-hand side of Loughborough Road, ......
1243Floods in the Early 1980s
Despite flood prevention measures, prolonged heavy rain in ......
1244Wood Lane - then and now
These cottages were built by Wrights elastic webbing ......
1245Floods in the Early 1980s
This photograph shows Ruth Iley from Farnham Street (in her ......
1247Life goes on during the floods
This photograph is taken looking up Station Road towards ......
1248Quorn Place/ the Bull’s Head/ the Quorndon Fox - then and now
This substantial property on High Street, Quorn was a ......
1249Freehold Street - then and now
These photographs were taken looking down Freehold Street ......
1250Station Road shops - then and now
The older photograph was probably taken in the 1940s. The ......
125160 Station Road/The Pig and Whistle Pub - then and now
The Pig and Whistle was a popular pub in Quorn, especially ......
1252Station Road and the White Horse – then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1950s and many ......
1253Interior of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Parish Church – 1905 and 2011
Our forebears from 100 hundred years ago would certainly ......
1254Soar Road - then and now
The older photograph was taken in the early 1900s . The ......
1255Chaveney Road – then and now, 1919 and 2011
This view of Chaveney Road is looking from the Meeting ......
1256High Street shops - then and now
These photographs are taken looking from the direction of ......
1257Loughborough Road, Quorn – then and now
This is Loughborough Road, looking from Quorn towards ......
1258Barrow Road, Hillyard Cottages - then and now
This is the left-hand side of Barrow Road looking from ......
1259Soar Road – then and now
The older photograph was taken in the early 1900s, the ......
1260Barrow Road, Kirbell Cottages – then and now
This is the bottom, right-hand side of Barrow Road looking ......
1261Methodist Church, High Street – then and now
The building seems to have changed very little, but inside ......
1262Corner of School Lane and Leicester Road – then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1940s. Mr Allen's ......
1263The Manor House Pub, Woodhouse Road – then and now
The Manor House Hotel dates from 1899, shortly after the ......
1264The Baptist Chapel – then and now
The original part of the church was built in 1770. This ......
1265The White House, Meeting Street – then and now
The White House (101 Meeting Street) is one of the oldest ......
1266Royal Oak, corner of Meeting Street and High Street – then and now
The older photograph is one of the oldest on the museum ......
1267Woodlands, Chaveney Road – then and now
These two very large semi detached houses were built in ......
1268Leicester Road – then and now
This view is taken looking from the cross, down Leicester ......
1269Chaveney Road – then and now
The two large semi detached houses on the left were called ......
1270Correspondence from Thomas Towle to Lucy Facer 1968.
Dear Lucy I see by this mornings paper a record of ......
1271Quorn yeoman wounded 1902
This snippet from the Loughborough Herald dated 23rd ......
1272Police Court - A well-deserved sentence. - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 11th May 1893 William Thompson, ......
1273Police Court – Charges against a Quorn Landlord. 1893
Loughborough Herald - 12th October 1893 Alfred Sault, ......
1274Advertisement - 1959
One of a series of adverts from 1959. Hall's grocery shop ......
1275Rawlins becomes a girls' school - 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 9th October 1947 Quorn Grammar ......
1276Recollections of Quorn – John Rudkin
John was born in Quorn at 44 Barrow Road (next to Harry ......
1277Quorn man in accident - wire snaps at quarry - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 4th January 1935 Mr James Stockwell, ......
1278The hunt is on for Rufus the pet fox - 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 24th January 1975 Rufus, the hand ......
1279A Quorn Complaint - state of Freehold Street. 1934
Loughborough Echo - 9th November 1934 Criticism by ......
1280Quorn Court - article from 1953
4th December 1953 – Loughborough Monitor Quorn Court – ......
1281Quorn firm's dinner-dance - 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 11th December 1959 Employees of ......
1282Wood Lane garage - 1964
Advertisement from 1964. The Wood Lane garage was ......
1283Rev Robert Stammers
The Reverend Robert Stammers MA was the Vicar of Quorn for ......
1284Rev R C Faithfull MA
The Reverend Robert Colquhoun Faithfull was the Vicar of ......
1285Rev W E Pilling
The Reverend William Edward (Teddy) Pilling was the Vicar ......
1286Rev F H Allen MA BD
The Reverend Frank H Allen was the Vicar of Quorn for three ......
1287Rev S A Jackson MA
The Reverend Stephen Jackson was the Vicar of Quorn from ......
1288Rev R N Everett
The Reverend Robin Everett was the Vicar of Quorn for 8 ......
1289Rev E Foord-Kelcey
The Reverend Edward Foord-Kelcey was born in Smeeth, Kent. ......
1290All-night lighting at Quorn - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 9th May 1958 Quorn is on the verge ......
1291Big catch in Quorn Brook - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 23rd May 1958 Eleven years old ......
1292Quorn Charities Darts League - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 26th April 1963 The finalists and ......
1293Concert in Village Hall - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 11th October 1963 Some of the ......
1294St Bartholomew's primary school c1896
The information we have on this photograph is that it ......
1295A WW1 postcard sent to Flos Boyer in Quorn
In the early 1900s people used postcards like we use the ......
1296Boy Scouts' Narrow Escape - camp flooded in early morning hours.
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - August 10th 1922 The ......
1297Death of Mr J. A. Hayward. 1922
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - January 19th ......
1298Soar Road - 1930
Loughborough Echo - 18th July 1930 ......
1299Death of Quorn Worthy - Mr W H Fewkes
Loughborough Echo - 25th July 1930 The death occurred on ......
1300Bus smash near Loughborough - remarkable escapes. 1930
Loughborough Echo - 31st October 1930 There were some ......
1301Quorn Conservative harvest supper -1960
Loughborough Monitor - 7th October 1960 Guests at a ......
1302Mr George Farnham - 1961
From the Leicester Graphic September issue Head of one ......
1303Hubert Woodward Looks Back
Leicester Graphic 1973 This fascinating article appeared ......
1304Local girl starts own Mission Church - started preaching at 16
A Venture of Faith Loughborough Echo 12th October ......
1305Sqd.-Ldr L. Wright believed killed - Well known local flying officer
Loughborough Echo 14th May 1943 After being reported ......
1306A fine record - Five Quorn brothers serving
Loughborough Echo 14th May 1943 Mrs. Pike, of 7 Meynell ......
1307Quorn soldier missing
Loughborough Echo 16th April 1943 Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen, ......
1308Quorn soldier prisoner of war
Loughborough Echo 4th June 1943 Mrs. Harris, of 4, ......
1309Local Scouts camp at Quorn
Loughborough Echo 21st May 1943 Last Saturday morning ......
1310Golden wedding at Quorn - Mr and Mrs Thomas Whitby
Loughborough Echo 6th March 1936 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ......
1311Men who matter - Mr Murray Rumsey of Quorn
Loughborough Echo 9th December 1938 Mr. Rumsey’s natural ......
1312Quorn Parish Council
Loughborough Echo 4th December 1936 The monthly meeting ......
1313Quorn News - Loughborough Echo
Loughborough Echo 2nd November 1945 C.H. Teagle, Chimney ......
1314Quorn man home from prison camp
Loughborough Echo 2nd November 1945 Victoria Street, ......
1315A hundred years ago - view of Quorndon Hall, Leicestershire
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO This article comes from Baily’s ......
1316Met in Southern India
Loughborough Echo 9th November 1945 Flight Sergeant Vic ......
1317Death of John Saunders in Canada
Loughborough Echo 12th October 1945 Referring to the ......
1318Funeral of Quorn signalman
Loughborough Echo 12th October 1945 Mr. Herbert S. ......
1319Quorn airman in India
Loughborough Echo 30th July 1943 Sergt. Victor Orton, ......
1320Sqd.-Ldr. Leonard Wright reported missing - Former ADC to British Embassy in Egypt
Loughborough Echo 16th April, 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Wright, ......
1321Quorn Airman Missing - Fl. Sgt. Peter Dean
Loughborough Echo - 25th September 1942 Mr and Mrs Dean, ......
1323Quorn Sailor
Loughborough Echo 6th March 1942 Mr. and Mrs. Walter ......
1324Serving on H.M.S. “Renown”
Loughborough Echo 6th March 1942 One of the 14 ......
1325Quorn Warship Week
Loughborough Echo 27th February 1942 Children at a fancy ......
1326Quorn Warship Week
Loughborough Echo 20th February 1942 A group taken at ......
1327L/Cpl. R Cochrane and Miss B. Gamble
Loughborough Echo 18th December 1942 At the Baptist ......
1329Picturesque local inn to go - Road widening scheme
Loughborough Echo 7th January 1938 One of ......
1330William Parkinson of Quorn - A staunch Baptist, 44 years a ruling Elder
Loughborough Echo 14th January 1938 How He Was ......
1331Quorn takes Loughboro gas - Mayor starts supply - An important event
Loughborough Echo 28th January 1938 An important event ......
1332Turning on gas for Quorn
Loughborough Echo 4th February 1938 The Mayor of ......
1333The Quorn by-pass
Loughborough Echo 4th February 1938 The proposal to ......
1334Substantial price reduction - Interview with gas engineer
Loughborough Echo 18th February 1938 The purchase of the ......
1335Loughborough College purchase Quorn Hall - to be used as hostel, residence of famous hunting men
Loughborough Echo 18th February 1938 A Ghost Story ......
1336America wants
Loughborough Echo 25th February 1938 The Famous ......
1337Local will - Mrs Catherine Farnham of Quorn
Loughborough Echo 25th February 1938 Mrs. Catherine ......
1338Quornians in Canada
Loughborough Echo 4th March 1938 Mr and Mrs. Clarke, ......
1339Four generations at Quorn - The Kinch family
Loughborough Echo 29th April 1938 An interesting family ......
1340Death of Mr James of Quorn - Water bailiff for 30 years
Loughborough Echo 29th April 1938 Mr. William James, ......
1341Duckling with four legs
Loughborough Echo 1st July 1938 Mr. Mills Bailey, of ......
1342Adventure of Quorn man in Spain - Arrested by frontier guards - Hunger strike in prison
Loughborough Echo 18th November 1938 An interesting ......
1343Sequel to fall from bus - Inquest on Quorn woman - An unfortunate accident
Loughborough Echo 18th November 1938 After lying ......
1344Farnham Memorial Hall at Quorn - Addition to Rawlins School - Gift of late Mr George Farnham
Loughborough Echo 25th November 1938 The opening of the ......
1345Assault Charges, March 1930
Loughborough Echo - 7th March 1930 Percy Botwright, ......
1346Pig roasting attracted 300
Loughborough Monitor - 8th July 1960 Pig-roasting at a ......
1347Flood 1960
Station Road under water in December 1960 ......
1348Professor D. C. Freshwater
Leicester Graphic - February 1973 Professor Freshwater ......
1349Murder most foul - 1885
Birmingham Daily Post - 19th August 1885 Murder most ......
1350Taking rooks - 1830
Derby Mercury - 5th May 1830 Taking Rooks Thursday, two ......
1351Theft of maypole - 1772
This very old article in the Derby Mercury comes from a ......
1352News from Quorn officer - 1941
28th November 1941 – Loughborough Echo Lt. Arthur ......
1353Leicester Road - then and now
The older photograph shows a parade on Leicester road in ......
1354Sale of Farnham land and property 1892
The poster below from 1892 is advertising a unique sale of ......
135582nd Airborne at Quorn Camp 1944
Kit inspection at Quorn Camp on the Quorn House estate in ......
1356Quorn National Fire Service
The Quorn National Fire Service pictured outside The White ......
1357Jack Payne
Jack (John William) Payne was born in Quorn in 1880, the ......
1358John Disney, boot and shoe maker, The Banks, Quorn
John Disney was born in 1870, his parents being John and ......
1359Map of Quorn, 1950s
This map was originally 2.5 inches to the mile. The team ......
1360Quorn, Mountsorrel, Rothley Bypass Options
This document was used to set out the two options for the ......
1361Prior’s Map 1779
John Prior was born in 1729 in Swithland, son of the ......
1362Cottages – Wood Lane, Quorn
This postcard was posted in 1905 and is entitled ‘Wood ......
1363Quorn Fire Service - The Town Fire Engine in 1862
These notes were provided by Don Wix. They were gathered as ......
1364Quorn 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 ......
1365Quorn's Carnival Week For The Hospitals - 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 17th July 1947 An intensive week ......
1366Jubilee celebrations - animated scenes - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 10th May 1935 Jubilee celebrations - ......
1367Chiropodist Advertisement 1948
This was probably a home-based business. Anthony Cove ......
1368A child fatally scalded
Loughborough Herald - 2nd March 1899 A child fatally ......
1369An excise offence - 1898
Loughborough Herald - January 27th 1898 Wednesday – ......
1370Obscene Language at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 22nd October 1896 Charles Marden, ......
1371Rawlins Grammar School Sports - 1958
Loughborough Echo - May 23rd 1958 Gillian Hardman ......
1372T R Potter - Walks around Loughborough 1840
Quorndon Had once the reputation of being the most ......
1373T R Potter - Rambles around Loughborough 1868
Quorn "Where is the village half such charms adorn As ......
1375Quorn Silver Jubilee Celebrations Poster 1977
This poster lists all the celebrations and events that were ......
1376Quorndon Association for the Prosecution of Felons
During the 1700s, there was no police force and it was ......
1377Village Hall Ball Ticket 1906
From this ticket, it sounds as if the Village Hall ball was ......
1378Poster for the sale of 'Quorn Cottage' - 1880
This is a poster for the sale of a large house called ......
1379Proposed housing development next to the Churchyard
The date of this plan is not certain, but it would appear ......
1380Quorn United F.C
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 22nd May 1922 ......
1381A presentation by Murray Rumsey to Miss Good at the Bull's Head
This photograph looks as if it was taken in the 1950s. It ......
1382Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent arriving at Quorn House
During the Second World war, Quorn House on Meeting Street ......
1383Christmas Card showing Wood Lane
This photograph was sent as a Christmas card in 1902, to ......
1384Harold Farley 1907 to 1982
The name of Harold Farley is mentioned everyday in Quorn as ......
1385Number 85 Meeting Street – Fanny Clarke’s Shop
As you walk down Meeting Street, you pass an unassuming ......
1386William Teagle in Barrow Road
This photograph was taken in the very early 1900s (before ......
1387Quorn Parish Church - Baptism Roll Letters, 1922 to 1941
Baptism letters were sent out to record the birth dates and ......
1388Quorn House Cricket Club - book of appreciation given to William Farnham in 1888
One of Quorn’s most significant characters in the 1880s and ......
1389Embroidery Sampler - Elizabeth Mansfield, Quorndon, 1796
This delicate sampler measuring 16 inches by 16 inches, was ......
1390Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 15th April 1960 Members of Quorn ......
1391Tankard for Quorn Founder
Loughborough Monitor - 17th June 1960 Octogenarian and ......
1392Golden Wedding anniversary - 1922
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - April 27th 1922 Mr and ......
1393Aerial view of Stafford Orchard c1950
A somewhat fuzzy but interesting view of Stafford Orchard ......
1394Quorn land is 'unsuitable' for housing, say planners - 1960
Here are an interesting couple of newspaper articles ......
1395Quorn Mills Park Ladies' Bowling Club - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 11th April 1958 The opening day of ......
1396High Street Advert from 1959
An advertisment for Aylward and Son, television engineers. ......
1397Death of Mr Aubrey Gamble of Quorn
4th October 1974 - Loughborough Echo Death of Mr A P ......
1398Quorn driver missing - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 27th March 1942 Driver Dick Bumpus, ......
1399Gunner Hammond safe - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 4th September 1942 Gunner J Hammond, ......
1400Private Haywood - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 11th September 1942 Pte. P J Haywood ......
1402Theft at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Monitor and Herald Ann Keyte, widow, of no ......
1403Tell-tale letters - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 12th June 1919 Thomas William ......
1404Hearse/Bier made by Joseph Hand on Freehold Street – More information needed!
Quorn Village On-line Museum has been approached about the ......
1405Children join county orchestra - 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 11th July 1969 There was a ......
1406Lounge of the Old Bull's Head - 1955
From The Leicester Graphic 1955 a photo of the bar and ......
1407Petty Sessions. Quorn man steals - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 28th February 1918 Walter ......
1408Buddon Wood burns for three days - wildlife losses feared.
Loughborough Echo - 16th July 1976 Local firemen tackled ......
1409Ninety years old and cultivates 1,000 square yards of garden.
Loughborough Echo - 17th August 1945 Fine record of ......
1410Quorn man killed on railway track - failed to hear workmate's warning
Loughborough Echo - 19th September 1958 A 71 years old ......
1411Inn to be sold at auction - 1828
This classified advert from 1828 offers us an insight as to ......
1412Dramatic entertainment - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 22nd January 1914 Amateur dramatic ......
1413Quorn Angling Society - 1872
Loughborough Advertiser - 24th October 1872 A special ......
1414Quorn British Legion fete - 1962
Loughborough Echo - 29th June 1962 The annual effort ......
1415Sunday School Clothing Club - 1877
Loughborough Advertiser - November 15th 1877 The annual ......
1416Quorn Conservative harvest supper - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - 7th October 1960 Guests at a ......
1417Quorn Excelsior Football Club - 1904-5
The caption reads: "Quorn Excelsior Football Club display ......
1418Quorndon and Neighbourhood Horticultural Society - 1874
A report on the annual show, curiously dismissive of what ......
1419Depravity through drink - 1873
Loughborough Advertiser - October 9th 1873 ......
1420Advertisement - 1959
An advert for Robertshaw wool shop. This was the ......
1421Opening of Fish & Chip shop - 1968
12th January 1968 – Loughborough Echo Quorn Fish and ......
1422Baptist Bazaar at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 9th November 1899 A two days’ ......
1423Quorn Methodist Christmas Fair - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 4th December 1953 Quorn ......
1424Alleged attempted suicide at Quorn - 1897
A very sad tale - resulting in a custodial ......
1425Vehicle accident near Loughborough - 1897
Lougborough Herald - 10th June 1897 A serious accident ......
1426Quorn by-pass stops business and housing plans inquiry told - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - December 9th 1960 Uncertainty ......
1427The Library at Quorn House - 1956
At this time Quorn House was owned by Mr George Farnham and ......
1428The Dining Room at Quorn House - 1956
A room crowded with historical interest. Round the one ......
14291961 Friends of Markfield Parade at Quorn on the Green
This photograph was taken in 1961 on Station road on the ......
1430Quorn Gas Works 1960s
Quorn Gas Works on Leicester Road (where The Brinks is ......
1431Quorn Gas Works - Early Days
Today, most of us like to think of Quorn as a large, but ......
1432St Bartholomew's Church, interior view prior to 1913
This postcard shows a very unusual view of the interior of ......
1433Leicester Road floods in 1932
Marius Wright (1914 to 1980) was driving his Morgan through ......
1434Wright's Military Webbing WW2
During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of ......
1435Wright's Military Webbing WW2
During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of ......
1436Wright's Military Webbing WW2
During the first and second world wars Wrights were one of ......
1437Leicester Road, The Gas House - then and now
The older picture was taken on Leicester Road in the 1930s. ......
1438The Dower House, Station Road - then and now
The Dower House, off Station Road was once the Dower House ......
1439Quorn Church Fire, 24th October 1965
In October 1965 there was a terrible fire at St ......
1440Wesleyan Home Missions Gospel Car in the Memorial Gardens in about 1907/1908
The Methodists were very strong in 1900s in Quorn, as they ......
1441Quorn Church - then and now
The older picture is an engraving of Quorn Church in 1792, ......
1442Quorn Church Fire in 1965
The first picture was taken the day after the fire in ......
1443St Bartholomew's Church Clock - the day the clock face slipped
This photograph was taken on Monday 23rd November 1964, ......
1444St Bartholomew's Church - 1930s
These pictures where taken inside the Church in the 1930s. ......
1445Remembrance Sunday in the Early 1970s
This photograph was taken on Remembrance Sunday in the ......
1446Leicester Road, King William IVth/Quorn Country Hotel - then and now
The King William IVth pub on Leicester Road was one of the ......
1447Advertising Watch Key -Thomas Lucas, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Quorn
This beautifully made little watch key is just 4cm (1.5 ......
1448Matchbox from the Pig and Whistle Pub
The Pig and Whistle was a pub on Station Road in Quorn. It ......
1449Dower House Gardens, off Station Road - then and now
Dower House Gardens as we know it today, was built in the ......
1450Leicester Road, looking down towards the School Lane, 1970s
This photograph was taken in the 1970s, looking down ......
1451Inside St Bartholomew's Primary School, 1958
This rare photograph of the inside of the old St ......
1452Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now
This part of Quorn has changed out of all recognition since ......
1453Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1970s when the shops ......
1454Going, going, gone! - Leicester Road cottages
These cottages, shops and houses were on Leicester Road ......
1455Princess Chrysanthemum, St Bart’s Primary School Production 1959
Loughborough Monitor - 27th March 1959 Quorn children ......
1456The Banks Cottages being demolished, 1970s
These rather sad pictures were taken by Richard Thompson in ......
1457Leicester Road - then and now
The older photograph shows cottages and shops on Leicester ......
1458Floods on Leicester Road, early 1970s
These pictures are taken at Quorn Cross, on Leicester Road ......
1459Floods at Quorn Cross, early 1970s
These photographs were taken by Richard Thompson during ......
1460Floods on Station Road, early 1970s
These two pictures of Station Road during the floods, were ......
1461Floods on Stafford Orchard, early 1970s
This view from the early 1970s is taken from what is now ......
1462Jubilee celebrations 1977 - preparing the refreshments
There was a huge celebration on Stafford Orchard for the ......
1463Jubilee celebrations 1977 - preparing the refreshments
There was a huge celebration on Stafford Orchard for the ......
1464Jubilee celebrations 1977 - Stafford Orchard
On the day of the Jubilee celebrations, the weather was ......
1465Jubilee celebrations 1977 - Stafford Orchard
This is photograph of the Jubilee parade at Quorn Cross. ......
1466Jubilee celebrations 1977 - Organising the events
This document records a meeting in April 1977 when ......
14671st Quorn Brownies, 1956 or 1957
This is a photograph of 1st Quorn Brownies in about 1956 or ......
1468Meeting Street - then and now
Meeting Street with Quorn House lodge in the background. ......
1469Floods on Leicester Road, 1960s
This photograph is taken looking up towards the Cross on ......
1470Quorn Old People's Fellowship outing, 1950s or 1960s
Quorn Old People's Fellowship was a very active group until ......
1471Quorn House, Meeting Street, Silver Jubilee Garden Party 1977
As part of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations, on ......
1472Friends on Stafford Orchard in about 1957
Back row L-R Janie Shaw, Audrey Jollands, Mary Thompson, ......
1473Wright's Christmas Party
Wright's elastic and webbing factory has been a major ......
1474Wedding of Eliza Chamberlain and Frederick Evans, 1915
This wedding took place in 1915 in Quorn. The bride and ......
1475The Broom Family on Farnham Street
This is a photograph of Thomas and Constance Broom and ......
1476Quorn Methodist Sunday School 1952/53
This is a photograph of Quorn Methodist Sunday School in ......
1477Quorn Baptist Sunday School 1984/85
This photograph is of Quorn Baptist Sunday School in what ......
1478The sad story of George and Emma Cummins, Quorn 1898
The information for this story was provided by Andrew ......
1479St Bartholomew's Primary School Orchestra, 1962
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Junior School ......
1480Sunday school outing 1952/53
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Sunday School ......
1481Sunday school Christmas party 1958
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Sunday school ......
1482St Bartholomew's Young People's Fellowship, 1962
This photograph is St Bartholomew's Church Young People's ......
1483School Lane - then and now
These photographs are of number 9 School Lane. The older ......
1484Guides/Brownies parents committee, with Guiders, Brown Owl & Commissioner
This photograph looks as if it may have been taken in the ......
1485Quorn Townswomen's Guild drama group
This photograph is the Quorn Townwomen's Guild drama group. ......
1486Rex Bloore's party
Rex Bloore was a Quorn businessman who ran a sucessfull ......
1487The Halford family
Harry Halford was born in Wysall, Nottinghamshire in ......
1488Loughborough Road looking towards Springfield Lake - then and now
The earlier photograph was taken in the early 1980s before ......
1489School Lane - then and now
This view is looking up towards the old primary school with ......
1490Murray Rumsey with a Church group
The is a photograph of Murray Rumsey with a group from St ......
1491Football Club Concert - 1897
Loughborough Herald - 28th January 1897 The concert held ......
1492Children’s Ball - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1893 The second ......
1493New Year's Eve parties - 1936
Loughborough Echo - January 3rd 1936 The New Year’s ......
1494Post War reconstruction - 1944
Loughborough Echo - 7th January 1944 Quorn Parish ......
1495Mr Jack Penfold of Quorn retires
Loughborough Echo - 4th February 1977 50 years in the ......
1496Theft of bones - 1881
Birmingham Daily Post - January 6th 1881 On Tuesday at ......
1497Quorn Fete - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 16th July 1925 At the ......
1498Quorn boys in Cyprus - 1957
Loughborough Echo - 16th August 1957 From a vehicle park ......
1499VE day parties in Quorn - 1945
Loughborough Echo - 18th May 1945 Last week abounded in ......
1500Bull's Head - 1955
This attractive view of the Bull's Head (now the Quorndon ......
1501The Hurst - 1975
The Hurst (now the Chequers chinese restaurant) was a ......
1502Wright's children's party - 1972
Loughborough Echo - 14th January 1972 About 40 children ......
1503Charles & Spurr - 1968
An advertisement from 1968. Can anybody recall this ......
1504Quorn Cricket Club - 1977
Loughborough Monitor - 19th August 1977 Pictured before ......
1505Quorn's 'Mr Football' eats, sleeps, thinks soccer
Loughborough Monitor - 27th November 1959 Quorn's "Mr ......
1506Quorn's Temperance Society - 1873
The Loughborough Advertiser - November 27th 1873 On ......
1507Quorn W.I New Year's Eve party - 1974
Loughborough Monitor - 17th January 1975 Women's ......
1508St Bartholomew's Primary School Orchestra
This is a photograph of St Bartholomew's Junior School ......
1509St Bartholomew's Primary School 1958
This photograph was taken in about 1958. It was taken ......
1510William Shirley Northcote Toller, DSO, TD, JP, DL of Quorn
William Shirley Northcote Toller was born in 1878 and came ......
1511Quorn House - the oak bedroom 1956
Taken from an article in The Leicester Graphic dated ......
1512Quorn House - The Hall 1956
From The Leicester Graphic - February 1956 Black oak is ......
1513Meeting Street - 1956
From the December issue of The Leicester Graphic. The ......
1514High Street - 1956
From the December issue of The Leicester Graphic. The ......
1515Funeral of J.A.G. 'Jack' Farnham - 1930
Loughborough Echo - 3rd October 1930 In the Farnham ......
1516Quorn Ladies Cricket Club - 1930
Left to right top row: E. Revell, P. Mountency, W. ......
1517Memories of St Bartholomew’s Primary School, 1958 to 1964
These memories of St Bartholomew’s Primary School were ......
1518Quorn House during WW2
This photograph was donated by Sheila Brewer who was a ......
1519Quorn Hall - Sale of Earl of Stamford's Hunting Stud, 1863
This engraving appeared in the London Illustrated News in ......
1520Brothers meet on returning troop ship in 1945 - Charlie and Danny Smith from Barrow Road
This press cutting was supplied by Elaine Woodhams whose ......
15212nd Quorn Cubs September 1964
2nd Quorn Cubs at Allen House in 1964. Can you provide ......
15222nd Quorn Cubs 1964
Picture One shows 2nd Quorn Cubs with the 1963/64 Cubs ......
1523Sunday School Outing June 1961
This photograph was taken in June 1961 at Trentham Gardens, ......
1524Great Central Railway - Quorn Station
These photographs were taken at Quorn Station. The first ......
1525A Brief History of the Great Central Railway at Quorn
The photograph below was taken on Quorn Station in 1959. ......
1526The Gas House, 106 Leicester Road, Quorn, 1961
This rare photograph of the 'Gas House' on Leicester Road ......
1527New Quorn Scout and Guide HQ - 1963
Loughborough Echo - 24th May 1963 New Quorn Scout and ......
1528New Scouts’ HQ opened - 1963
New Scouts’ HQ opened - 1963 An occasion of importance ......
1529Quorn Garden Party – 1963
Loughborough Echo – 1st June 1963 Quorn Garden ......
1530Quorn, Mountsorrel and Barrow on Soar Young Conservatives’ Garden Party, June 7th 1952
The Loughborough Monitor – June 14th 1952 Square ......
1531Garden Party at Quorn Court – Young Conservatives, June 7th 1952
The Loughborough Echo – June 13th 1952 The Quorn, ......
1532Thomas Webster, Baker, The Banks, Quorn
This is a rare picture of Thomas Webster's bakers shop on ......
1533Mill House Inn, Leicester Road during floods in the 1920s
The Mill House Inn used to be on Leicester Road, abutting ......
1534New Baptist Pastor welcomed at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - May 1st 1959 Prominent local ......
1535Quorn Methodist Fete - 1973
Loughborough Monitor - 14th September 1973 Quorn ......
1536Rawlins Prize giving - 1969
Loughborough Echo - 28th February 1969 Rawlins Prize ......
1538Quorn has given hospital £2,500 in ten years - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963 At the annual ......
1539Presentation to Tom Firr - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 18th April 1899 When Tom Firr, the ......
1540Quorn Warship Week - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 20th February 1942 A group taken at ......
1541Early Quorn Shops and Businesses - 1906
This advertisement was taken from a souvenier brochure for ......
1542Murray Rumsey of Quorn - a love of life
Loughborough Monitor - 19th April 1963 Speaking of ......
1543Sale of Woodview - 1922
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 2nd February 1922 Now ......
1544Amy Child - Certificate of Merit
Loughborough Echo - 25th April 1986 The hard work of a ......
1545£400 surplus on Quorn Jubilee activities
Loughborough Echo - 5th August 1977 Quorn Silver Jubilee ......
1546Quorn's 'Monument' to close - 1963
This newspaper article documents the closing of the ......
1547Crowning the Quorn May Queen - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - 10th June 1960 Pictured crowning ......
1548Quorn Saint Bartholomews Primary School football team, 1965/66
Quorn St Bartholomews Primary School football team which ......
1549A German prisoner of war settles in the Quorn area
Joachim Claaus Fritz Berger was a German U-Boat sailor, who ......
1550Rawlins Grammar School, early 1920s
This photograph was contributed by Ian Aitken, whose mother ......
1551The Forge on Meeting Street during the 1930s
One of the most notable families of blacksmiths in Quorn ......
1552Finette Webster, the bakers wife, learning to ride a bicycle!
Whilst this photograph is rather faded, it is especially ......
1553Thomas Webster, baker, High Street, Quorn
This photograph was taken in the early 1900s outside the ......
1554Then and Now - Thomas Webster, baker, 29 High Street, Quorn
This is a picture of Thomas Webster's baker's shop on High ......
1555Patrick Revell, Vicar of Quorn
This picture shows one of Quorn's previous vicars, Patrick ......
1556Sewing Circle, 1950s
This photograph is a Quorn sewing circle, that is thought ......
1557Tea at Quorn Vicarage 1978
The Rev Patrick Revell used to invite his regular ......
1558A Quorn football team, 1912
This photograph of a football team in Quorn was supplied by ......
1559Colonel and Mrs Toller from Quorn Court
Colonel W. S. N. (William Shirley Northcote) Toller lived ......
1560Quorn Mills Bowls Club
This photograph of Quorn Mills Bowls Club looks as if it ......
1563Photographic envelope from Green's chemist, Quorn
Green's chemist was situated where James Alvey the ......
1564Otter's Post Office and grocery store in the floods
This photograph shows Quorn Cross during some heavy ......
1565British Legion Garden Fete 1951
This photograph was taken at the British Legion Fete held ......
1566Presentation to Mrs Elsie Kendrick of Quorn
Newspaper cutting 21st March 1977 The Quorn women’s ......
1567Parish Supper 1978
Not a lot is known about this photograph, except that it ......
1568Mourning/memorial card - Joseph Gamble 1882 to 1939
Mourning/memorial cards were particularly popular in ......
1569Quorn Mother's Union outing, 1984
This photograph was taken at the Mother's Union half day ......
1570East Akeley Deanery Magazine, Vol 39 No 8, August 1935, Quorn Section
East Akeley is one of six deaneries in Western ......
1572George Holmes
George Holmes was born in Quorn in 1896, the son of George ......
1573Holmes/Hill family connections
George Holmes was the step grandfather of Pete Johnson, who ......
1574The Banks - Finette Webster
This photograph of the Banks cottages shows Finette ......
1575Brook House and its history
Brook House stood where Hall Leys is today; this is behind ......
1576Friends of Markfield Quorn Carnival - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 21st June 1963 Fancy dress ......
1577£130 takings at Quorn Legion Fete - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 28th June 1963 There was an ......
1578Quorn's Jubilee Cash - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 26th August 1977 Quorn's Jubilee ......
1579Wright's Children's Christmas Party - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 30th December 1977 About 40 children ......
1580Donald Towell - home on leave 1942
Loughborough Echo - 27th March 1942 Chief Petty Officer ......
1581Soldiers fined for taking army truck - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 26th June 1953 Two Quorn ......
1582Funeral of George Draper - 1925
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 3rd December 1925 On ......
1583Sherriff Brothers - 1906
An advertisement for Sherriff Brothers, grocers and ......
1584Ruth Millington, School Secretary 1960 to 1970 - Memories of St Bartholomew’s Primary School
Ruth Millington was the school secretary from 1960 to 1970, ......
1585Retirement of Jack Briers in 1971 - Head of St Bartholomew's Primary School
These photographs, taken on the occasion of the retirement ......
1586Bertha Webster (nee Sharpe)
This studio photograph was taken in the 1920s, and was part ......
1587Rawins Grammar School 1914
Forms 5, 4 and 3a Left to right - back row: Mr Andrews, ......
1588Quorn Nomads F.C
Loughborough Echo - 3rd December 1926 The Quorn Nomads ......
1589Wakerley’s bakery, Quorn
Wakerley’s bakery was well known in Quorn for 75 years. The ......
1590Four generations at Quorn - 1966
Loughborough Echo - 7th January 1966 Baby Andrew Jon ......
1591Advertisement for The Hurst garage - 1966
The garage stood next to the Hurst hotel, now the Chinese ......
1592The new Cradock Drive estate - 1926
Loughborough Echo - 3rd December 1926 The hollow square ......
1594Sale of building land, 11th April 1825, Sarson Street, Barrow Road, Loughborough Road, Castledine Street
These sale details relate to the sale of building land in ......
1595Rawlins School panoramic photograph, 1926
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
1596Quorn High Street - The White Hart and Banks cottages
This photograph is taken looking down High Street towards ......
1597The Hurst, Loughborough Road
For the first part of the last century The Hurst (23 ......
1598Quorn Cross, 1965
Quorn Cross in 1965. Note the Post Office on the left, and ......
1599Aerial view of Barrow Road and Howlett's Bus Station
Howlett's Bus Company was founded in Quorn by George ......
1600Quorn Station 1970
Quorn Great Central Railway Station in 1970, looking very ......
1601Quorn Jubilee celebrations - 1935
Loughborough Echo - 26th April 1935 As the result of a ......
16022nd Quorn Scouts 1952
This photograph was taken in the summer of 1952, at the 2nd ......
1603Godspell - 1986
Loughborough Echo - 4th July 1986 Hitting the high notes ......
1604Rawlins snogging row called storm in a teacup
Loughborough Monitor - 5th November 1971 Allegations ......
1605The Banks Cottages, High Street, Quorn
This article about the Banks Cottages on High ......
1606Quorn Co-op milk bottle
A half pint milk bottle from the Quorn Co-operative ......
1607Quorndon Electoral Roll 1924
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
1608Quorndon Electoral Roll 1931
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
1609Quorndon Electoral Roll 1938
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
1610Quorndon Electoral Roll 1953
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
1611Meeting Street/Chaveney Road - then and now
The cottage on the left is now 1 Chaveney Road (Ivy ......
1612Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory 1835, Quorndon entries
“Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for 1835 Comprising a ......
1613Pigot and Co Directory for 1841 - Quorndon entries
"Pigot and Co.'s Royal National and Commercial Directory ......
1614Leicestershire Gazetteer & Directory 1846 – Quorndon entries
"History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Leicestershire and ......
1616Melville’s Leicestershire Directory 1854 – Quorndon Section
"Melville and Co's Directory and Gazetteer of ......
1617The Old Lock-up
These photographs were taken in the early 1960s, around the ......
1618Quorn Old People's Fellowship outing, probably 1970s
Quorn Old People's Fellowship was thriving group in the ......
1619Quorn Brownies, 1960s
Quorn Brownies in the 1960s, enjoying a picnic 1 - Lily ......
1620Quorn Guides, 1960s
Quorn Guides outside on the field at the back of Allen ......
1621Retirement of Dr Wykes, Quorn, late 1970s
The retirement of Quorn doctor, Dr Wykes, 1977/78. Left ......
1622Quorn Towns Women's Guild drama group, 1960s/1970s
Quorn Towns Women's Guild had a very active drama group in ......
1623Ex-detective superintendent saves life of Quorn man - 1958
Loughborough Echo - 4th April 1958 Prompt action by ......
1624Furious driving at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 13th July 1899 Wednesday – Before ......
1625Sad death of Quorn woman - 1930
Loughborough Echo - November 28th 1930 Sad death of ......
1626Quorn Gun Club - 1962
Loughborough Echo - August 31st 1962 The club held their ......
1627The Reverend John Prior's charity
Loughborough Advertiser - 17th October 1872 The Rev John ......
1628Quorn Methodist Fete - 1969
Loughborough Monitor - 12th September 1969 Two busy ......
1629Bombardier George Whitehouse - 1942
Loughborough Echo - 2nd October 1942 The above picture ......
1630Rawlins School panoramic photograph, 1928
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
1631Church Rooms, Quorn
The Church Rooms were built in 1929. The first picture was ......
1632St Bartholomew's Church choir, about 1963
This picture shows the Church choir standing outside the ......
1633A Church winning team!
This photograph was taken in either the late 1960s or early ......
1634Pancake day supper, early 1960s
These photographs were taken by Jack and Phyllis Field at a ......
1635A Church event - Late 1950s/early 1960s
These photographs was taken by Jack and Phyllis Field in ......
1636Counting the money after a Church event
This photograph captures (left to right), Phyllis Field, ......
1637Drama productions at the Church Rooms
In the 1960s and 1970s many drama productions took place at ......
1638Sunday School Fayre, about 1961
This photograph was taken when Fenella Crockett was opening ......
1639Social events in the Church Rooms, 1960s and 1970s
In the 1960s and 1970s, like today, the Church Rooms was a ......
1640Three generations of the Green family outside their cottage in Wood Lane
This branch of the Green family can trace their roots in ......
1641St Bartholomew's Church Sunday School outside the Church Rooms
This photograph was taken outside the Church Rooms in ......
1642Quorn Mills Bowls Club - Re-thatching in progress, 1961
This photograph was taken by Roy Green in 1961, when the ......
1643Socialising in the 1970s with Rex Bloore
These photographs of people enjoying social evenings were ......
1644Meeting Street in the snow in 1961
This view down Meeting Street was taken from Quorn Cross ......
1645Quorn St Bartholomew's Church, main entrance, 1961
This photograph is interesting because it is a rare picture ......
1646Quorn Scouts camping - autumn 1961
This photograph was taken when Quorn scouts were camping at ......
1647The Black Pad, Wood Lane, Quorn
These photographs were taken in the late 1940s by Arthur or ......
1648Quorn Guides, 1959
Does anyone know the location or the occasion of this ......
1649Church picnic 1979
These photographs were taken at the Church picnic in 1979. ......
1650St Bartholomew's Church nativity, late 1960s
The nativity took place in the Church and was photographed ......
1651Rawlins Grammar School Sports - 1958
Left to right: Mrs (Barbara) Farnham, Miss Gibson ......
16521954 - Parade at the Village Hall, by children wearing clothes made by their mothers
These photographs appeared in the press in 1954 and show a ......
1653Quorn Girls' Friendly Society on an outing in about 1929
This photograph and short article appeared in the press in ......
1654An event in the Church Rooms in the 1970s
Standing, left to right: Phyllis Sharpe, Noel ......
1655Old People's Fellowship Committee, 1970s
This is a photograph of the Old People's Fellowship ......
1656Village Hall drama productions, 1930s
These two photographs show a young Jack Field in two ......
1657Event at the Church Rooms in the 1960s
This is an event held at the Church Rooms in the ......
1658Quorn Brownies have a picnic, about 1956
This photograph was taken of Quorn Brownies having a picnic ......
1659Quorn British Legion – a flourishing branch
Loughborough Echo - 27th January 1939 Annual ......
1660Quorn Cricket Club - Presentation to Mr Arthur Darby 1945
Loughborough Echo - 2nd February 1945 The Quorn ......
1661Post Office Directory 1855 for Leicestershire – Quorndon Section
“Post Office Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, ......
1662The end of a Quorn landmark 1966
Loughborough Echo - 2nd September 1966 The two gas ......
1663Wrights evacuation practice - 1940
Loughborough Echo - 10th May 1940 An evacuation ......
1664Two Crescent factory - 1959
The factory, owned by George Farnham was opened in 1952 ......
1665Quorn Publican found drowned - 1926
Loughborough Echo - 24th December 1926 Quorn Publican ......
1666Ivy Cottage, 1 Chaveney Road, Quorn
It seems easiest to describe Ivy Cottage as being ......
1667Harvest Suppers at the Church Rooms – 1960s/70s
These photographs were taken originally as slides by Jack ......
1668Quorn's Fetes and Fairs, 1960s and 1970s - a photo album
Jack and Phyllis Field were very well known in the village ......
1669Quorn Football Club – 36 Years of Village Football, by John L Field
In 1960, Jack Field, who had been associated with Quorn ......
1670British Legion effort at Quorn
Loughborough Echo Friday July 7th 1950 A costume parade ......
1671Rawlins School panoramic photograph, 1924
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
1672Medical Report - 1926
Loughborough Echo - 17th September 1926 A special ......
1673Businesses in Quorn - February 1963
In 1963, a young Phil Child, who was born on Loughborough ......
1674Commercial Directory 1861 – Quorndon entries
“Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester & ......
1675Whites Directory 1863 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1676Harrods Directory 1870 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1677Barkers Directory 1875 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1678High Street cottages - a view from 1966
Father Time has left his marks on this somewhat gloomy ......
1679Post Office Directory 1876 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
1680Whites Directory 1877 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1681Quorn Military Medallist - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 4th January 1917 Details are to ......
1682A Quorn Soldier's Lucky Escapes - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 3rd January 1918 Private Frank ......
1683Quorn Soldiers die in India - 1944
Loughborough Herald - 28th July 1944 Mrs Allen, of ......
1684Quorn brothers meet in Italy - 1944
Loughborough Herald - 4th February 1944 The above, ......
1685Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - 15th April 1960 Members of Quorn ......
1686The lost Quorn charity - 1774
Loughborough Advertiser - 7th November 1872 John ......
1687Methodist Church fete - 1975
Loughborough Monitor - 18th September 1975 Cousins Dora ......
1688Attempted wife murder by Quorndon man - 1870
Loughborough Advertiser - 13th October 1870 On Monday a ......
1689Funeral of Mr J.A.G. Farnham - 1930
Loughborough Echo - 3rd October 1930 In the Farnham ......
1690Outside Quorn Rawlins School gate, 1914
This unique photograph was taken outside Rawlins school ......
1691Outside Wright’s factory, Quorn
This photograph was taken outside Wright’s factory, ......
1692The Williams family, Church Lane, Quorn
Loughborough Herald - September 1917 A Quorn Soldier ......
1693Replacing the Church roof after the Church fire in 1965
Richard Harbour was one of three men who worked on the ......
1694Quorn Methodist Sunday School
Loughborough Echo December 1960 Quorn Methodist Sunday ......
1695Golden wedding celebration for Mr and Mrs Leonard Scott of Quorn
Loughborough Echo 13th August 1971 A surprise party was ......
1696Quorn House
Loughborough Echo 3rd September 1971 An important ......
1697Quorn Methodist Fete Realises £96
Loughborough Echo 13th August 1971 There was a good ......
1698Recollections of a Quorn childhood, 1947 to 1957 - by Bron Worsnip
Bron Worsnip’s father was the Revd Leslie Worsnip, minister ......
1699Evacuated to Quorn during WW2 – one boy’s story
Barry Bradley from London got in touch with Quorn On-line ......
1700Wrights Directory 1880 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
1701Kelly’s Directory 1881 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
1702Brick kilns, near Quorndon
Leicester Journal Friday 19th June 1812 Richard Freeman ......
1703The marriage of Phyllis Broom and John Field, August 3rd 1940 – photograph, letters and honeymoon
Phyllis Broom and John [Jack] Field were married on ......
1704Quorn Ladies Cricket Club - 1930
From left to right, top row: E. Revell, P. Mountency, W. ......
1705Quorn Conservative Club party - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 30th December 1977 Caught in the ......
1706Scout Entertainment At Quorn - 1914
This is an interesting report from the early years of the ......
1707Barrow Road Mission - 1948
Originally run by the Teagle family in the early 1900s as a ......
1708Hay and Straw Dealer's Affairs - 1905
Loughborough Herald - 28th September 1905 Re Ernest ......
1709Rabbit v Ferret - 1926
Loughborough Echo - 26th March 1926 Harold James, ......
1710Urban District Council meeting - September 1915
The reports of the UDC meetings offer us an insight as to ......
1711A list of the Vicars and Curates of Quorn Parish Church
Originally Quorn Church was a chapel to the Mother Church ......
1712Parcels Fund concert - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 1st December 1939 The Village Hall ......
1713Old People's Meat Tea - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 16th January 1896 On Tuesday ......
1714Interesting Presentation by Quorn Hunt - 1856
The Era - 6th April 1856 An interesting ceremony took ......
1715An attempt to save the Hall on the Green - 1963
The Hall on The Green The building which was no 8 ......
1716Wartime Quorn - 1940
These miscellaneous notes from the Loughborough Echo offer ......
1717Quorn man in Kenya - 1928
Loughborough Echo - 20th January 1928 After following ......
1718Award for Quorn motorcyclist
Loughborough Echo - 31st October 1958 Mr H.B. Hope, of ......
1719Penfold - Halford wedding 1928
Loughborough Echo - 3rd August 1928 Yesterday morning, ......
1720Richard Pulteney - 1730-1801
Richard Pulteney was a physician and botanist after whom ......
1721Quorn’s Oldest Soldier - “Warrior” Burton
26th November 1948 – Loughborough Echo Mr Joseph Burton ......
1722Mystery of Quorn Man's Death.
5th March 1925 - Loughborough Monitor and Herald Facts ......
1723Rawlins Spring Concert - 1966
Loughborough Echo - 13th May 1966 The school hall was ......
1724Urban District Council Election - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 26th March 1896 Mr George White, ......
1725Urban District Council - Stafford Orchard, conditions of sale - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 7th November 1918 A meeting of ......
1726Obscene language at Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 7th September 1928 PC Cave, giving ......
1727The Green family of Quorn - Family chart
The Green family can trace their roots in Quorn for at ......
1728Quorn Census - 1821
The census process that we have today started in 1801 when ......
1729Wrights Directory 1883/84 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1730Bennetts Trade Directory 1888 – Quorndon entries
Below is the Quorndon section from Bennetts trade directory ......
1731Wrights Directory 1889/90 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1732Kellys Directory 1891 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
1733Wrights Directory 1892 – Quorn entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
1734Tim Firr - Quorn Huntsman
Tom Firr was known as the greatest huntsman in England. He ......
1735Opening of the new Methodist Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn
These photographs were taken by William Shuttlewood, a ......
1736Quorn Hunt on the Little Green
The photograph for this postcard was taken between 1909 and ......
1737Station Road, Quorn
A everyday scene looking down Station road in about 1910. ......
1738Quorn Hunt kennels, 1884
An engraving of Quorn Hunt kennels from The Illustrated ......
1739High Street Quorn, 1944
This postcard of Quorn was printed by Raphael Tuck and ......
1740Station Road, Quorn, about 1913
The photograph on this postcard was taken by F W Scarratt ......
1741New-look British Legion HQ is reopened - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963 A stalwart band ......
1742Quorn Lawn Tennis Club dinner dance - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 2nd December 1977 A group of ......
1743Vicar of Quorn to have new living - 1953
4th December 1953 – Loughborough Monitor “I am terribly ......
1744Administration Order - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 2nd December 1915 At the ......
1745Quorn Grammar School - Pupils' patriotic spirit 1915
Loughborough Herald - 16th December 1915 The story of ......
1746Christmas in Quorn - 1926
Loughborough Echo - 1st January 1926 Father Christmas ......
1747Wright's Christmas Party - 1972
29th December 1972 – Loughborough Echo M Wright and ......
1748St Bartholomew’s Primary School – about 1957
This photograph of some of the staff at the back of St ......
17492nd Quorn Scouts summer camp, 1952
These photographs were taken during a kit inspection at ......
1750Quorndon Electoral Roll 1915
Electoral rolls, by definition only include those people ......
1751Quorndon Electoral Roll 1920
Electoral rolls, by definition only include those people ......
1752Herbert Washington France – Stationmaster, Quorn and Woodhouse Great Central Railway Station, 1899 to 1917
Herbert France was born in 1866. He became stationmaster at ......
1753The Children of the Village Hall
On the 29th June 1889 four children laid memorial ......
1754Quorndon Electoral Roll 1947
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
1755View over Rawlins School from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church ......
1756View over Church Lane from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church ......
1757View over Nursery Lane from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church ......
1758View over Wright’s factory from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church ......
1759List of Parish Constables – Quorn 1784 to 1835
This list was taken from the Quorndon Vestry Meeting minute ......
1760List of Overseers of the Poor – Quorn 1801 to 1879
This list was taken from the Quorndon Vestry Meeting minute ......
1762St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Burials 1800 to 1950, Alphabetical Index
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register burial entries from 1800 ......
1763St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Burials 1800 to 1950
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register burial entries from 1800 ......
1764Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society’s fine start - 1950
Loughborough Monitor - 9th February 1950 The ......
1765Situations Vacant at Wright's factory - 1964
A thriving business, Wrights advertised for apprentices in ......
1766“By their fruits ye shall know them” - 1874
There seems little doubt that the 'gentleman' complained ......
1767Mrs Kaye's Charity
Loughborough Advertiser – 24th October 1872 The table ......
1768Induction of the Reverend Worsnip - 1948
Baptist Minister from 1948-1958 ......
1769Nineteen years character gone
Loughborough Herald - 24th May 1917 Richard Footit, ......
1770Animosity to Cyclists - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 5th November 1896 William ......
1771Miss Judy Dormon - Carnival Queen. 1945
Loughborough Echo - 22nd June 1945 A dance was given in ......
1773American 82nd Airborne men revisit Quorn and Loughborough
Loughborough Echo - 7th June 1974 Thirty years after the ......
1774St Bartholomew’s Primary School, Quorn – 1973
This is Mrs Hoppers class at St Bartholomew's primary ......
1775St Bartholomew’s Primary School, Quorn – 1976
This is Miss Mains class at St Bartholomew's primary ......
1776Godfrey Phillip, Scout ‘Skip’, early 1950s
After reading Bron Worsnip’s ‘Memories of a Quorn ......
1777Quorn Charities Darts League – programme 6th June 1980
The various pubs and clubs in Quorn had many darts players ......
1778House re-numbering certificate – Meeting Street
As Quorn expanded over the years, some streets had to be ......
1779Blacksmith’s Arms, Quorn
This photograph was taken from a Christmas card sent by ......
1780St Bartholomew's Primary School, Quorn, 1974
This photograph is Mrs Laurie's first-year infants class at ......
1781Tom Shenton and family, about 1904
This is a picture of the Shenton family who lived at number ......
1782St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Baptisms 1800 to 1910, Alphabetical Index
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register baptism entries from 1800 ......
1783St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Baptisms 1800 to 1910
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register baptism entries from 1800 ......
1784Quorn School reports, 1918 and 1949
The first of these school reports belonged to Muriel Olive ......
1785Quorn Rawlins – boys doing ‘drill’
This photograph was taken around 1910 and written on it is ......
1786Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1953
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
1787Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1946
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
1788Verandah Cottage, Quorn - then and now
Verandah Cottage is situated at the top of Barrow Road (now ......
1789North’s Post Office and grocery shop, Quorn Cross
Thomas North arrived in Quorn as a single man, in his early ......
1790Loughborough Road, Quorn
This photograph was taken in about 1910, on Loughborough ......
1791Bernhard Wenke - a German prisoner of war in Quorn
Bernhard Wenke was a prisoner of war at Quorn POW Camp. His ......
1792St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Marriages 1800 to 1910
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register marriage entries from 1800 ......
1793Quorn souvenir china ribbon plate
This late Victorian/Edwardian china ribbon plate was made ......
1794Quorn Souvenir China
This type of small crested china pottery was very popular ......
1795Arthur and Marie Wheldon - Wright's Commanders Carnival Band
Arthur Wheldon was the band leader with Wright's Commanders ......
179833 and 35 Buddon Lane, Quorn – now demolished
This pair of semi detached houses were situated at the ......
1800St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Burials 1576 to 1799
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register burial entries from 1576 ......
1801St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Burials 1576 to 1799, Alphabetical Index
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register burial entries from 1576 ......
1802St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Baptisms 1577 to 1799
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register baptism entries from 1577 ......
1803St Bartholomew’s Parish Registers, Baptisms 1577 to 1799, Alphabetical Index
St Bartholomew’s Parish Register burial entries from 1577 ......
1804Rawlins School, Quorn, aerial view, post 1938
This postcard must date from after 1938 as the Farnham Hall ......
1805Station Road, Quorn, 1909
This particularly good photograph is taken looking down ......
1806St Bartholomew’s Primary School, Quorn. 1950
This photograph shows the infant class at St Barts in 1950. ......
1807Station Road, Quorn, late 1930s
This photograph looking down Station Road from Quorn Cross ......
1808Sarah Ann Gamble and her Gamble family chart
There were three completely separate branches of Gamble ......
1809Quorn Old Boys – Late 1980s/early 1990s
This is probably one of the most recent photographs that we ......
1810Thomas Pepper, farmer and coal merchant, Quorn
This is a photograph taken in about 1910, is of a cart ......
1811The Elms, Quorn
This house was known as The Elms when the photograph below ......
1812Letters from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, February/March 1946
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and ......
1813Letter from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, March 1947
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and ......
1814Letter from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, March 1946
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and ......
1815Letter from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp, Christmas 1945
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and ......
18161st Quorndon and 1st Rothley Scout Band
This unique photograph from either 1919 or 1920, was taken ......
1817Sanders Road – then and now
This area, between Tom Longs Meadow and the Bowls Club, is ......
1818WW1 postcard sent to Quorn
This postcard was sent during WW1 on 20th September 1915, ......
1819Burton's newsagents, 1936, 25 High Street, Quorn
This article about Burton's newsagents on High Street, ......
1820Quorn and Woodhouse GCR Station 1962
Pictures of Quorn Station seem to be very rare. This is a ......
1821The Ashby Volunteers - Death of the Sergeant Instructor
Derby Mercury - 16th February 1870 It is with deep ......
1822Quorndon Co-operative Provident Society Ltd, Station Road
The Co-operative Society store was built in 1862 on the ......
1823William Edward John Basil (Willie) Farnham, 1887
This very rare photograph of William Farnham was taken in ......
1824The 82nd Airborne in Quorn - memories from Clifford Newton
Clifford Newton, who was brought up in Quorn, kindly ......
1825Wright's factory Quorn, 1950s
This excellent photograph was taken at Wright's factory in ......
1826Manor House Hotel, early 1900s
The photograph for this postcard was taken in the early ......
1827Mrs Kettle's shop, Station Road, Quorn
Mrs Kettle's shop on Station Road is now a private house. ......
1828WW1, Wrights factory ‘War Service’ lapel badge
During WW1 Wrights factory in Quorn was employing over ......
1829St Bartholomew’s Choir, Quorn, early 1950s
Top row: Murray Rumsey, Harry Judd, Clooston Black, ......
1830St Bartholomew’s Choir, Quorn, mid 1940s
Top row (standing): ? Long, Clifford Teagle, Reg Harris, ......
1831An unknown event, on an unknown date, probably on Stafford Orchard
So who are this happy group? They seem to be mainly men ......
1832Ann at Quorn’, High Street, Quorn
‘Ann at Quorn’ was a high class clothes shop at 20 High ......
1833Barrie’s Fruit and Veg Shop, Quorn Cross
‘Barries’ fruit and veg shop, in a prominent position on ......
1834Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Christmas 1947
This photograph shows pupils, teachers and a few visitors ......
1835Quorn WW1 fundraising event, Saturday 26th September 1915
These two postcards were acquired several years ago, but it ......
1836An Obstreperous Nun in Quorn!
An Obstreperous Nun Edinburgh Evening News – Friday 25th ......
1837Quorndon Friendly Society, 1848
Quorndon Friendly Society was established in 1805 by people ......
1838Quorn memories from the 1940s
Judy Goacher (nee Dorman), who now lives in Canada, visited ......
1839The marriage of Muriel White and William Sheffield, Quorn, 8th September 1921
Muriel Hilda White was born in Quorn in 1893, one of five ......
1840Misses E & M White – Homemade cakes price list
This price list dates from about 1910. Ethel and Muriel ......
1841The back of Brook House, Quorn
These rare pictures are taken at the back of Brook House in ......
1842Quorn 1964 or 1965 – A children’s birthday party group
This photograph was taken in Quorn at a birthday party in ......
1843Children on Unitt Road, 1960s
This great photograph was taken at the far end of Unitt ......
1844Quorn St Bartholomew’s Primary School, about 1894
This item appeared in the Loughborough Echo 50 years after ......
1845Quorn Mayday 1950s – photographs taken on Leicester Road
Image 1 This photograph is taken standing on the bridge ......
1846Walter Giles – Born Quorn 1888, died 1973
Walter George Giles was born in Quorn in 1888. He was one ......
1847Richard and Sarah Ann Bagley, 28 Wood Lane
This couple are Richard and Sarah Ann Bagley. Richard was ......
1848Harry and Ada Yeomans - floods on Leicester Road in 1960
The top photograph was taken during floods in the 1960s and ......
1849Muriel Sheffield (nee White), 1894 to 1978
These are further pictures related to Muriel White who ......
1850Dolls sale in aid of WW1
The White family from Rose Cottage on Loughborough Road in ......
1851Charles Kirbell White and Frank Cuthbert White – WW1 Quorn casualties
Charles Kirbell White and his younger brother Frank ......
1852A jolly outing from Quorn!
These photographs were taken on an outing from Quorn, and ......
1853A jolly outing from Quorn! - continued
This photograph was taken on the same day as the pictures ......
1854Old folks tea party, Quorn Village Hall, 1935
This photograph was taken in about 1935 and shows Mrs ......
1855A Quorn group of men, early 1960s
It is not known where this photograph was taken, or what ......
1856The Turner/Shuttlewood families in Quorn
These photographs were sent in by Brian Shuttlewood from ......
1857Loughborough Road, Quorn - then and now
This rare and interesting photograph has only recently come ......
1858The Chequers Inn, 1980s
The Chequers Inn, formally the Hurst, on Loughborough Road ......
1859Quorn Rawlins sports day, about 1907
This photograph was taken at Quorn Rawlins School sports ......
1860Men from Quorn who died in WW1, 1914 to 1919 - Details
The PDF document attached to this item provides the details ......
1861Quorn Cricket Club, 1966
This photograph of Quorn Cricket Club was taken in 1966. ......
1862Presentation at the White Horse to Mr and Mrs Hincks
Mr and Mrs Hincks were the landlord and landlady of the ......
1863Walter Giles – Leaving Quorn Station, WW1
Walter Giles was born in Quorn in 1888. During WW1 he was a ......
1864Quorn Garden Party, June 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 7th June 1963 Garden party raises ......
1865Quorn Fete - Effort for Church Hall Fund - 1927
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 30th June 1927 Quorn ......
1866Quorn Hall, Warden’s House - 1972
7th April 1972 – Loughborough Echo Quorn Hall, ......
1867Dress show by Quorn Institute pupils, April 1958
Loughborough Echo - 11th April 1958 Outstanding dress ......
1868Funeral of Mrs Eliza Hallam - March 1934
Loughborough Echo - 23rd March 1934 The funeral of Mrs ......
1869Death of Quorn tradesman - May 1934
Loughborough Echo - 25th May 1934 The death occurred in ......
1870Sale of Quorn Hall Estate - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 20th November 1919 The valuable ......
1871Quorn Voluntary Training Corps - WW1
Loughborough Herald - 11th March 1915 Citizens' Training ......
1872Belgian Refugees' Committee - WW1
Loughborough Herald - 10th June 1915 Belgian Refugees' ......
1873Quorn Wood Tragedy - Gamekeeper found shot - March 1917
Loughborough Herald - March 15th 1917 A sad tragedy was ......
1874Sudden Death at Quorn Adult School - April 1905
Loughborough Herald - 13th April 1905 On Sunday morning, ......
1875Food production from allotments and rabbits - WW1
The two newspaper cuttings below reflect the efforts being ......
1876Food rationing in Quorn in WW1
Loughborough Herald - 31st January 1918 Quorn News - ......
1877Quorn supporting the war effort – WW1 newspaper cuttings
The three newspaper cuttings below all come from the Quorn ......
1878Quorn UDC horse and cart
This photograph was taken in the early 1900s and is an ......
1879Sampler – Rosanna Goulding, Quorndon, 1884
One of the most amazing pieces of Quorn history! This ......
1880Stafford Orchard Park, 1936, Sarah Farley
This wonderful photograph was taken in 1936 on Stafford ......
1881St Bartholomew's National School, 1910
This excellent quality photograph of St Bartholomew’s ......
1882Quorn Baptist Church reseating plan, 1930
This is a copy of the original plan used in 1930, when the ......
1883Quorn Baptist Church – Interior, post 1930
The wooden pews that appear in this picture, and that many ......
1884St Bartholomew's National School, 1910
Very little was known about this photograph until 1885
Sampler – Rosanna Goulding, Quorndon, 1884
This article appeared in the spring edition of The Quorndon ......
1886Picture by W E Cooke – Farm Yard at Quorndon
The exact location of this farmyard is unfortunately not ......
1887Picture by W E Cooke – Coal Wharf, 1879
This picture of the Coal Wharf on Soar Road in Quorn, was ......
1888W E Cooke – A Quorn artist, 1843 to 1916
William Edward Cooke was a professional artist and art ......
1889The Dower House, Quorn - A brief history
Numbers 5 and 6 Dower House Gardens were once just one ......
1890Jack and Doris Newton from Quorn
These photographs taken in 1922 are of John Aaron Newton ......
1891Two photographs from Quorn in WW2
These two photographs were taken during WW2 in 1942, in the ......
1892Quorn photograph taken between 1905 and 1910
This photograph was taken by William Shuttlewood in Quorn ......
1893Quorn Station 1937
This is a photograph taken on Quorn railway station when it ......
1894Letter from Henry Balguy, from boarding school at Quorn, September 1835
During the 19th century there were many private schools in ......
189565 and 67 Chaveney Road
These two large semi-detached houses were originally called ......
1896Video: Wrights - Weaving Narrow Fabrics in Quorn since 1860
Wrights factory has been in Quorn since the 1860s and ......
1897Pillings Lock, Quorn
Pillings Lock is in the Parish of Quorn, to the north-east ......
1898The Farnham Monuments: Myths, Legends and Family Fables
This research was carried out by Moira Ackers from ......
1899Meeting Street, Quorn
As the years go by and as Quorn Village On-line Museum ......
1900Quorn Grammar School (Rawlins) Admissions Register, 1900 to 1914
Rawlins School Admissions Register from September 1900 to ......
1901Quorn National School - Infants, 1890s
Miss Isabella Corlett (on the right) first came to teach ......
1902Wood Lane, Quorn, early 1900s
Photographs of Wood Lane are extremely rare and this ......
1903Quorn bus, 1929
In the 1920s and 1930s there were several different firms ......
1904Loughborough Road, Quorn, early 1900s
Loughborough Road leads north out of Quorn, towards ......
1905Elms Drive, Quorn – then and now
This rare postcard is a is a view down Elms Drive from ......
1906The White Horse, Quorn Cross, early 1940s
This photograph from the late 1930s or early 1940s, shows ......
1907Quorn Cross, the Royal Oak and the White Horse, early 1940s
This photograph from the late 1930s or early 1940s, is ......
1908Press Cutting, 6th May 1955 - Quorn Bowlers Open the Season
The first wood of the new season is sent down on a Quorn ......
1909Quorn United Cricket Club – Presentation cricket ball, 1896
Sam Hallam was a well-known Quorn character and was ......
1910Quorn Hearth Tax 1666
Below are the names of the people on the Hearth Tax Roll ......
1911The Mill House Inn, Leicester Road, Quorn, early 1900s
To the left of the archway is the Mill House Inn, which at ......
19121935 Silver Jubilee presentation book, Ivy Dean, Quorn
In 1935 King George V celebrated 25 years on the throne, ......
1913The death of Joseph Adcock, Quorn 1867
Joseph Bexton Adcock was born in Quorn in 1827, and died on ......
1914Fundraising for Quorn Church Rooms - garden fete accounts, 1923 to 1927
The Church Rooms were built in 1929, but the construction ......
1915A brief history of Soar House, Soar Road, Quorn
Soar House is situated on Soar Road in Quorn. Many of the ......
1916Vena Grain, 1895 to 1989. Oral history interview from 1985
Vena Grain was born in Leicester on 21st February 1895, and ......
1917Card from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp to Germany, 3rd June 1946
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House and ......
1918Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Senior Speech Day November 1964
Below is the Senior School Speech Day programme for Rawlins ......
1919A History of 27 Meeting Street, Quorn
27 Meeting Street is one of the oldest properties in Quorn, ......
1920Quorn Mills Bowls Club, September 1928
This photograph of Quorn Mills Bowls Club has been sent to ......
19211834 letter from Ann Carter, Quorn, to the Mayor of New York
In 2015 a letter came up for sale which was written in 1834 ......
1922The White Horse, Quorn – A surprise visitor in March 1982!
A lorry from Bakewell in Derbyshire, made an unscheduled ......
1923The Royal Oak, Quorn Cross
The Royal Oak pub is a familiar landmark on Quorn Cross. ......
1924Quorn Cross, late 1930s
Quorn Cross looking towards the Loughborough direction, ......
1925Quorn Cross in the floods
It is not certain in which year this photograph was taken, ......
1926Floods at Quorn Cross in the 1950s or 1960s.
Flooding at Quorn Cross was a regular occurrence until ......
1927Floods on Station Road, probably 1947
The gabled building behind the lorry is the White Horse ......
1928Floods around the White Horse pub, Quorn, 1986
The first photograph was taken during the floods of 1986, ......
1929A Quorn boxer, managed by Tiger Allen, 1930s
This unusual studio photograph shows a boxer with the ......
1930A tragic accident during the Quorn floods of 1875
1875 saw some of the worst floods in Quorn for many years. ......
1931Quorn Hunt Royal Doulton pottery
Quorn Hunt was based at Quorn Hall in the village from 1753 ......
1932Leicester City Football Club at Quorn – well nearly!
Leicester City Football Club were formed in 1884 and were ......
1933Quorn in WW2 – The girls who listened
Beaumanor Hall at Old Woodhouse was one of the largest Y ......
1934Herbert Wardle, Farnham Street, Quorn
The Wardle family lived at 27 Farnham Street, Quorn, from ......
193565 Loughborough Road, Quorn
Occupants of 65 Loughborough Road For many years 65 ......
1936The Wardle family, Farnham Street, Quorn
Following on from 1937
Howlett’s Bus Company, Quorn
This is a Bedford OWB Duple bus, registration number ......
1938Barrow Road, Quorn – then and now
An unusual view from around 1905, looking down Barrow Road ......
1939Deer roaming around the White Horse in Quorn! 1988
During road works near the White Horse pub in Quorn in ......
1941St Barts Primary School football team, 1954-55
Back row, left to right: Jack Briers (headmaster), ? ......
1942St Barts Primary School football team, 1953-54
St Bartholomew’s Primary School football team, ......
1943St Barts Primary School orchestra, 1952-53
Back row, left to right: John Prevost, Ann England, Gloden ......
1944Collecting leaves on High Street, Quorn, October 1952
This great picture appeared in the Loughborough Monitor on ......
1945Wood Lane – Lost cottages
Some cottages that once stood on Wood Lane have been either ......
1946Soar Valley News, April 1977
The Soar Valley News was a four page, black and white ......
1947Loughborough workhouse-master from Quorn sent for trial, January 1939
Loughborough Monitor, January 19th 1939 Former ......
1948A wedding in Quorn, 1952
Loughborough Monitor, Friday 17th October 1952 Cinema ......
1949Tom Gartshore from Quorn – Fishing advice, 1952
Loughborough Monitor, Friday 17th October 1952 They only ......
1950Football – Quorn match win! 1952
Loughborough Monitor, Friday 17th October 1952 Quorn ......
1951St Barts Primary School football team, 1957-58
St Bartholomew’s Primary School under 11s football team, ......
1952Quorn Hunt Pony Club letter, 1942
Quorn Hunt Pony Club was started in 1929 by Betty Morley ......
1953Letter from HMS Quorn during WW2
During WW2 Quorn Hunt Pony Club sent gifts and letters to ......
1954Letter from HMS Quorn, 1941
During WW2, early in 1941, young Betty Morley from the ......
1955Quorn population statistics
Quorn (Quorndon), does not appear in the Domesday book of ......
1956St Bartholomew’s Primary School, summer 1951
Back row, left to right: Teacher Miss Bratton, then, ......
1957St Bartholomew’s Primary School football team, about 1955
When St Bartholomew’s Primary School was located on School ......
1958Enjoying the sunshine! Quorn 1920s
This photograph was taken on the Greens at Barrow, which is ......
1959Wrights Factory Rules, 1946
The poster below hung in Wrights factory on Leicester Road ......
1960Jack Farnham (1890 to 1930)
John Adrian George Farnham, known as Jack, was born in ......
1961Quorn Building Society
Quorn Building Society, or as it was originally known, the ......
1962Farnham family Victorian livery buttons
Upper class Families in Victorian Britain would have ......
1963Quorn Scout Gang Show programme, 1963
Below is a Quorn Scout Gang Show programme from ......
1964Hidden heroes, Frank Hearn – a story of one man’s WW2
Frank Hearn from Barrow Road in Quorn, was in the 64th ......
1965William Harris Inglesant, Quorn, died 1912 aged 101
This article about the life of William Harris Inglesant ......
1966Quorn United S. S. Football Club 1922/23
Taken in 1923, this extremely clear photograph shows Quorn ......
19671815 Map of Quorn
Before the first Ordnance Survey maps, (1880s for Quorn), ......
19681816 Map of Quorn
This rare map of early Quorn was extracted from a much ......
19691864 Map of Quorn
The first Ordnance Survey maps which covered Quorn were ......
1970W E Cooke - A cottage at Quorn
This picture was by Quorn artist W E Cooke and appeared on ......
1971W E Cooke - A Cottage Yard at Quorn
This picture, 'A Cottage Yard at Quorn', was by Quorn ......
1972Joe Burton enjoys a pint!
Joe Burton was a well-known Quorn character, having fought ......
1973William Wilders – Carrier of Quorn
William Wilders was born in Quorn in 1838 and died in 1893. ......
1974Churches, chapels and changing times in Quorn
This article appeared in The Quorndon magazine in Winter ......
1975Sam and Eliza Hallam, Quorn, 1900
Sam Hallam in this photograph was born in Leicester, but ......
1976William Edward Hallam 1898 to 1984
William Hallam lived in Quorn at 32 Wood Lane, all his ......
1977Alice Mabel Hallam 1897 to 1989
Alice Hallam lived in Quorn at 32 Wood Lane, all her life. ......
1978Quorn United Cricket Club – about 1900
This rare picture of Quorn United Cricket Club was taken in ......
1979WW1 Postcard from Quorn
This postcard was sent by Alice Hallam to her brother ......
1980Robert Hudson – The experience of an evacuee
In February 2017 Robert Hudson left a brief comment on one ......
1981Quorn War Memorial, early 1920s
The permanent Quorn War Memorial was opened in 1921 and ......
1982High Street, Quorn in the 1950s
Two photographs of High Street, Quorn, looking towards ......
1983W E Cooke - A Cottage Yard at Quorn, in colour
This picture, 'A Cottage Yard at Quorn', was by Quorn ......
1984A Cottage Yard at Quorn – then and now
The colour washed sketch of a ‘Cottage Yard at Quorn’ was ......
1985Quorn Cricket Club, 2nd XI, 1910
The names that accompanied the photograph are given ......
1986WW2, Quorn Camp, off Wood Lane – TV Programme!
On Wednesday and Thursday, 28th and 29th June 2017, the ......
1987Quorn ladies outing, 1950s?
Little is known about this photograph, other than it is ......
1988Royal Oak, Quorn in the floods, early 1930s
This photograph was taken in the floods at Quorn ......
1989Quorn sampler, Elizabeth Winsley Power 1853
Whilst we may think that many girls and young women made ......
1990Cycle racing on Quorn Green!
Before it became a car park, Quorn Green in the centre of ......
1991Sale catalogue for Four Oaks, 6 Loughborough Road (the vicarage 1945 to 2010)
The house that used to be called Four Oaks, ie 6 ......
1992Eva and James Pell, 75 Meeting Street
Can you help with any more names for the people in these ......
1993Baptist Chapel Organ
A rare view inside the Baptist Chapel, showing the old ......
1994St Bartholomew's Parish Church, early 1900s
This traditional view of St Bartholomew's Church dates from ......
1995Quorn Souvenir China
This type of small crested china pottery was very popular ......
1996Tommy Allen 1911 to 1996
Thomas William Allen was born on 30th April 1911 at 46 ......
1997Wright's Factory, weaving room 1923/24
One of the elastic weaving rooms at Wright's factory, Quorn ......
1998Two buses at Quorn Cross, 1930
A very interesting street scene showing Quorn Cross in ......
1999Bus on Leicester Road, Quorn, 1910
This fantastic photograph was taken on the east side of ......
2000Prizes from Rawlins School, Quorn - 1890s
Henry Whitwell was born in Leicester in 1883, but spent ......
2001Insurance plaques, Quorn
Beginning in the 18th century, insurance fire plaques were ......
2002Quorn Church Room Programme of Events 1938/39
Quorn Church Room opened in 1929 and provided a much needed ......
2003Quorn Church Rooms, 1979 golden jubilee programme
In 1979 Quorn Church Rooms celebrated its golden jubilee, ......
2004Quorn Church Rooms, 1979 golden jubilee order of service
In September 1979 the golden jubilee of Quorn Church Rooms ......
2005Church Room fundraising fete, June 1929
In 1922 a committee was formed to raise funds for the ......
2006A history of the Church Rooms written in 1979
The history of the Church Rooms below was written by Jack ......
2007Tower at the side of the Quorndon Fox
In the back garden of the building that is now the Quorndon ......
2008Death of Mrs Farnham - Funeral Quorn
Leicester Daily Mercury - Saturday 14th October 1911 The ......
2010A wartime wedding in Quorn, 1945
This is the wedding of Barbara Spoor from Soar Road in ......
2011Quorn meat substitute and our village – a connection or not?
One question that people often ask is whether there is a ......
2012Peter Preston 1938 to 2018 – Quorn boy edits the Guardian
Peter Preston was born in 1938 and died on 6th January ......
2013Quorn cigarette tin, early 1900s
This Quorn cigarette tin is very well worn and we think is ......
2014Sunday School Centenary Medals
These two medals were donated to Quorn Local History Group ......
2015Quorn, Beating the Bounds, May 1917
Loughborough Echo - Friday 18th May 1917 QUORN, BEATING ......
2016WW1 Puttees! Made by M Wright and Sons
This advert appeared regularly in the Tatler between 1917 ......
2017Postcard – Mountsorrel Quarry 1909
This postcard raises many questions! It may be asked how ......
2018Replacing the Church roof after the Church fire in 1965
After the major fire in the Church in 1965, the roof of the ......
2019Recreation Ground for Quorn, April 1914
Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham News - ......
2020Quorn toilet dispute! 1961
The British Film Institute Player website includes a 1 ½ ......
2021Aerial view of Wright's factory and surrounding area - approx 1952
This aerial photograph was taken in the early 1950s, as ......
2022Santa Maria Lodge and the bridge on Soar Road, 1916
This is a view often seen on old photographs, but this ......
2023Quorn Primary School teachers - 1973
The teachers at Quorn Primary School on the School Lane ......
2024Masterbuilder construction set, made in Quorn 1940s
This is definitely one of the more unusual Quorn artefacts ......
2025Quorn Hygienic Laundry basket
This Quorn laundry basket (or hamper) was used by the ......
2026Quorn Camp, Wood Lane
Quorn Camp was situated off Wood Lane, on land belonging to ......
2027Quorn Laundry buildings
Quorn Laundry was based on Barrow Road, where Quorndon ......
2028Green Acre, 4 Buddon Lane, Quorn
This house was built on Buddon Lane, off Chaveney Road in ......
2029King William lVth pub, Leicester Road, Quorn
The King William lVth was an old thatched pub that stood ......
2030Harvest at Home Farm, Quorn, early 1900s
Thomas Pepper was born in 1883 in Long Whatton. He was ......
2031Quorn Wakes on the Green, 1950s
For many years the annual Quorn Wakes (fair), was held on ......
2032Lloyd Eric Tomlyn, 1928 to 2016 – Memories of Quorn
Lloyd Eric Tomlyn was born in Mountsorrel in 1928, the son ......
2033Firework Danger! – from 1892
Saturday the 5th November 1892 saw a dreadful accident in ......
2034C. A. Taylor, Tobacconist, Quorn
This letterhead and business card was kindly given to Quorn ......
2035Charles Tomblin – killed near Quorn Station, September 1936
Charles Tomblin was born in Barrowden in Rutland on 14th ......
2036Gladys and Inis Rumsby, Church Lane, Quorn, 1909
These photographs were taken in about 1909 and the two ......
2037Jackie Mann – Quorn farmer, Soar Road, early 1900s
John Mann, or Jackie as he was known, was born in Barrow ......
2038Stafford Orchard, Quorn, about 1984
The young girl in these photograph is Lynda Bradshaw. In ......
2039Stafford Orchard, Quorn, 1950s
Three girls in Quorn’s park (Stafford Orchard) in the ......
2040Stafford Orchard, Quorn, 1963
Who remembers this play equipment on Stafford Orchard ......
2041Ploughing prize, 1848, William Sarson, Quorn
The wording on this impressive tankard says: “1st PRIZE ......
2042Silver rose bowl, presented to George White of Quorn, 1919
George White was a very well-known Quorn figure. His main ......
204482nd Airborne Paratroopers at Quorn Camp 1944
Francis X. Schweikert, was an American paratrooper based at ......
204582nd Airborne Paratroopers at Quorn Camp 1944
Francis X. Schweikert, was an American paratrooper based at ......
204682nd Airborne Paratroopers at Quorn Camp 1944
Francis X. Schweikert, was an American paratrooper based at ......
2047Quorn lads, Quorn Cross 1912
This postcard was sent in 1912 by 14 year old Richard ......
2048Home Guard, Quorn WW2
This photograph was supplied by the family of the late ......
2049Roy and Elsie Bishop, Quorn family photographs 1940s
These photographs are from the family album of Elsie Bishop ......
2050Floods in Quorn, 1961
Before flood prevention measures, Quorn used to flood to a ......
2051Quorn Hall students Christmas party, 1974
Elsie Bishop was born (as Elsie Lovett) in Quorn in 1912. ......
2052Frank Ockenden’s Wedding, Quorn, 1958.
Elsie Bishop was born (as Elsie Lovett) in Quorn in 1912. ......
2053New houses in Quorn, 1960/61
This advert for brand new Wimpey houses in Quorn appeared ......
2054Daphne Oxenford with Quorn Brownies, 1958
Many people will remember Daphne Oxenford as a well known ......
2055Quorn Brownies and Guides, late 1950s
As detailed in
2056Cottages next to the White Hart, Quorn
These cottages used to stand next to the White Hart pub on ......
2057Quorn Brownies, early/mid 1960s
Quorn Brownies in the early/mid 1960. Can anyone provide ......
2058Thomas Rawlins Grammar School Speech Day Programmes, 1959 to 1966
The attached PDF file contains nine programmes from Speech ......
2059A history of Quorn Baptist Church
This booklet detailing the history of Quorn Baptist Church ......
2060Warwick Avenue, Quorn
Warwick Avenue came into being in 1934, when Gambles, the ......
2061Quorn Primary School – The state of the premises, 1969
Quorn National School started in 1818 in a room, probably ......
2062Quorn Cottage or 1 Woodhouse Road, Quorn
1 Woodhouse Road, which is on the corner of Woodhouse Road ......
2064Quorn folk, late 1940s/early 1950s
In the 1940s George Gartshore, who now lives on Mansfield ......
2065Quorn lads! 1950s
George Gartshore from Mansfield Street has provided these ......
2066Fancy dress on Quorn Village Green
Fancy dress on Quorn Village Green (now the car park), ......
2067George and Olive Gartshore and their family – early 1940s
The Gartshores first came to Quorn around 1860 when George ......
2068George Harry Gartshore on Gambles premises, Meeting Street, early 1940s
George Harry Gartshore was a grandson of the famous George ......
2069Home Farm and the Pepper Family
Life in Quorn was very different in the 1900s, with many ......
2070Blacksmiths shop, Meeting Street, Quorn, 1935
On Saturday 17th August 1935, The Illustrated Leicester ......
2084Quorndon Parish Magazine - December 1895
St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine. The Rev Edward ......
2085Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1896 to June 1896
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2086Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1896 to December 1896
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2087Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1897 to June 1897
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2088Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1897 to November 1897
This file contains five months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2089Quorndon Parish Magazines – March 1898 to June 1898
This file contains four months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2090Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1898 to December 1898
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2091Quorndon Parish Magazines – Jan 1899 to June 1899
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2092Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1899 to December 1899
Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1899 to December ......
2093Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1900 to June 1900
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2094Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1900 to December 1900
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2095Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1901 to June 1901
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2096Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1901 to December 1901
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2097Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1902 to June 1902
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2098Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1902 to December 1902
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2099Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1903 to June 1903
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2100Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1903 to December 1903
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2101Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1904 to June 1904
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2102Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1904 to December 1904
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2103Grace Wesley’s autograph book – A Quorn Rawlins ‘Old Girl’
Grace Mildred Wesley was born in 1895 and lived at ......
2106The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1963, Vol 6 No 5
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2107The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1959, Vol 6 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2108The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1958, Vol 5 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2109The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1957, Vol 5 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2110The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1954, Vol 5 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2111The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1948, Vol 4 No 8
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2112The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, March 1948, Vol 4 No 7
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2113The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Christmas 1947, Vol 4 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2114The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1947, Vol 4 No 5
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2115The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, March 1947, Vol 4 No 4
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2116The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, December 1946, Vol 4 No 3
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2117The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1946, Vol 4 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2118The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, April 1946, Vol 4 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2119The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1933
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2120The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1931
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2121The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, late 1929/early 1930
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2122The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Spring 1929
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2123The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Spring 1927, No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2124The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Autumn 1926, No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2125The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, March 1918, Vol 2 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2126The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, February 1918, Vol 2 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2127The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, January 1915, Vol 2 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2128The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1913, Vol 2 No 4
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2129The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, December 1912, Vol 2 No 3
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2130The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, May 1912, Vol 2 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2131The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, November 1911, Vol 2 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2132The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, December 1910, Vol 1 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2133The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, April 1910, Vol 1 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2134The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, April 1909, Vol 1 No 7
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2135The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, November 1908, Vol 1 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2136The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1908, Vol 1 No 5
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2137The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, January 1908, Vol 1 No 4
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2138The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1907, Vol 1 No 3
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2139The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Easter 1907, Vol 1 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2140The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Christmas 1906, Vol 1 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2142Mizpah brooch – Arthur and Doris Green, WW2
Arthur Green from Quorn and Doris Ada Crowsley from ......
2143Nothing says Quorn quite like …... a polar bear?!!!
This type of small crested china pottery was very popular ......
2144Silhouettes – Farnham family, Quorn
These three silhouettes are about 5 inches (13 cm) tall and ......
2145Quorn Parish Magazines – January 1905 to June 1905
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2146Quorn Parish Magazines – July 1905 to December 1905
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2147Quorn Parish Magazines – January 1906 to June 1906
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2148Quorn Parish Magazines – July 1906 to December 1906
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2149Quorn Parish Magazines – January 1907 to June 1907
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2150Quorn Parish Magazines – July 1907 to December 1907
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2151Quorn Parish Magazines – January 1908 to June 1908
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2152Quorn Parish Magazines – July 1908 to December 1908
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2153Quorn Parish Magazines – January 1909 to June 1909
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2154Quorn Parish Magazines – July 1909 to December 1909
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2165Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1910
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2166Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1910
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2167Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1910
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2168Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1910
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2169Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1911
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2170Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1911
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2171Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1911
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2172Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1911
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2173Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1912
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2174Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1912
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2175Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1912
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2176Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1912
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2177Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1913
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2178Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1913
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2179Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1913
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2180Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1913
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2181Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1914
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2182Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1914
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2183Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1914
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2184Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1914
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2185Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1915
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2186Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1915
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2187Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1915
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2188Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1915
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2193Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1916
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2194Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1916
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2195Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1916
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2196Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1916
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2197Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1917
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2198Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1917
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2199Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1917
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2200Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1917
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2201Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1918
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2202Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1918
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2203Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1918
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2204Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1918
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2205Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 1, January to March, 1919
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2206Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 2, April to June, 1919
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2207Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 3, July to September, 1919
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2208Quorn Parish Magazines – Quarter 4, October to December, 1919
This file contains three months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2209Footpaths Around Quorn, 1984, by David Hopkins, Rawlins student
David Hopkins was a 6th form student at Rawlins Community ......
2210Leicester Road, Quorn, demolished properties
It is thought that this photograph was taken in 1972, ......
2211The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1964, Vol 6 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2212The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, October 1965, Vol 6 No 7
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2213The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, October 1966, Vol 6 No 8
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2214The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1967, Vol 6 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2215The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, October 1968, Vol 6 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2216The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, 1969, Vol 7 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2217The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, 1971, Vol 7 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2218Quorndon Parish Magazines – July 1889 to December 1889
This file contains 6 months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2219Quorndon Parish Magazines – January 1889 to June 1889
This file contains 6 months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2220Estate of Revd John Prior of Quorn, 1831
This plan was drawn up in 1831 to record the landholdings ......
2221The Parkinson family – Baptists in Quorn
William Parkinson starting farming in Quorn in 1757, and ......
2222Video - Tom Long haymaking in his meadow, 1960s
This converted cine film shows Tom Long making hay in his ......
2224Thomas Lucas, jeweller, Quorn - Watch paper
Watch papers were round papers, placed between the inner ......
2225Grace Wesley, former Quorn Rawlins pupil, marriage 1924
Grace Wesley was a pupil at Rawlins Grammar School from ......
2226Rawlins Grammar School, Old Quornians Association, Annual Dinner 1945
For many years Rawlins Grammar School had an association ......
2227James Henry Pell, 75 Meeting Street, Quorn
The Pell family were in Quorn from the 1890s and James ......
2228Memories of life in Quorn, by Arthur Long
Tom Long’s name is known by most people in Quorn because of ......
2229Quorn and the Spanish flu epidemic
The worldwide ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic of 1918 hit the UK in ......
2230Thomas Cradock of Quorn Court
Thomas Cradock was born in Loughborough in 1795. He married ......
2231Elms Drive gates
Elms Drive was built in the late 1920s/early 1930s, and ......
2232Raven Cottage, 31 Meeting Street, Quorn – House deeds/timeline
Property deeds are a valuable source of local history ......
2233George and Emma Cummins, died March 1898 – Grave Memorial
George and Emma Cummins died on the 11th and 12th March ......
2234Quorn Home Guard 1942
The Home Guard were originally known as the LDV (Local ......
2235Quorn Home Guard, Loughborough Road, 1942
The older photograph was taken in October 1942. The three ......
2236Alfred James Camm, Quorn National School prize, 1890
The attached book (see attached PDF file) was presented to ......
2237Alfred James Camm, born Quorn 1885, died 1970
Alfred James Camm was born in Quorn in August 1885, he was ......
2238Quorn Rawlins, Prefects 1964-65
Standing, left to right: Rowena Carter, Gillian Gamble, ......
2239Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1947
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
2240Floods, Meeting Street, 1960
Before flood prevention measures were taken in Quorn, the ......
2241Renumbering of Properties on Quorn Streets
Over the years several of the older streets in Quorn have ......
2242Meeting Street, Quorn – Then and now
The earlier of these two photographs is thought to have ......
2243Quorn Police Station, 1980s
Quorn Police Station closed in 2011 and the land has since ......
2244‘Quorna’ Tape, made by M. Wright and Sons of Quorn
‘Quorna’ was a brand name used by Wrights factory in Quorn ......
2245Quorn Bacon Roll
Quorn Bacon Roll is a very old recipe that evolved in the ......
2246Quorn in Australia
Did you know that there is a ‘Quorn’ in South Australia? ......
2247Quorn WW1 Statistics – Casualties throughout the war
The pattern of war deaths of Quorn men was not spread ......
2248Quorn WW1 Casualties – Comparison with local villages
The graphs below show numbers of Quorn lives lost in WW1, ......
2249Quorn WW1 Casualties – Analysed by street
There was not one street in Quorn that did not suffer in ......
2250A unique Quorn business - ships in bottles!
One of the most unusual small businesses that Quorn has ......
2251Quorn in Iowa, America, now known as Kingsley
Two brothers Fredrick and William Close went to the USA ......
2252Quorn War Memorial, 1920s
Quorn war memorial was unveiled in 1921 and this photograph ......
2253M Wright & Sons Ltd, New automatic weaving looms, January 1947
Loughborough Echo, Friday, 31st January ......
2255Terrific Gale Strikes Loughborough and Quorn, March 1947
Loughborough Echo, Friday, 21st March 1947 ROADS ......
2256The Mill House pub, Quorn, ladies darts team, October 1947
Loughborough Echo, Friday, 17th October 1947 The Mill ......
2257WW1 Armistice in Quorn – Newspaper report
Loughborough Echo 15th November 1918 Shortly after 11 ......
2258Triptych War Memorial in Quorn St Bartholomew’s Church
After the WW1 armistice, a permanent memorial to those who ......
2259Quorn Scouts in WW1
The first Scout troop in Quorn is recorded in 1912, just ......
2260Quorn Rawlins Grammar School, Boer War Roll of Honour
There are three rolls of honour hanging in Rawlins school. ......
2261Quorn Rawlins Grammar School, WW1 Roll of Honour
There are three rolls of honour hanging in Rawlins school. ......
2262Quorn Rawlins Grammar School, Old Quornians Roll of Honour
There are three rolls of honour hanging in Rawlins school. ......
2263Quorn Rawlins Grammar School WW1 Memorial Shield
This shield was presented to Rawlins Grammar School by ......
2264Facer family memorial bench – St Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn
This bench sits in the porch of Quorn St Bartholomew’s ......
2265The Facer Family of Quorn
Moving from Leicester to Quorn Henry Facer, a ......
2266Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Fred Wykes
Died 21st April 1916, aged 24 Hooge, Ypres, ......
2267Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Ezra Wykes
Died 4th December 1917, aged 29 Died of wounds, the ......
2268Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Harold Wright
Died 14th September 1915, aged 33 In hospital in London ......
2269Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Albert Henry Wright
Died 14th July 1916, aged 24 The Somme, ......
2270Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Arthur Wilfred Woodforth
Died 7th April 1918, aged 20 Wesel, Germany Prior to ......
2271Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Wood
Died 9th October 1917, aged 19 Mendinghem, ......
2272Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Henry James Williams
Died 26th December 1914, aged 26 Aldershot, ......
2273Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John Willday
Died 4th January 1919, aged 31, buried in Quorn ......
2274Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Sydney Francis Whysall
Died 26th March 1918, aged 32 Gailly, the Somme, ......
2275Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Charles Kirbell White
Died 1st September 1918, aged 33 Beaulencourt, ......
2276Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Frank Cuthbert White
Died 13th May 1915, aged 20 Battle of Frezenberg, ......
2277Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Harry Webster
Died 26th November 1914, aged 37 Sheerness, ......
2278Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Ernest William Ward
Died 27th October 1914, aged 24 Lille, ......
2279Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Laurence Wakeling
Died 12th July 1917, aged 33 Coxyde, ......
2280Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Alfred Hall Taylor
Died 30th October 1914, aged 30 First Battle of Ypres, ......
2281Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Silas Stevenson
Died 15th September 1916, aged 28 The Somme, ......
2282Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William John Steer
Died 13th May 1915, aged 28 Battle of Frezenberg, ......
2283Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Fred Squires
Died 3rd December 1915, aged 32 Lemnos Island, ......
2284Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Jack Shephard
Died 18th July 1917, aged 43 Mesopotamia, ......
2285Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Bertie James Shenton
Died 3rd August 1916, aged 19 Ovillers near Albert, ......
2286Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Victor Rennocks
Died 23rd April 1916, aged 26 Hinckley ......
2287Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Albert Edward Rennocks
Died 3rd October 1918, aged 22 St Quentin, ......
2288Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Pollard
Died 21st June 1917, aged 23 Lens, France Early ......
2289Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John Henry Pick
25th September 1917, aged 26 Marquise Quarry, ......
2290Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William Gabriel King Peirce
Died 26th October 1914, aged 39 Festubert, Western ......
2291Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Charley Ottey
Died 30th July 1916, aged 18 Wounded in France, died in ......
2292Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Hubert Mason Moore
Died 5th September 1918, aged 24 Gavrelle, Arras, ......
2293Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Daniel and William Moore
Died 13th May 1915, aged 25 and 23 Battle of ......
2294Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Samuel William Martin
Died 28th May 1915, aged 25 North West of Festubert, ......
2295Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John Jesson Lucas
Died 13th May 1915, aged 20 Battle of Frezenberg, ......
2296Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Lovett
Died 25th September 1916, aged 30 Gueudecourt, the ......
2297Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Harold Lockwood
Died 3rd October 1918, aged 20 Bellenglise, ......
2298Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Ernest Lee
Died 13th November 1916, aged 22 Hebuterne, France A ......
2299WW1 Roll of Honour - Edward Basil Langrish
Died 3rd October 1918, aged 19 Grévillers, Bapaume, ......
2300Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Albert Jones
Died 4th October 1917, aged 19 Broodseinde, Ypres, ......
2301Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Frank Joiner
Died 8th July 1917, aged 22 Metz, France A ......
2302Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John Newton Jacques
Died 27th September 1917, aged 25 Zonnebeke, ......
2303Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Thomas Hutton
Died 26th September 1917, aged 35 Zonnebeke, ......
2304WW1 Roll of Honour - James Hutton
Died 6th October 1917, aged 25 France James ......
2305Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William Hudson
Died 3rd October 1918, aged 29 Bellenglise, ......
2306Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Harry Hubbard
Died 12th April 1916, aged 32 Poperinge, ......
2307Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - James Howlett
Died 5th October 1918, aged 33 Bellenglise, ......
2308Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - James Martin Hollingsworth
Died 5th October 1916, aged 28 The Somme, ......
2309Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Matthew Henry Hickling
Died 13th May 1915, aged 21 Battle of Frezenberg, ......
2310Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William Hallam
Died 22nd October 1914, aged 29 Rue du Bois, ......
2311Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William Henry Hackett
Died 18th September 1918, aged 21 Battle of Épehy, the ......
2312Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Ernest Grant
Died 21st March 1918, aged 31 Bapaume, France Early ......
2313Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Walter Albert Gartshore
Died 1st September 1916, aged 24 Bienvillers, ......
2314Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Edward Gamble
Died 16th August 1917, aged 22 Ypres, ......
2315Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Walter Fletcher
Died 25th September 1918, aged 34 Sorel-le-Grand, the ......
2316Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John (Jack) Peer Flanders
Died 25th September 1916, aged 21 Battle of the Somme, ......
2317Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William Cox Flanders
Died 18th May 1916, aged 20 Mesopotamia, Iraq Family ......
2318Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Joseph Fewkes
Died 26th September 1916, aged 48 The Somme, ......
2319Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Percy Facer
Died 9th April 1918, aged 18 Loos, France A ......
2320Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - James William Dockray
Died 20th July 1918, aged 19 France The Dockray ......
2321Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Walter Daft
Died 20th September 1915, aged 29 Ypres, ......
2322Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John James Collington
Died 28th January 1915, aged 28 Estaires, Northern ......
2323Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - William Henry Clay
Died 27th April 1915, aged 20 Vlamertinghe, ......
2324Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Hilary Calvert Clarke
Died 31st August 1918, aged 22 Bailleul, ......
2325Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Cecil Chapman
Died 21st April 1915, aged 22 Ypres, Belgium Early ......
2326Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - John (Jack) Cawrey
Died 30th October 1917, aged 40 Passchendaele, ......
2327Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Albert Henry Burton
Died 27th April 1917, aged 22 Loos, France Prior to ......
2328Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Edwin Brown
Died 13th August 1915, aged 27 Hooge, ......
2329Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Walter Brewin
Died 10th August 1918, aged 28 France A difficult ......
2330Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Louis Brewin
Died 14th July 1917, aged 23 St Leger, the Somme, ......
2331Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Percy Boyer
Died 3rd May 1918, aged 18 La Bassée Canal, ......
2332Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Albert Henry Bowler
Died 29th September 1918, aged 33 Second Battle of the ......
2333Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Ernest Harold Bonner
Died 9th September 1917, aged 20 Villers-Faucon, the ......
2334Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Alfred Blackshaw
Died 29th June 1915, aged 17 Gallipoli Peninsula, ......
2335Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Joseph Frank Brookes Birkin
Died 25th September 1915, aged 22 Ypres, ......
2336Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Edward Arthur Benskin
Died 25th September 1916, aged 19 Battle of the Somme, ......
2337Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Charles Ernest Barrett
Died 9th March 1917, aged 21 Mesopotamia ......
2338Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Ernest Bancroft
Died Sunday 19th December 1915, aged 27 Ypres, ......
2339Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Frank Bale
Died 11th August 1917, aged 34 Ypres, ......
2340Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - George Harry Bagley
Died 31st May 1917, aged 29, France George Bagley ......
2341Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Reginald John Backhouse
Died 9th August 1918, aged 31 Rosières, the Somme, ......
2342Quorn WW1 Roll of Honour - Charles Harold Adams
Died 13th May 1915, aged 29 Battle of Frezenberg, ......
2343Quorn Parish Magazine – January 1920
The copy of St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine scanned ......
2344Quorn Parish Magazine – October 1921
The copy of St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine scanned ......
2345Quorn Parish Magazine – September 1923
The copy of St Bartholomew's Church parish magazine scanned ......
2346Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1924
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2347Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1924
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2348Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1925
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2349Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1925
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2350Quorn Parish Magazines – January, March, May and June 1926
This file contains four months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2351Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1926
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2352Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1927 (excluding April)
This file contains five months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2353Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1927
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2354Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1928
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2355Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1928
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2356Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1929
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2357Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1929
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2358Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1930
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2359Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1930
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2360Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1931
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2361Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1931
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2362Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1932
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2363Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1932
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2364Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1933
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2365Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1933
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2366Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1934
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2367Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1934
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2368Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1935
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2369Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1935
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2370Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1936
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2371Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1936
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2372Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1937
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2373Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1937
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2374Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1938
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2375Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1938
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2376Quorn Parish Magazines – January to June 1939
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2377Quorn Parish Magazines – July to December 1939
This file contains six months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2378Quorn Parish Magazines – January to May 1940
This file contains five months of St Bartholomew's Church ......
2379Home Guard, including Quorn Platoon, 1942
This photograph of the Home Guard was taken in the garden ......
2380Quorn property for sale - January 1985
The two adverts below appeared in the local newspaper on ......
2381William Freer born 1830 in Quorn, died 17th February 1887, Denbighshire
William Freer was born in Quorn in 1830. By the 1850s he ......
2382Air raid shelter in Quorn
World War Two started in 1939 and continued for six years. ......
2383Robert Sutton, Quorn Family Butcher
This photograph was taken on High Street in Quorn around ......
2384Quorn St Bartholomew's National School, 1910
In the first part of last century, what we know today as ......
2385Quorn Ladies in Skegness, 1953
Four Quorn ladies enjoying the sunshine in ‘Skeggie’, in ......
2386M Wright and Sons, Quorn – Winding Room
Wright’s factory has been in Quorn since 1870. This ......
238712 Freehold Street, Quorn – Shop and Off-Licence
The first of these photographs was taken in about 1909 and ......
2388Quorn Baptist Church Christian Endeavour Group, early 1900s
The Baptist Church in Quorn has always had a large ......
2389The QUORN Tool and Cutter Grinder
Since its launch in 1974, the Quorn Tool and Cutter Grinder ......
2390Thompson and Gamble, builders of the Cradock Drive housing development
Who were Thompson and Gamble? Thompson ......
2391Quorn Australia – Heritage Walk
Quorn in South Australia is very proud of its heritage, and ......
2392Schooldays at Quorn St Bartholomew’s Primary, 1957 to 1961
John Tweedie and his twin brother Jim were at St Barts ......
2393Quorn St Bartholomew’s Primary School, early 1950s
Taken in the early 1950s in the old primary school ......
2394PC Billy Norman – served in Quorn 1930 to 1944
In the 1980s and 1990s Harry Limbert, who lived in Quorn ......
2395William Henry Norman (PC Billy Norman) 1889 to 1958
William Henry (Billy) Norman was born on 29th March 1889 in ......
2396Dedication of Lime Trees, Quorn, May 1952
In May 1952 Quorn dedicated an avenue of lime trees in ......
2397Quorn Village Event, early/mid 1950s
A village event in the early/mid 1950s. The gentleman ......
2398Friends of Markfield – Quorn Gala Day Football Tournament
During the 1960’s and 70’s the people of Quorn supported ......
2399Phyllis Field (nee Broom), 1917 - 2007
Phyllis Broom was born at what is now 37 Farnham Street in ......
2400St Barts Primary School football team, 1959-60
St Bartholomew’s Primary School football team, ......
2401Retirement concert for Jack Briers, Head of Quorn Primary School, 1971
These photographs were taken on the occasion of the ......
2402Quorn Hall, 1905
The original Quorn Hall, known as the Nether Hall, was ......
2403Quorn House, 1886
Quorn House on Meeting Street was originally known as the ......
2404Quorndon Embossing Presses
These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 ......
2405M Wright and Sons, Quorn - Centenary Celebration, 1960 - Programme
M Wright and Sons, elastic webbing manufacturers, started ......
2406HMS Quorn
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn as ......
2407Quorn Camp 1944 - US 82nd Airborne Division
Members of the US 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Parachute ......
2408VJ Day – A Quorn man’s memento
This framed memento of VJ Day is a representation of an ......
2409Quorndon Parish Council – the best in the country!
This article appeared in the press shortly after Quorndon ......
2410Manor House Hotel, Quorn
The Manor House Hotel on Woodhouse Road opposite the ......
2411Evacuees arrive in Quorn, 1st September 1939
Leicester Mercury Friday 1st September 1939 How ......
2412Upset in Quorn Urban District Council!
The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle Saturday 24th April ......
2413Opening of Quorn Football Club new ground, 1960
Loughborough Echo, Friday, September 2nd, 1960. QUORN ......
2414Quorn Golden Jubilee Celebrations, May 2002
The Quorndon Magazine had reported that for the 4th year ......
2415Quorn – the best kept village!
Between 1996 and 2004 the village received a number of ......
2416Woodthorpe and Quorndon Parish Boundary Marker
This boundary marker was originally sited on the A6 Trunk ......
2417M. Wright and Sons factory, Quorn, approx 1880
Fifteen men standing outside M. Wright and Sons factory in ......
2418William Fantham, GCR Platelayer, Quorn, killed in WW1
Killed 8th May 1916 in France, aged 22 William ......
2419Memories of the USA 82nd Airborne in Quorn – Looking back 76 years!
Mary Totman (nee Webster) and her sister grew up in Quorn ......
2420Student life at Soar House, Quorn, in the 1960s
Paul Dilks was a student at Loughborough College of ......
2421Quorn Environmental Award (2000)
Quorndon Parish Council won the Daily Telegraph/Calor Gas ......
2422Civilian Bobbies on the beat in Quorn
In this 2003 newspaper article held in the Quorn Parish ......
2423Machine shop at M. Wright and Sons, Quorn, early 1920s
In the 1920s the machines were belt driven, feeding off ......
2424Quorn Hunt at Bradgate Park – Then and now
The first photograph was taken in about 1896 and was ......
2425Mee and Marlow family pictures
These family photographs were kindly supplied by Valerie ......
2426Quorn Village Hall – ‘Nurseryrhymia’ Christmas Show 1908
This poster was found in the parish council archives and is ......
2427Alfred Charles Morrison of Quorn - Pioneer of the electric milk float
A fascinating article about Alfred Morrison, a former ......
2428Gartshore family, 15 High Street Quorn, 1960s
The elderly couple in these photographs are George Harry ......
2429Gartshore family, summer fete, Stafford Orchard, 1960s
A summer fete on Stafford Orchard in the 1960s, with George ......
2430Darts in Quorn and the Quorn Charity Darts League
Darts used to be very popular in Quorn and below Sue Sharpe ......
2431Quorndon Coronation Celebrations Minute Book 1936/7
In January 1936, King George V died and his eldest son ......
2432Old Quorn residents - George and Mary Gartshore
George and Mary Gartshore were born in 1830, married in ......
24331935 Silver Jubilee Seat petition
In May 1935, King George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee ......
2434Edwin and Sarah Gartshore, Quorn
The first photograph is a studio portrait of Edwin ......
2435Medicine bottle from Green's chemist, Quorn
This medicine bottle came from Green's chemist on High ......
2436Card from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp to Germany, 17th April 1947
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House, ......
2437Marquees for M Wright and Sons Centenary 1960
Marquees on the field on School Lane, ready for the ......
2438Card from Quorn Prisoner of War Camp to Germany, 18th May 1947
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House, ......
2439A Quorn football team, circa 1919
This photograph is a football team taken in Quorn. The ......
2440Quorn Milestone
On the Leicester Road between the pavement and the fence ......
2441The Quorn Ranch Company, North America
Introduction The Quorn Ranch(e) Company was an ......
2442Quorndon - An extraordinary trout!
Loughborough Monitor - Thursday 21st December ......
2443Three Quorn businessmen
These three Quorn men are (left to right) Stan Orton, Tommy ......
2444An unidentified WW2 airman in Quorn Baptist Churchyard
In 1940, during WW2, the body of a young airman was found ......
2445Harold Crossley, Quorn Fields Farm
Harold Crossley was a hostler (ie he looked after the ......
2446The Winterton family, Quorn
Top left John Henry Winterton, was born in Quorn in 1872 ......
2447Lily and Pauline Hudson, 72 Leicester Road, 1937
Frank Hudson, born in 1911, was brought up at Meadow View ......
2448Joyce Chamberlain, Alma Terrace, 1940s
This photograph was taken on Alma Terrace off Meeting ......
2449King William IVth pub, Leicester Road, 1930s
A rare coloured photograph of the King William IVth pub, ......
2450Rawlins Grammar School, about 1910
Rawlins Grammar School opened in 1892 and moved to its ......
2451John Henry Boyer Warner, 2 September 1849 – 12 April 1891
JHB as he was known is remembered locally for selecting ......
2452William Rodger Johnstone 1902-1990, 15 Chaveney Road
William Johnstone, his wife Mary Ellen and their children ......
2453Card from Quorn POW Camp to Germany, 17th September 1945
Quorn POW camp was based in the grounds of Quorn House, ......
2454Quorn Hall Lodge, Barrow Road, early 1900s
There are two former lodges to Quorn Hall and this one is ......
2455Nut Row, Quorn
This is a rare photograph of Nut Row in Quorn, which was a ......
2456Hilda and Mary Harper, Leicester Road, 27th May 1941
Looking down Leicester Road from outside no 14, which is ......
2457A fete in Quorn, probably 1940s
Quorn has always liked a good fete or celebration and it is ......
2458Quorn property sales, 1934
Leicester Evening Mail Thursday 5th July 1934 QUORN ......
2459The wedding of Lucy Gartshore and Walter Eli Sutton, 1920
On 22nd May 1920, Lucy Gartshore married Walter Eli Sutton. ......
2460Thomas Rawlins Grammar School badge, about 1920
This enameled school badge shows the original crest of ......
2461Quorn, Hunt Class railway engine
Over the years Quorn has given its name to many products; ......
2462Bull in the Hollow/Needless Inn
The Bull in the Hollow is a well-known landmark, standing ......
2463The Harper family of Buddon Wood House
John and Harriett Harper married in 1888 and in the early ......
2464Quorn Guides in the Canadian press! 2011
The museum team do not usually include items this recent, ......
246522 High Street, Quorn - discovery behind a wall!
In September 2021, local optometrist Mohammed Bhojani was ......
2466German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 3, early September 1947
During 2021 three magazines turned up on a flea market ......
2467German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 2, late August 1947
During 2021 three magazines turned up on a flea market ......
2468German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 1, early August 1947
During 2021 three magazines turned up on a flea market ......
2469Thomas Delarue from Quorn, 1791 to 1878
Behind so many names in old Quorn records lay stories that ......
2470Quorn Church Fire, 24th October 1965
St Bartholomew's Parish Church suffered a severe fire in ......
2471The Sequestration Papers of Edward Farnham of Quorndon
The Civil Wars between 1642 and 1651, saw armies loyal to ......
2472St Bartholomew’s Church Extension, 1995
An extension to provide more facilities for St ......
2473Wilders/Stevenson/Kerslake photographs
The Wilders family came to Quorn from Walton on the Wolds ......
2474Aylward and Son, electrical shop, High Street, Quorn
Frederick and Elizabeth Aylward moved to Quorn in about ......
2475Sad death of the Quorn Parish Clerk – 1852
Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland ......
2476Evacuated to Quorn 1941
In 1941, five year old Jackie Lee (then known as Bessie ......
2477Rex Bloore, Quorn – business card
Rex Bloore was well known Quorn businessman in the 1960s ......
2478Soar Road, Quorn, about 1910
A postcard of Soar Road showing children playing in and ......
2479Adnett’s grocery shop, High Street, Quorn
Ernest and Joan Adnett ran a grocery shop in Quorn, at what ......
2480Commonwealth Youth Enterprise Conference 1977 - Quorn visitors
Between the 13th and 27th July 1977 Quorn hosted 20 young ......
2481Quorn Primary School Football Team, spring 1967
Taken at St Bartholomew’s School when it was at the old ......
2482Miss Sawdon’s retirement as headmistress, The Quornian, 1971
Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Sawdon was the head of Rawlins from ......
2483Westfield Farm, Woodhouse Road – Then and now
A view looking up Woodhouse Road towards the Farley Way ......
2484Quorn folk, Church Rooms, 1940s
Very little is known about this photograph of Quorn folk, ......
248523 Chaveney Road, Quorn – The history of a house
This article entitled ‘The House Detective!’ was written by ......
2486Louie Burrows, 1888 to 1962
Louie Burrows is featured on the Quorn Old School Heritage ......
2487Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, early 1920s
Little is known about this photograph of Thomas Rawlins ......
2488Quorn Methodist Sunday School 1942/43
Two photographs of Quorn Methodist Sunday School taken ......
2489Quorn National School 1900
Loughborough Echo Friday 19 December 1952 QUORN ......
2490Quorn National School, approx 1892
Loughborough Echo Friday 28th November 1952 Are You On ......
2491Gambles building firm, 1950s
Brothers Ron and Aubrey Gamble ran a building firm in ......
2492High Street, Quorn in 1952
This sketch appeared in the Loughborough Echo in 1952 and ......
2493Quorn Old People's Fellowship outing, 1959
Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire was a favourite ......
2494Quorn Emmanuel Football Club 1908/09
The first mention of Quorn Emmanuel Football Club can be ......
2495Quorn St Bart’s Primary School football shirt, 1960s
This football shirt belonged to Christian Pyne in the 1960s ......
2496A fete on Stafford Orchard, 1950s
Three ladies enjoying the sunshine at a fete on Stafford ......
2497Stone laying, new Wesleyan Chapel, Quorn, 1907
Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham and Uppingham ......
2498Quorn Primitive Methodist Chapel, Meeting Street – Then and now
Nationally the Primitive Methodists broke away from the ......
2499Kellys Directory 1895 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
2500Wright's Directory 1896 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
2501Caves Field, Quorn, ridge and furrow 2022
This photograph of Caves Field (the cricket field), taken ......
2502Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Baptisms, Quorndon, 1838 to 1920
The Wesleyan Methodists in Quorn In 1822 the ......
2503Sale of the contents of Quorn Court, 1926
For most of the nineteen century and into the twentieth ......
2504Trees planted in memory of Quorn resident, Bill Edwards
The article below was taken from the Loughborough Echo ......
2505Quorndon Electoral Roll 1926
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
2506George Gartshore (1830 to 1917), farrier to the Quorn Hunt
This document relates to the payment of expenses to George ......
2507Wrights Directory 1898 – Quorn entries
Wrights Directory 1898 – Quorn entries Trade directories ......
2508Quorndon Electoral Roll 1945
Electoral rolls can help you work out who lived in your ......
2509The WW2 ‘kids’ from Freehold Street, Quorn
Taken in the early 2000s (probably about 2007), this is a ......
2510Quorn St Bart’s Junior Football Team 1947/48
St Bart’s Junior School Football Team had a series of ......
2511Frederick Penfold, Quorn stonemason
Frederick Richard Penfold was a stonemason who had his ......
2513Quorn and Royalty - Prince and Princess Henry of Pless
Prince Henry of Pless (now Pszczyna in Poland) was born in ......
2514Dedication of Lime Trees, 3rd May 1952
A poster advertising the dedication of an avenue of lime ......
2515A story about Quorn Parish boundary by Barrow Bridge, from 1909
A STRANGE DIVERGENCE OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO ......
25161939 WW2 Register transcription - Quorn
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SEARCHING THE PDF REGISTER ......
2517Poll Book 1841 – Quorndon Entries
Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls ......
2518The Slabs footpath in flood – Then and Now
The Slabs footpath runs between Quorn and Barrow to the ......
2519A piped water supply for Quorn
The pictures below are of water drain covers situated near ......
2520Kelly's Directory 1899 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
2521Wrights Directory 1899 – Quorn entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for ......
2522Bennett’s Trade Directory 1899 – Quorn entries
Below is the Quorn section from Bennetts trade directory ......
2524Bennett’s Trade Directory 1901-02 – Quorn entries
Below is the Quorn section from Bennetts trade directory ......
2525Quorn Charities Darts - Beardsley new gift. 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 25th January 1963 The officials ......
2527Kelly's Directory 1908 – Quorn entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both ......
2528The History of 94 Meeting Street, Quorn
The story of a house in Quorn over 200 years. Sue Griffiths ......
2529Postcard of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Church, pre 1910
This is a slightly unusual view of the Church and shows ......
2530The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1950, Vol 5 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In ......
2531Quorndon Coronation Variety Concert, February 1953
Although Queen Elizabeth’s coronation didn’t take place ......
2532The Little Green, Quorn – Then and Now
Although the old postcard (about 1910) is entitled ‘Cross ......
2533Buddon Wood, Quorn, Trig Point, 1950s
Before 1974, Buddon Wood in the south of Quorn Parish, off ......
2534Child drowned at Quorn, 1903
Leicester Chronicle, Saturday 25th April 1903 CHILD ......
2535Cutlery from the Bull’s Head, Quorn, 1930s
Up until 1939 the ‘Bull’s Head’ in Quorn was located at ......
2536US 82nd Airborne 505th Division Company B
Company B of the US 82nd Airborne 505th Division taken at ......
2537Obituary for Murray Rumsey from Quorn, 1963
Murray Rumsey came to Quorn in 1910 and settled here, close ......
25381798 Tax Records - Quorndon and Welliss [Wellasses]
This record from 1798, in the reign of George III is ......
2539Floods in Soar Road, Quorn
The first of these two photographs was taken in 1979 after ......
2540A Tribute to the American Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne, 3rd May 1952
Quorn Local History Group encourage members to take on ......
2541Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Master of the Quorn Hunt, 1893-1898
Passing the Farley Way, Loughborough Road junction in Quorn ......
2542Quorn Hall Lodge, off Meynell Road, early 1900s
There are two former lodges to Quorn Hall and this one is ......
2543High Street, Quorn, 1920s
Looking down High Street towards Quorn Cross in the 1920s. ......
2544W E Cooke - In Buddon Wood, Quorndon
This picture, 'In Buddon Wood, Quorndon', from the 1890s, ......
2545Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1965
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School ......
2546John Davys Cradock 1845 - 1921
John Davys Cradock was born in Woodhouse in 1845 but by ......
2547Tragedy at a Quorn bus stop, 1966
Dennis Marchant, with the help of the Loughborough Echo and ......
2548Stafford Orchard Park, Quorn - Over 100 years as a recreation ground
The Stafford Orchard is often described as Quorn’s ‘Jewel ......
2549The Moss family in Quorn and Quorn Fields/Lodge Farm
The milk bottle below was dug up from an old tip in Quorn ......
2550H.M.S QUORN Bell – Quorn Community Library
Originating in the Royal Navy, it is a custom to baptise a ......
2551Quorn Lodge Farm, 1952
The author of the following piece which appeared in the ......
2552Condemned to Death for Sheep Stealing, 1828
On 9th August 1828 the Leicester Chronicle reported that ......
2553Iron Age and Roman evidence in Quorn
During the summer of 2023, archaeologists excavated an area ......
2554Quorn Fields Farm History – The Hickling family and farm sale in 1974
Quorn Fields Farm was situated down a long track off Barrow ......
2555The Manor House Hotel, Woodhouse Road, Quorn
The Manor House Hotel on Woodhouse Road opened in 1899, the ......
2556Leicester Road floods – Then and Now
The older photograph is difficult to date, but probably ......
2557Loughborough Road – Then and Now
This is Loughborough Road, standing opposite Barrow Road, ......
2558Barrow on Soar and Quorn Midland Railway Station
The old, now demolished, Midland Railway Station was very ......
2559Quorn Cross, early 1960s
Although this view of Quorn looking from Meeting Street up ......
2560Quorn Cross 1988, paintings by Kevon Thompson
These two wonderful pictures were painted in Acrylics by ......
2561Rawlins School Headteachers and Badges/Logos 1892 to 2023
Rawlins School has had 10 headteachers/principals and six ......
2562Alfred Thomas Warbis – The Old Bulls Head, Quorn
Alfred Thomas Warbis worked in advertising, but in addition ......
2563Quorndon Sauce
This Quorndon Sauce label is designed to be hung round the ......
2564The exceptional Quorn floods of 1875
Although Quorn had always flooded, July 1875 saw the worst ......
2565Then and Now – Floods in Quorn
The first photograph was taken in the early 1980s and shows ......
2566Motoring Fatality, 1930 Bull in the Hollow, Quorn
The Leicester Mail, Friday April 4th 1930 Terrible ......
2567Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide
This booklet ‘Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official ......
2568Buddon Wood – Quorn’s lost jewel
Buddon Wood once covered ¾ of a square mile, but due to ......
2569A Barge from Cupitt’s Coal Wharf, Quorn; at Mountsorrel Wharf, 1908
Explaining the Pictures Photographs 1 and 2 were ......
2570Quorn D-Day 80th Commemoration - 2024
In 2023 Quorn Local History Group created a project fund to ......
2572Two Crescent Hosiery Co. Ltd, Quorn
Two Crescent Hosiery Co. Ltd was a hosiery company founded ......
2573M Wright and Sons, WW2, producing military webbing for the USA
M Wright and Sons Ltd of Quorn produced American webbing ......
2574Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name?
The brook that flows from the Quorn parish boundary at ......
2575The Gartshores of Quorn - Restoring gravestones
The attached document was written by David Kirkby, a ......
2576A letter from Quorn Parish Council regarding the US 82nd Airborne Division
Below is a letter from the Quorn Parish Council, dated 20th ......
2577John Mellor Cars, Wood Lane, Quorn
John Mellor Cars had premises in Loughborough and Quorn. ......
2578Wright’s presentation watch, Miss Ellen Ball 1953
Ellen Ball, known as Nell or Nellie, was born in Quorn in ......
2579William Henry Fewkes, 1861 to 1930
The Fewkes family can trace its roots in Quorn back to the ......
2580Sale of Quorn Fields Farm 1933
Quorn Fields Farm was situated down a long track off Barrow ......
2581Inaugural Meeting of Quorn Rawlins Old Girls Association, 1956
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School became girls only in 1948 and ......
2582Quorn Griswold Workers 1896
This item appeared in the newspaper in the second half of ......
2583White Hart, Quorn, matchbox label, 1980s
This is a matchbox label, from a box of promotional ......
2584Original Plans and Sections for Swithland Reservoir 1889/90
The pdf file below contains images of a large book (31 ins ......
2585Quorn Scouts – Royal Artillery Bugle
This bugle belongs to Quorn Scouts, but nobody (so far) can ......
2586Drawing of Buddon Brook/Quorn Memorial Gardens, late 1980s
An atmospheric drawing of Buddon Brook and part of the ......
2587Quorn House Civil Defence Convalescent Home, WW2
In World War Two Quorn House was loaned to be used as a ......
2588Letter from a Quorn Prisoner of War, 1st December 1947
Early in 1943, the Quorn House stable block and several ......
2589Discovery of a WW2 US 82nd Airborne ID tag in Quorn
A US Army Identification Plate for Robert M Robinson ......

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