This section includes a fascinating miscellany of artefacts including maps, plans, pottery, coins, tokens, river views, bridges and much more. Dip in and enjoy!
 |  | German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 1, early August 1947 During 2021 three magazines turned up on a flea market stall in Germany which were ...... cont.
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 |  | German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 2, late August 1947 During 2021 three magazines turned up on a flea market stall in Germany which were ...... cont.
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 |  | German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 3, early September 1947 During 2021 three magazines turned up on a flea market stall in Germany which were ...... cont.
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 |  | 22 High Street, Quorn - discovery behind a wall! In September 2021, local optometrist Mohammed Bhojani was having some alterations ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn, Hunt Class railway engine Over the years Quorn has given its name to many products; from ships to custard and ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorndon - An extraordinary trout! Loughborough Monitor - Thursday 21st December 1865
QUORNDON - TROUT EXTRAORDINARY
A ...... cont.
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 |  | The Quorn Ranch Company, North America Introduction
The Quorn Ranch(e) Company was an English syndicate formed in 1886 ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorndon Embossing Presses These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 Parish Council office move from ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Bacon Roll Quorn Bacon Roll is a very old recipe that evolved in the village because it was filling, ...... cont.
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 |  | ‘Quorna’ Tape, made by M. Wright and Sons of Quorn ‘Quorna’ was a brand name used by Wrights factory in Quorn in the early and middle parts ...... cont.
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 |  | Renumbering of Properties on Quorn Streets Over the years several of the older streets in Quorn have been renumbered. This can be ...... cont.
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 |  | Nothing says Quorn quite like …... a polar bear?!!! This type of small crested china pottery was very popular for holiday souvenirs in the ...... cont.
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 |  | Silver rose bowl, presented to George White of Quorn, 1919 George White was a very well-known Quorn figure. His main job was a solicitor’s clerk at ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard – Mountsorrel Quarry 1909 This postcard raises many questions!
It may be asked how a Mountsorrel Quarry postcard ...... cont.
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 |  | WW2, Quorn Camp, off Wood Lane – TV Programme! On Wednesday and Thursday, 28th and 29th June 2017, the cameras rolled into Quorn to film ...... cont.
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 |  | Letter from HMS Quorn, 1941 During WW2, early in 1941, young Betty Morley from the Quorn Hunt Pony Club wrote to the ...... cont.
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 |  | Letter from HMS Quorn during WW2 During WW2 Quorn Hunt Pony Club sent gifts and letters to the crew of HMS Quorn. The ...... cont.
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 |  | 1935 Silver Jubilee presentation book, Ivy Dean, Quorn In 1935 King George V celebrated 25 years on the throne, and as part of the jubilee ...... cont.
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 |  | Sampler – Rosanna Goulding, Quorndon, 1884 One of the most amazing pieces of Quorn history! This intricately stitched sampler was ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Souvenir China This type of small crested china pottery was very popular for holiday souvenirs, in the ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn souvenir china ribbon plate This late Victorian/Edwardian china ribbon plate was made as a souvenir of Quorn. There ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn man in Kenya - 1928 Loughborough Echo - 20th January 1928
After following this huge lion more than three ...... cont.
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 |  | The lost Quorn charity - 1774 Loughborough Advertiser - 7th November 1872
John Willows, by Will dated 5th day of ...... cont.
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Etched in red on the ...... cont.
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 |  | The new Cradock Drive estate - 1926 Loughborough Echo - 3rd December 1926
The hollow square formed by Woodhouse Lane, ...... cont.
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 |  | Matchbox from the Pig and Whistle Pub The Pig and Whistle was a pub on Station Road in Quorn. It is now a residential house (no ...... cont.
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 |  | Advertising Watch Key -Thomas Lucas, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Quorn This beautifully made little watch key is just 4cm (1.5 inches) long and turns smoothly ...... cont.
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 |  | Vehicle accident near Loughborough - 1897 Lougborough Herald - 10th June 1897
A serious accident occurred on Whit-Monday ...... cont.
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 |  | Buddon Wood burns for three days - wildlife losses feared. Loughborough Echo - 16th July 1976
Local firemen tackled their toughest job of the ...... cont.
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 |  | Embroidery Sampler - Elizabeth Mansfield, Quorndon, 1796 This delicate sampler measuring 16 inches by 16 inches, was embroidered by Elizabeth ...... cont.
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There were some remarkable escapes from death ...... cont.
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 |  | The hunt is on for Rufus the pet fox - 1975 Loughborough Monitor - 24th January 1975
Rufus, the hand reared pet fox of Mrs Lesley ...... cont.
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 |  | Correspondence from Thomas Towle to Lucy Facer 1968. Dear Lucy
I see by this mornings paper a record of Quorn. As a small help towards the ...... cont.
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 |  | When cows meet in the street - 1934 Loughborough Echo - 4th May 1934
Two herds of cows were going home at milking time on ...... cont.
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 |  | Portrait of Charles Farnham This is a Victorian oil painting framed behind glass. The subject is Charles Farnham. He ...... cont.
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 |  | Hot cross bun - the oldest in Quorn? Loughborough Echo - 12th April 1968
When Mrs Elsie Pittam, of 22 Barrow-road, Quorn, ...... cont.
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 |  | Wooden Bowl from The Bull's Head, Quorn This turned oak bowl was purchased from a Sue Ryder charity shop in Gatley, Cheshire. It ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorndon to Quorn - the Name Change Derby Mercury - January 1890
In 1889 Mr George White, on behalf of Quorndon Local ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorndon shop token This is thrupeny token (approximately 1.5p) for 'General Supply Stores, Quorn'. It is ...... cont.
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 |  | The road from Barrow-upon-Soar to Quorn c1907 Barrow Bridge (in the distance) is the end of the parish boundary. The photograph is ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn car crash Monitor and Herald - 10th August 1933.
A motor car that crashed into a wall at Quorn ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Dog Licence 1882 Issued on 9th January 1882 to Hepzibah Kinch, landlady of the King William IV public ...... cont.
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A group of children at Quorn ...... cont.
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 |  | Singular Announcement 1840 Preston Chronicle - 10th October 1840
On Tuesday last, the good folks of Quorndon were ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn china ribbon plate 1910 This is a china ribbon plate, made as a souvenir of Quorn in approximately 1910. It is ...... cont.
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 |  | Santa Maria bridge on the Soar Loughborough Monitor - 8th August 1975
We received a flood of entries to last week's ...... cont.
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 |  | A farm at Quorn 300 years ago by the Rev E Foord-Kelcey. Article written in 1908.
It is recommended that reference ...... cont.
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 |  | Artwork discovered in Quorn cottage When decorating some years ago, Phil and Sue Child of Beaconsfield Cottage on ...... cont.
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 |  | Wood Lane, Quorn card Card illustrating a courting couple in Wood Lane. Nothing more is known about this card.
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 |  | Stream from Tom Long's Meadow, Quorn Builders break into the culvert carrying the stream from Tom Long's Meadow into Quorn ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Pub Token This is a rubbing of a pub token issued by the White Hart, probably in the 1920s or ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorndon Co-op Checks These checks (sometimes incorrectly known as tokens) dating from the late 1800s, were ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Souvenir Jug This little jug is 7 ½ cms (3 inches) tall. It was made by the New Devon Pottery, Newton ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Specialities Ltd Quorn grocery products - and we don't mean the modern 'textured vegetable protein'! - ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Souvenir China This small pot is less than 6 cm (2 ½ inches) wide and was produced by Arcadian China, ...... cont.
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 |  | Woolly rhinoceros discovered in Quorn Loughborough Echo - 18th August 1939
Now on view in Loughborough Library is the ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Census Returns and Street Names When looking at the census records, some street names may not be familiar. Even where you ...... cont.
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 |  | Howlett's Bus Company Founded in Quorn by George Howlett in the early 1920s. The bus depot, off Barrow Road was ...... cont.
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 |  | Commemorative token In 1789 the printer Robert Raikes started Sunday Schools in Gloucester. This coin was ...... cont.
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 |  | Glass pot lid Possibly dating from the time of Richard III due to depiction of boar (his emblem). Found ...... cont.
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 |  | Roman spoon Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - spoon. Metal detecting find. ...... cont.
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 |  | Brooch pins Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn - Brooch pins. Metal detecting ...... cont.
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 |  | Goddess Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. Goddess ? probably a votive ...... cont.
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 |  | Frog artefact Roman artefact from the Selvester Drive area of Quorn. Frog - probably a votive ...... cont.
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 |  | Roman coin Roman coin (Denarius). Reverse side showing an image of Romulus and Remus. Metal ...... cont.
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 |  | Roman coin Roman coin (Denarius). Displaying the head of the Empress Faustina. Metal detecting find ...... cont.
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 |  | Roman coins Selection of Roman coins (Sestertius). Portraying the Emperors Pius and Hadrian. Metal ...... cont.
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 |  | Antique glass bottle 19th century glass bottle found during the refurbishment of the War Memorial gardens in ...... cont.
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 |  | Clay Pipe 18th century or early 19th century carved bowl of a clay pipe found during the ...... cont.
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 |  | Sketch drawing of Little Bridge on School Lane by W E Cooke. The Little Bridge on School Lane was built in 1760 and demolished in 1897.
'Old Bridge ...... cont.
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 |  | Demolition of Little Bridge on School Lane c1897 Workmen demolishing the 'Little Bridge' over the stream in School Lane to make way for a ...... cont.
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 |  | Santa Maria bridge on Soar Road c1970s The bridge originally belonged to Quorn Hall and was used to transport the hounds over ...... cont.
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 |  | Children by the brook This lovely photograph was taken before 1897 when the old bridge on School Lane(built in ...... cont.
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 |  | Children at play Probably taken in the Stafford Orchard. The picket fence follows the line of the current ...... cont.
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 |  | Constructing the modern footbridge on Leicester Road A 1675 map (Ogilby's) shows a bridge of five arches here because the stream used to be ...... cont.
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 |  | Young Children c1910 These five young children (c1900) dressed as was the custom. Girls frequently wore ...... cont.
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 |  | New bridge on School Lane, Quorn The original bridge was demolished in 1897 when it became dangerous. It was rebuilt to ...... cont.
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 |  | Children on School Lane causeway Children on causeway looking from School Lane towards the river c1920s. The granite wall ...... cont.
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 |  | Old Bull's Head coaching lamp The old coaching lamp from the old Bull's Head inn in the High Street. Originally it hung ...... cont.
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 |  | River Soar The river at Soar Road, Quorn about 1960. During the 1930's and 40's village children ...... cont.
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 |  | Mill chimney being dismantled The mill chimney belonging to M Wright and Sons was removed in 1997. It stood close to ...... cont.
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 |  | Unknown location, Quorn This photograph might have been taken on the Quorn House estate. The arches are made from ...... cont.
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 |  | Stone well in Station Road cottage 1976 This well was discovered in 1976 during renovation works of the cottages in Station Road ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn's church clock loses face: Three-inch slip after 132 years Loughborough Monitor - 27th November 1964
For 132 years villagers of Quorn have been ...... cont.
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Total: 101 artefacts returned over 2 pages