This section includes a fascinating miscellany of artefacts including maps, plans, pottery, coins, tokens, river views, bridges and much more. Dip in and enjoy!
![Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name?](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name? The brook that flows from the Quorn parish boundary at Swithland Reservoir and passes ...... cont.
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![Buddon Wood – Quorn’s lost jewel](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Buddon Wood – Quorn’s lost jewel Buddon Wood once covered ¾ of a square mile, but due to quarrying, it is now reduced to a ...... cont.
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![Quorndon Sauce](artefacts/images100wide/2563.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorndon Sauce This Quorndon Sauce label is designed to be hung round the neck of a bottle. It is made ...... cont.
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![Quorn Cross 1988, paintings by Kevon Thompson](artefacts/images100wide/2560.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Cross 1988, paintings by Kevon Thompson These two wonderful pictures were painted in Acrylics by Kevon Thompson from Barrow upon ...... cont.
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![Iron Age and Roman evidence in Quorn](artefacts/images100wide/2553.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Iron Age and Roman evidence in Quorn During the summer of 2023, archaeologists excavated an area near the end of Flesh Hovel ...... cont.
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![H.M.S QUORN Bell – Quorn Community Library](artefacts/images100wide/2550.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | H.M.S QUORN Bell – Quorn Community Library Originating in the Royal Navy, it is a custom to baptise a child under the ship's bell; ...... cont.
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![Caves Field, Quorn, ridge and furrow 2022](artefacts/images100wide/2501.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Caves Field, Quorn, ridge and furrow 2022 This photograph of Caves Field (the cricket field), taken during the heatwave of August ...... cont.
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![German magazine, Quorn POW Camp, edition 1, early August 1947](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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!](artefacts/images100wide/2465.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/2461.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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!](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorndon - An extraordinary trout! Loughborough Monitor - Thursday 21st December 1865
QUORNDON - TROUT EXTRAORDINARY
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![The Quorn Ranch Company, North America](artefacts/images100wide/2441.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | The Quorn Ranch Company, North America Introduction
The Quorn Ranch(e) Company was an English syndicate formed in 1886 ...... cont.
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![Quorn Milestone](artefacts/images100wide/2440.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Milestone On the Leicester Road between the pavement and the fence stands a little-known link with ...... cont.
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![HMS Quorn](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | HMS Quorn Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quorn as part of the ‘Hunt Class’. ...... cont.
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![Quorndon Embossing Presses](artefacts/images100wide/2404.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorndon Embossing Presses These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 Parish Council office move from ...... cont.
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![Quorn Australia – Heritage Walk](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Australia – Heritage Walk Quorn in South Australia is very proud of its heritage, and the museum team were ...... cont.
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![Quorn in Iowa, America, now known as Kingsley](artefacts/images100wide/2251.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn in Iowa, America, now known as Kingsley Two brothers Fredrick and William Close went to the USA from England in 1876. They ...... cont.
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![A unique Quorn business - ships in bottles!](artefacts/images100wide/2250.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | A unique Quorn business - ships in bottles! One of the most unusual small businesses that Quorn has supported over the years, must be ...... cont.
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![Quorn in Australia](artefacts/images100wide/2246.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn in Australia Did you know that there is a ‘Quorn’ in South Australia? This small township which is ...... cont.
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![Quorn Bacon Roll](artefacts/images100wide/2245.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/2244.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | ‘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](graphics/historical_note.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![Footpaths Around Quorn, 1984, by David Hopkins, Rawlins student](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Footpaths Around Quorn, 1984, by David Hopkins, Rawlins student David Hopkins was a 6th form student at Rawlins Community College in 1984, when he ...... cont.
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Total: 108 artefacts returned over 5 pages