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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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 | | 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
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
These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 Parish Council office move from ...... cont.
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| | 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
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!
One of the most unusual small businesses that Quorn has supported over the years, must be ...... cont.
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 | | 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
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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| | 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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 | | 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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 | | Masterbuilder construction set, made in Quorn 1940s
This is definitely one of the more unusual Quorn artefacts that has come to ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn toilet dispute! 1961
The British Film Institute Player website includes a 1 ½ minute clip of film made in ...... 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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 | | Sunday School Centenary Medals
These two medals were donated to Quorn Local History Group by the Footitt family from ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn cigarette tin, early 1900s
This Quorn cigarette tin is very well worn and we think is a very rare find. Underneath ...... cont.
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| | Quorn meat substitute and our village – a connection or not?
One question that people often ask is whether there is a connection between the name of ...... cont.
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 | | Insurance plaques, Quorn
Beginning in the 18th century, insurance fire plaques were attached high up on buildings, ...... 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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| | 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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 | | Leicester City Football Club at Quorn – well nearly!
Leicester City Football Club were formed in 1884 and were initially known as Leicester ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Hunt Royal Doulton pottery
Quorn Hunt was based at Quorn Hall in the village from 1753 to 1906. The hunt brought ...... 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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 | | Quorn Co-op milk bottle
A half pint milk bottle from the Quorn Co-operative Society.
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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Total: 108 artefacts returned over 3 pages
