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Our 50 most recently submitted museum artefacts are listed below:

 Iron Age and Roman evidence in Quorn  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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 Condemned to Death for Sheep Stealing, 1828  Condemned to Death for Sheep Stealing, 1828
On 9th August 1828 the Leicester Chronicle reported that William Rudkin aged 47, his son ...... cont.
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 Quorn Lodge Farm, 1952  Quorn Lodge Farm, 1952
The author of the following piece which appeared in the press in 1952, is describing a ...... cont.
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 H.M.S QUORN Bell – Quorn Community Library  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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 The Moss family in Quorn and Quorn Fields/Lodge Farm  The Moss family in Quorn and Quorn Fields/Lodge Farm
The milk bottle below was dug up from an old tip in Quorn and dates from the 1920s. It is ...... cont.
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 Stafford Orchard Park, Quorn - Over 100 years as a recreation ground  Stafford Orchard Park, Quorn - Over 100 years as a recreation ground
The Stafford Orchard is often described as Quorn’s ‘Jewel in the Crown’. Its origins are ...... cont.
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 Tragedy at a Quorn bus stop, 1966  Tragedy at a Quorn bus stop, 1966
Dennis Marchant, with the help of the Loughborough Echo and the Quorn Parish Council ...... cont.
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 John Davys Cradock 1845 - 1921  John Davys Cradock 1845 - 1921
John Davys Cradock was born in Woodhouse in 1845 but by 1851 the family had moved to ...... cont.
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 Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1965  Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1965
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School in 1965, when it was an all ...... cont.
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 W E Cooke - In Buddon Wood, Quorndon  W E Cooke - In Buddon Wood, Quorndon
This picture, 'In Buddon Wood, Quorndon', from the 1890s, was scanned from an original ...... cont.
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 High Street, Quorn, 1920s  High Street, Quorn, 1920s
Looking down High Street towards Quorn Cross in the 1920s. The area on the left was ...... cont.
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 Quorn Hall Lodge, off Meynell Road, early 1900s  Quorn Hall Lodge, off Meynell Road, early 1900s
There are two former lodges to Quorn Hall and this one is situated off Meynell Road. ...... cont.
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 Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Master of the Quorn Hunt, 1893-1898  Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Master of the Quorn Hunt, 1893-1898
Passing the Farley Way, Loughborough Road junction in Quorn one can hardly help but ...... cont.
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 A Tribute to the American Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne, 3rd May 1952  A Tribute to the American Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne, 3rd May 1952
Quorn Local History Group encourage members to take on projects and to research areas of ...... cont.
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 Floods in Soar Road, Quorn  Floods in Soar Road, Quorn
The first of these two photographs was taken in 1979 after the River Soar had flooded ...... cont.
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 1798 Tax Records - Quorndon and Welliss [Wellasses]  1798 Tax Records - Quorndon and Welliss [Wellasses]
This record from 1798, in the reign of George III is headed: “County of Leicester Parish ...... cont.
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 Obituary for Murray Rumsey from Quorn, 1963  Obituary for Murray Rumsey from Quorn, 1963
Murray Rumsey came to Quorn in 1910 and settled here, close to his brother, Rev Henry ...... cont.
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 US 82nd Airborne 505th Division Company B  US 82nd Airborne 505th Division Company B
Company B of the US 82nd Airborne 505th Division taken at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in ...... cont.
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 Cutlery from the Bull’s Head, Quorn, 1930s  Cutlery from the Bull’s Head, Quorn, 1930s
Up until 1939 the ‘Bull’s Head’ in Quorn was located at what is now 18 High Street (see ...... cont.
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 Child drowned at Quorn, 1903  Child drowned at Quorn, 1903
Leicester Chronicle, Saturday 25th April 1903 CHILD DROWNED AT QUORN On Monday ...... cont.
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 Buddon Wood, Quorn, Trig Point, 1950s  Buddon Wood, Quorn, Trig Point, 1950s
Before 1974, Buddon Wood in the south of Quorn Parish, off Wood Lane, was beautiful ...... cont.
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 The Little Green, Quorn – Then and Now  The Little Green, Quorn – Then and Now
Although the old postcard (about 1910) is entitled ‘Cross Brook, Quorn’, the stream is ...... cont.
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 Quorndon Coronation Variety Concert, February 1953  Quorndon Coronation Variety Concert, February 1953
Although Queen Elizabeth’s coronation didn’t take place until 2nd June 1953, Quorn was ...... cont.
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 The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1950, Vol 5 No 2  The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1950, Vol 5 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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 Postcard of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Church, pre 1910  Postcard of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Church, pre 1910
This is a slightly unusual view of the Church and shows five boys standing among the ...... cont.
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Total: 50 artefacts returned over 2 pages


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