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Quorn Business and Industry
Up until the mid nineteen century most
industry in the village was cottage based, primarily frame-work knitting.
During the 1820s two hosiery factories were established and by the
middle of the century Quorn had a sock and glove manufacturer (Websters)
and a twist lace, silk net and cotton tatting factory (Balms), located
where the Church Rooms are now. Wrights Mill, elastic webbing manufacturers,
arrived in the village in 1860. By 1911 Wrights employed over 30%
of the working population of Quorn and they are still present in the
village today.
In addition to the factories, this section also contains information
about the quarry, the railway and shops, all of which had an impact
on village life.
 | | Quorn Cross, early 1960s
Although this view of Quorn looking from Meeting Street up towards Quorn Cross is easily ...... cont.
 | | | |  | | Barrow on Soar and Quorn Midland Railway Station
The old, now demolished, Midland Railway Station was very firmly in the Parish of Barrow ...... cont.
| | | |  | | The Manor House Hotel, Woodhouse Road, Quorn
The Manor House Hotel on Woodhouse Road opened in 1899, the year after the opening of the ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Quorn Fields Farm History – The Hickling family and farm sale in 1974
Quorn Fields Farm was situated down a long track off Barrow Road, now known as Flesh ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Quorn Lodge Farm, 1952
The author of the following piece which appeared in the press in 1952, is describing a ...... cont.
| | | |  | | 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.
| | | |  | | Buddon Wood, Quorn, Trig Point, 1950s
Before 1974, Buddon Wood in the south of Quorn Parish, off Wood Lane, was beautiful ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Bennett’s Trade Directory 1901-02 – Quorn entries
Below is the Quorn section from Bennetts trade directory for Leicestershire for 1901/02. ...... cont.
| | | | | | Bennett’s Trade Directory 1899 – Quorn entries
Below is the Quorn section from Bennetts trade directory for Leicestershire for 1899. ...... cont.
| | | | | | Wrights Directory 1899 – Quorn entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family ...... cont.
| | | | | | Kelly's Directory 1899 – Quorndon entries
Directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family historian. ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Frederick Penfold, Quorn stonemason
Frederick Richard Penfold was a stonemason who had his business in Quorn.
He married ...... cont.
| | | | | | Wrights Directory 1898 – Quorn entries
Wrights Directory 1898 – Quorn entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of ...... cont.
| | | |  | | George Gartshore (1830 to 1917), farrier to the Quorn Hunt
This document relates to the payment of expenses to George Gartshore by his employer, ...... cont.
| | | | | | Wright's Directory 1896 – Quorndon entries
Trade directories are a valuable source of information for both the local and family ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Gambles building firm, 1950s
Brothers Ron and Aubrey Gamble ran a building firm in Quorn, G Gamble and Sons, which was ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Adnett’s grocery shop, High Street, Quorn
Ernest and Joan Adnett ran a grocery shop in Quorn, at what is now (2022) Ferrari’s ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Rex Bloore, Quorn – business card
Rex Bloore was well known Quorn businessman in the 1960s and 1970s. His main business was ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Aylward and Son, electrical shop, High Street, Quorn
Frederick and Elizabeth Aylward moved to Quorn in about 1935. They lived on Loughborough ...... cont.
| | | |  | | 22 High Street, Quorn - discovery behind a wall!
In September 2021, local optometrist Mohammed Bhojani was having some alterations ...... cont.
| | | | | | Bull in the Hollow/Needless Inn
The Bull in the Hollow is a well-known landmark, standing as it does on the main road ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Quorn, Hunt Class railway engine
Over the years Quorn has given its name to many products; from ships to custard and ...... cont.
| | | |  | | A fete in Quorn, probably 1940s
Quorn has always liked a good fete or celebration and it is thought that this one may ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Hilda and Mary Harper, Leicester Road, 27th May 1941
Looking down Leicester Road from outside no 14, which is roughly where the entrance to ...... cont.
| | | | | | John Henry Boyer Warner, 2 September 1849 – 12 April 1891
JHB as he was known is remembered locally for selecting ‘Quorn’ as the name for a small ...... cont.
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Total: 340 artefacts returned over 14 pages
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