Friday 25th October 2024  

Quorn Families and People

Apart from the famous local names such as Farnham, Warner, Cradock and Firr; this site has plenty of interesting snippets concerning village folk. You can also use the search box on the upper right hand side to look for a family surname which interests you. We would like to expand this section, so if you can supply information about your family in Quorn, we would be pleased to publish it here.

		The Warner Family at Quorndon Hall. 1855 – 1919 The Warner family who had gained their wealth from the Loughborough wool and hosiery ...... cont.
		Wedding at Quorn, 1984 In 1984 the wedding of choir member Joanna Shacklock to Peter Mackey took place at Quorn ...... cont.
		Letter from a Quorn Prisoner of War, 1st December 1947 Early in 1943, the Quorn House stable block and several acres of park land were ...... cont.
		White Hart, Quorn, matchbox label, 1980s This is a matchbox label, from a box of promotional matches, either given out or sold at ...... cont.
		Quorn Griswold Workers 1896 This item appeared in the newspaper in the second half of last century, but refers to ...... cont.
		Inaugural Meeting of Quorn Rawlins Old Girls Association, 1956 Thomas Rawlins Grammar School became girls only in 1948 and in 1956 an Old Girls ...... cont.
		William Henry Fewkes, 1861 to 1930 The Fewkes family can trace its roots in Quorn back to the early 1600s and may well have ...... cont.
		Wright’s presentation watch, Miss Ellen Ball 1953 Ellen Ball, known as Nell or Nellie, was born in Quorn in 1888. She worked at Wright’s ...... cont.
		John Mellor Cars, Wood Lane, Quorn John Mellor Cars had premises in Loughborough and Quorn. The Quorn garage was on the ...... cont.
		The Gartshores of Quorn - Restoring gravestones The attached document was written by David Kirkby, a descendent of the Gartshores of ...... cont.
		M Wright and Sons, WW2, producing military webbing for the USA M Wright and Sons Ltd of Quorn produced American webbing alongside British military ...... cont.
		Two Crescent Hosiery Co. Ltd, Quorn Two Crescent Hosiery Co. Ltd was a hosiery company founded by George Farnham of Quorn ...... cont.
		Quorn D-Day 80th Commemoration - 2024 In 2023 Quorn Local History Group created a project fund to assist groups or individuals ...... cont.
		A Barge from Cupitt’s Coal Wharf, Quorn; at Mountsorrel Wharf, 1908 Explaining the Pictures Photographs 1 and 2 were taken at Mountsorrel Wharf in ...... cont.
		Motoring Fatality, 1930 Bull in the Hollow, Quorn The Leicester Mail, Friday April 4th 1930 Terrible Motoring Fatality Near Quorn ...... cont.
		The exceptional Quorn floods of 1875 Although Quorn had always flooded, July 1875 saw the worst floods that the village had ...... cont.
		Alfred Thomas Warbis – The Old Bulls Head, Quorn Alfred Thomas Warbis worked in advertising, but in addition produced 1,000s of pen and ...... cont.
		Rawlins School Headteachers and Badges/Logos 1892 to 2023 Rawlins School has had 10 headteachers/principals and six badges/logos between its ...... 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.
		Condemned to Death for Sheep Stealing, 1828 On 9th August 1828 the Leicester Chronicle reported that William Rudkin aged 47, his son ...... cont.
		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.
		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.
		Tragedy at a Quorn bus stop, 1966 Dennis Marchant, with the help of the Loughborough Echo and the Quorn Parish Council ...... cont.
		John Davys Cradock 1845 - 1921 John Davys Cradock was born in Woodhouse in 1845 but by 1851 the family had moved to ...... cont.
		Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1965 This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School in 1965, when it was an all ...... cont.
		W E Cooke - In Buddon Wood, Quorndon This picture, 'In Buddon Wood, Quorndon', from the 1890s, was scanned from an original ...... cont.
		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.
		Obituary for Murray Rumsey from Quorn, 1963 Murray Rumsey came to Quorn in 1910 and settled here, close to his brother, Rev Henry ...... cont.
		Child drowned at Quorn, 1903 Leicester Chronicle, Saturday 25th April 1903 CHILD DROWNED AT QUORN On Monday ...... cont.
		Buddon Wood, Quorn, Trig Point, 1950s Before 1974, Buddon Wood in the south of Quorn Parish, off Wood Lane, was beautiful ...... cont.
		The History of 94 Meeting Street, Quorn The story of a house in Quorn over 200 years. Sue Griffiths tells us about how her house, ...... cont.
		Quorn Charities Darts - Beardsley new gift. 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 25th January 1963 The officials of the Quorn Charities Darts ...... 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.
		Poll Book 1841 – Quorndon Entries Poll books were the pre cursor to today’s electoral rolls and were published from the ...... cont.
		1939 WW2 Register transcription - Quorn PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SEARCHING THE PDF REGISTER DOCUMENT BELOW Searching ...... cont.
		Frederick Penfold, Quorn stonemason Frederick Richard Penfold was a stonemason who had his business in Quorn. He married ...... cont.
		Quorn St Bart’s Junior Football Team 1947/48 St Bart’s Junior School Football Team had a series of successes in the late 1940/early ...... cont.
		The WW2 ‘kids’ from Freehold Street, Quorn Taken in the early 2000s (probably about 2007), this is a photograph of some of the ...... 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.
		Trees planted in memory of Quorn resident, Bill Edwards The article below was taken from the Loughborough Echo dated 12th April 2015 when three ...... cont.
		Sale of the contents of Quorn Court, 1926 For most of the nineteen century and into the twentieth century, Quorn Court on High ...... cont.
		A fete on Stafford Orchard, 1950s Three ladies enjoying the sunshine at a fete on Stafford Orchard. The one in the middle ...... cont.
		Quorn Old People's Fellowship outing, 1959 Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire was a favourite destination for Quorn Old People's ...... cont.
		Gambles building firm, 1950s Brothers Ron and Aubrey Gamble ran a building firm in Quorn, G Gamble and Sons, which was ...... cont.
		Quorn National School, approx 1892 Loughborough Echo Friday 28th November 1952 Are You On This Picture? Quorn Mixed – ...... cont.
		Quorn National School 1900 Loughborough Echo Friday 19 December 1952 QUORN NATIONAL SCHOOL 1900 The above ...... cont.
		Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, early 1920s Little is known about this photograph of Thomas Rawlins Grammar School that was probably ...... cont.
		Louie Burrows, 1888 to 1962 Louie Burrows is featured on the Quorn Old School Heritage Board and many people know ...... cont.
		23 Chaveney Road, Quorn – The history of a house This article entitled ‘The House Detective!’ was written by Sue Templeman and appeared in ...... cont.

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