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Quorn Floods
Apart from the Hunt, Quorn was well-known
for its spectacular floods. Fortunately modern engineering has solved
this dangerous inconvenience to a large extent. In this section you
can view photographs of the village under water and read about the
Great Flood of 1875 when a man lost his life in the grounds of White
Horse.
 | | Floods in Soar Road, Quorn
The first of these two photographs was taken in 1979 after the River Soar had flooded ...... cont.
 | | | |  | | The Slabs footpath in flood – Then and Now
The Slabs footpath runs between Quorn and Barrow to the north of Quorn Hall, near to the ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Terrific Gale Strikes Loughborough and Quorn, March 1947
Loughborough Echo, Friday, 21st March 1947
ROADS BLOCKED BY FALLEN ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Floods, Meeting Street, 1960
Before flood prevention measures were taken in Quorn, the village used to flood with ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Floods in Quorn, 1961
Before flood prevention measures, Quorn used to flood to a greater or lesser extent every ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Royal Oak, Quorn in the floods, early 1930s
This photograph was taken in the floods at Quorn Cross/Meeting Street, by the Royal Oak ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Soar Valley News, April 1977
The Soar Valley News was a four page, black and white community newspaper/newsletter type ...... cont.
| | | |  | | A tragic accident during the Quorn floods of 1875
1875 saw some of the worst floods in Quorn for many years. The newspapers recorded the ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Floods around the White Horse pub, Quorn, 1986
The first photograph was taken during the floods of 1986, looking up Meeting Street, ...... cont.
| | | |  | | Floods on Station Road, probably 1947
The gabled building behind the lorry is the White Horse pub, on the corner of Station ...... cont.
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