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Quorn Halls, Houses and Streets

 House re-numbering certificate – Meeting Street  House re-numbering certificate – Meeting Street
As Quorn expanded over the years, some streets had to be renumbered. Meeting Street was ...... cont.
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 View over Wright’s factory from the Church tower – then and now  View over Wright’s factory from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church tower, looking towards Wright’s ...... cont.
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 View over Nursery Lane from the Church tower – then and now  View over Nursery Lane from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church tower, looking towards Nursery ...... cont.
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 View over Church Lane from the Church tower – then and now  View over Church Lane from the Church tower – then and now
These photographs were taken from the top of the Church tower, looking towards Church ...... cont.
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 Station Road, Quorn, about 1913  Station Road, Quorn, about 1913
The photograph on this postcard was taken by F W Scarratt of Derby and the card was ...... cont.
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 High Street Quorn, 1944  High Street Quorn, 1944
This postcard of Quorn was printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, probably one of the most ...... cont.
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 Quorn Hunt kennels, 1884  Quorn Hunt kennels, 1884
An engraving of Quorn Hunt kennels from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News ...... cont.
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 Station Road, Quorn  Station Road, Quorn
A everyday scene looking down Station road in about 1910. It is interesting that most of ...... cont.
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 Quorn Hunt on the Little Green  Quorn Hunt on the Little Green
The photograph for this postcard was taken between 1909 and 1913. The location is what is ...... cont.
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 Richard Pulteney - 1730-1801  Richard Pulteney - 1730-1801
Richard Pulteney was a physician and botanist after whom Poultney Brook and Poultney ...... cont.
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 An attempt to save the Hall on the Green - 1963  An attempt to save the Hall on the Green - 1963
The Hall on The Green The building which was no 8 Station Road was probably at the ...... cont.
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 Quorn House  Quorn House
Loughborough Echo 3rd September 1971 An important survivor of the Georgian period of ...... cont.
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 High Street cottages - a view from 1966  High Street cottages - a view from 1966
Father Time has left his marks on this somewhat gloomy looking group in High Street, ...... cont.
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 Ivy Cottage, 1 Chaveney Road, Quorn  Ivy Cottage, 1 Chaveney Road, Quorn
It seems easiest to describe Ivy Cottage as being positioned at right angles to Meeting ...... cont.
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 The Black Pad, Wood Lane, Quorn  The Black Pad, Wood Lane, Quorn
These photographs were taken in the late 1940s by Arthur or Doris Green, on the ‘Black ...... cont.
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 Meeting Street in the snow in 1961  Meeting Street in the snow in 1961
This view down Meeting Street was taken from Quorn Cross end, with the former forge on ...... cont.
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 Quorn Mills Bowls Club - Re-thatching in progress, 1961  Quorn Mills Bowls Club - Re-thatching in progress, 1961
This photograph was taken by Roy Green in 1961, when the thatch was being replaced on ...... cont.
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 Three generations of the Green family outside their cottage in Wood Lane  Three generations of the Green family outside their cottage in Wood Lane
This branch of the Green family can trace their roots in Quorn for six generations, back ...... cont.
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 Church Rooms, Quorn  Church Rooms, Quorn
The Church Rooms were built in 1929. The first picture was probably taken in the 1940s or ...... cont.
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 The Old Lock-up  The Old Lock-up
These photographs were taken in the early 1960s, around the time that the public toilets ...... cont.
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 Meeting Street/Chaveney Road - then and now  Meeting Street/Chaveney Road - then and now
The cottage on the left is now 1 Chaveney Road (Ivy Cottage). The Baptist Church can be ...... cont.
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 The Banks Cottages, High Street, Quorn  The Banks Cottages, High Street, Quorn
This article about the Banks Cottages on High Street,appeared in the Quorndon Magazine in ...... cont.
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 Aerial view of Barrow Road and Howlett's Bus Station  Aerial view of Barrow Road and Howlett's Bus Station
Howlett's Bus Company was founded in Quorn by George Howlett in the early 1920s. The ...... cont.
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 Quorn Cross, 1965  Quorn Cross, 1965
Quorn Cross in 1965. Note the Post Office on the left, and a Howlett's bus on the right ...... cont.
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 The Hurst, Loughborough Road  The Hurst, Loughborough Road
For the first part of the last century The Hurst (23 Loughborough Road), was home to the ...... cont.
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 Quorn High Street - The White Hart and Banks cottages  Quorn High Street - The White Hart and Banks cottages
This photograph is taken looking down High Street towards Quorn Cross in the 1960s. The ...... cont.
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 Sale of building land, 11th April 1825, Sarson Street, Barrow Road, Loughborough Road, Castledine Street  Sale of building land, 11th April 1825, Sarson Street, Barrow Road, Loughborough Road, Castledine Street
These sale details relate to the sale of building land in Quorn, at the Bulls Head (on ...... cont.
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 Brook House and its history  Brook House and its history
Brook House stood where Hall Leys is today; this is behind the Memorial Gardens on the ...... cont.
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 The Banks - Finette Webster  The Banks - Finette Webster
This photograph of the Banks cottages shows Finette Webster, third from the right, ...... cont.
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 Quorn's 'Monument' to close - 1963  Quorn's 'Monument' to close - 1963
This newspaper article documents the closing of the notorious public loos which were ...... cont.
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 Sale of Woodview - 1922  Sale of Woodview - 1922
Loughborough Monitor and Herald - 2nd February 1922 Now known as No 82 Leicester ...... cont.
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 Thomas Webster, Baker, The Banks, Quorn  Thomas Webster, Baker, The Banks, Quorn
This is a rare picture of Thomas Webster's bakers shop on the Banks,Quorn, taken in the ...... cont.
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 The Gas House, 106 Leicester Road, Quorn, 1961  The Gas House, 106 Leicester Road, Quorn, 1961
This rare photograph of the 'Gas House' on Leicester Road was taken in 1961 by the Brown ...... cont.
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 Quorn Hall - Sale of Earl of Stamford's Hunting Stud, 1863  Quorn Hall - Sale of Earl of Stamford's Hunting Stud, 1863
This engraving appeared in the London Illustrated News in May 1863. It shows what was ...... cont.
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 Quorn House during WW2  Quorn House during WW2
This photograph was donated by Sheila Brewer who was a nurse at Quorn House when it was a ...... cont.
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 High Street - 1956  High Street - 1956
From the December issue of The Leicester Graphic. The Methodist Church can be glimpsed ...... cont.
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 Meeting Street - 1956  Meeting Street - 1956
From the December issue of The Leicester Graphic. The large building on the right (Alma ...... cont.
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 Quorn House - The Hall 1956  Quorn House - The Hall 1956
From The Leicester Graphic - February 1956 Black oak is the predominant feature of the ...... cont.
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 Quorn House - the oak bedroom 1956  Quorn House - the oak bedroom 1956
Taken from an article in The Leicester Graphic dated February 1956: Appropriately ...... cont.
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 Post War reconstruction - 1944  Post War reconstruction - 1944
Loughborough Echo - 7th January 1944 Quorn Parish Council - Post-war houses site ...... cont.
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 Loughborough Road looking towards Springfield Lake - then and now  Loughborough Road looking towards Springfield Lake - then and now
The earlier photograph was taken in the early 1980s before the Farley Way Estate was ...... cont.
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 School Lane - then and now  School Lane - then and now
These photographs are of number 9 School Lane. The older photograph was only taken in the ...... cont.
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 The Broom Family on Farnham Street  The Broom Family on Farnham Street
This is a photograph of Thomas and Constance Broom and their two daughters, Phyllis ...... cont.
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 Floods on Station Road, early 1970s  Floods on Station Road, early 1970s
These two pictures of Station Road during the floods, were taken by Richard Thompson, who ...... cont.
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 Leicester Road - then and now  Leicester Road - then and now
The older photograph shows cottages and shops on Leicester Road being demolished in 1977. ...... cont.
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 The Banks Cottages being demolished, 1970s  The Banks Cottages being demolished, 1970s
These rather sad pictures were taken by Richard Thompson in the 1970s when the Banks ...... cont.
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 Going, going, gone! - Leicester Road cottages  Going, going, gone! - Leicester Road cottages
These cottages, shops and houses were on Leicester Road where The Mills flats are now. ...... cont.
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 Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now  Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now
The older photograph was taken in the 1970s when the shops and cottages on Leicester Road ...... cont.
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 Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now  Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now
This part of Quorn has changed out of all recognition since the 1960s. The older ...... cont.
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 Leicester Road, looking down towards the School Lane, 1970s  Leicester Road, looking down towards the School Lane, 1970s
This photograph was taken in the 1970s, looking down Leicester Road from the Cross ...... cont.
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Total: 327 artefacts returned over 7 pages


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