 |  | Queer happenings at Quorn students’ party 1953 Loughborough Monitor - 13th November 1953
The passengers in the buses that wound ...... cont.
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 |  | Sale of White Lodge, Quorn - 1968 Loughborough Monitor - 19th July 1968
The White Lodge, Quorn was put up for auction ...... cont.
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 |  | History of Quorn House from an article dated 1953 23rd October 1953 – Loughborough Monitor
As long ago as the early 15th century, the ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Hall c1950s The home of the Quorn Hunt until the early years of the 20th century. After the Warner ...... cont.
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 |  | Boating on the river Soar Photograph of boating on the River Soar by Santa Maria Lodge.
This photograph was ...... cont.
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 |  | One Ash - a Victorian architectual wonder Loughborough Monitor - 12th June 1953
On the road from Loughborough to Quorn, and ...... cont.
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Efforts are to be made to preserve one of ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of The Thatch This card was posted in November 1904.
This property was originally three cottages, ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Court Quorn Court is now 26 High Street and has been turned into flats. It was originally built ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Quorn Terrace This postcard was posted on 29th Aug 1905 and shows four houses on Leicester Road, known ...... cont.
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 |  | Rose Cottage, Loughborough Road Rose Cottage was a substantial house on Loughborough Road next to 'The Hurst' (now The ...... cont.
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 |  | School House, decorated for the coronation of Edward VII This is the old school house decorated for coronation of Edward VII - 1902. At this time ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Lodge Quorn Lodge was situated on the A6, beyond One Ash, just before the (old) left turn to ...... cont.
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 |  | Picture by W E Cooke, 1889 W E Cooke was a local artist who lived at Brook House (where Hall Leys now is). He ...... cont.
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 |  | Banks cottages c1905 After the road widening and erection of safety railings c1905.
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 |  | Banks cottages An early photograph of the Banks cottages, demolished in the early 1970s. This photograph ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottages on Wood Lane The cottages were built by Wrights for their workers in 1893-94.
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 |  | Meeting Street Formerly known as Wood Street or Wood Gate, this photograph shows the Blacksmith's Arms ...... cont.
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 |  | Warners cottages on Soar Road Cottages built for hunt workers on Soar Road by the Warner family of Quorn Hall.
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 |  | The Grange Now a hotel on Wood Lane, the house was built in 1903 for Sydney Wright (of Wright's ...... cont.
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 |  | One Ash c1905 Photographed between 1905-1910, One Ash was built in the 1890s for William Wright of ...... cont.
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 |  | The Dower House To the right of the building can be glimpsed the unattractive hostel attached to the ...... cont.
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 |  | The Dower House Located in the centre of the village, The Dower House belonged to the Farnhams of the ...... cont.
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 |  | The Blacksmiths on Meeting Street The smithy was in the ownership of the Holmes family for over 100 years. It was still in ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Hunt - The Huntsman's House c1910 The house is still in existence, on Huntsman's Close just off Meynell Road, on the right ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard - Wright's Offices, Leicester Road, Quorn Sent to Miss E Kinch. Believed to be taken outside Wright's factory offices on Leicester ...... cont.
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 |  | Loughborough Road, Quorn An early view of Loughborough Road. New Quorn House is behind the railings on the right ...... cont.
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 |  | From Stables to Modern House - Mr and Mrs Bob Spoor Loughborough Monitor - 24th April 1959
Mr and Mrs Bob Spoor eat and sleep where many ...... cont.
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 |  | An Old Quorn Ticket House - Footpath toll for pedestrians Loughborough Echo - 21st June 1935
At the north-western entrance to the churchyard in ...... cont.
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 |  | Brook House, Quorn Granny Ainsworth, Linda Bonshor (granddaughter of Granny Ainsworth) and Cis Wilcox, ...... cont.
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 |  | Couple in garden of Brook House, Quorn 1950s Granny Ainsworth (grandmother to Iris Wilcox) and Norah Folkes in the garden of Brook ...... cont.
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 |  | Children in garden of Brook House, 1947 Friends Iris Wilcox & Cynthia Williams. Born 1947 in Brook House, Quorn.
This shot is ...... cont.
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 |  | Santa Maria lodge and the river soar c1900 Real postcard. Original lodged with the records office, Leicester.
Text on the back ...... cont.
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 |  | The Lodge, Meeting Street, Quorn The lodge and gates to Quorn House are visible in the middle distance. Facer's woodyard ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottages on High Street c1963 This photograph is lodged with the record office in Leicester. The map handwritten on the ...... cont.
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 |  | The Thatch The original postcard is lodged with the record office in Leicester. This building, ...... cont.
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 |  | Station Road cottages - January 1969 This photograph is lodged with the record office, Leicester. The writing on the back ...... cont.
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 |  | The Theft of Lady Southampton's Jewels. -1830 Derby Mercury - April and August 1830.
1 - April
It may be remembered, that about six ...... cont.
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 |  | The Cradocks of Leicestershire A history of the Cradock family who lived in Quorn Court for much of the 19th century.
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 |  | The Home Farm of the Nether Hall Submitted by Kate Hutchinson
Story written in 1991
The old stone farm house still ...... cont.
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 |  | Artwork discovered in Quorn cottage When decorating some years ago, Phil and Sue Child of Beaconsfield Cottage on ...... cont.
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 |  | Pestilence Cottage, Old Woodhouse, Leicestershire, built circa 1300 In the middle ages the black rat or "Rattus Rattus" cut a swathe through Europe carrying ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Quorn - Multiview This postcard contains six photographs and although they are small, the quality is such ...... cont.
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 |  | Chaveney Road, Quorn - then and now This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now 61 Chaveney Road (just by ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn This photograph was taken in the back garden of what is now 61 Chaveney Road (just by ...... cont.
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 |  | Urban District Council - special meeting to consider Farnham proposal Loughborough Herald - 14th June 1900
A special meeting of this Council was held in ...... cont.
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 |  | The White House, Quorn 101 Meeting Street. In 2009, much of the rendering was removed to reveal very old timbers ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn The houses, left to right are Forest View (no 51), Beacon Villa (no 49) and number 47. ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of The Vicarage The old vicarage, High Street - now an integral part of Rawlins Community College.
The ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of the High Street, Quorn This is looking along High Street to Loughborough Road from the centre of the village. ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of The Cross, Quorn This photograph is taken from the Cross looking towards the Memorial Gardens (then known ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Loughborough Road, Quorn This photograph was taken on Loughborough Road, looking towards the Loughborough ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of house in Woodhouse Road, Quorn This house is called The Briars, and is either 86 or 88 Woodhouse Road - both of which ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn This house is now 45 Chaveney Road on the corner almost opposite Buddon Lane. The name ...... cont.
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 |  | Postcard of Chaveney Road, Quorn This view is looking down Chaveney Road from the Woodhouse Road direction towards Buddon ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Census Returns and Street Names When looking at the census records, some street names may not be familiar. Even where you ...... cont.
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 |  | Re-possession of a Quorn house Loughborough Echo - July 24th 1936
County Court application
When asked by Judge ...... cont.
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 |  | Unknown location We know this to be a view of a cottage in Quorn and suspect it to be Meeting Street.
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 |  | Quorn Hunt kennels Impression of hunt kennels by W E Cooke 1878. The central weathervane and structure still ...... cont.
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 |  | Grounds of Quorn House c1897 The stables and courtyard of Quorn House, home then of the Farnham family
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 |  | Grounds of Quorn House c1897 People in the grounds of Quorn House, home of the Farnham family c1897
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 |  | The Huntsman's House, Quorn Hall The former Huntsman's House near Quorn Hall. Date unknown. This house still exists and ...... cont.
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 |  | High Street, Quorn Looking down the High Street towards the Cross. Probably c1930s. The Bull's Head can be ...... cont.
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 |  | Santa Maria bridge on Soar Road c1970s The bridge originally belonged to Quorn Hall and was used to transport the hounds over ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottages on Leicester Road, Quorn Prior to demolition - date unlnown.
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 |  | Church Lane cottages At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mrs Heap and her son Bill with a neighbour ...... cont.
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 |  | Children in School Lane, Quorn This is taken just in front of 9 School Lane, ie on the left after the bridge as you ...... cont.
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 |  | Children playing on School Lane c1897-1910 The windows are very characteristic of the cottages in School Lane opposite the old ...... cont.
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 |  | 27 Meeting Street, Quorn Part of the present building was erected in 1650 and was at right angles to the street. ...... cont.
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 |  | Water pump in the village c1910 Rear view of 40 & 42 High Street. These cottages have been demolished but stood between ...... cont.
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 |  | The Conservative Club, Quorn The original building at 40 Station Road was at its earliest known date owned by John ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn House - date unknown Quorn House was the home of the Farnham family until the 1990s
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 |  | Cottage on Church Lane, Quorn Nothing known about this photograph, it probably dates from the early years of the 20c.
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 |  | Banks cottages Mrs Spreckley in the end cottage. The cottages which were raised up from the road, stood ...... cont.
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 |  | The High Street, Quorn 1900 Mrs Hensman meets Lord Lonsdale's goat in the High Street c1900. Mrs Hensman was the ...... cont.
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 |  | Cottages next to the White Horse, Quorn These shops were demolished in the 1960s to widen the entrance and extend the car park. ...... cont.
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 |  | Banks cottages, Quorn After the road widening part of The Bank was used to make a footpath and railings were ...... cont.
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 |  | The Cross c1920s A good range of shops in business. The building to the right of the Royal Opera House ...... cont.
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 |  | Nut Row, Quorn These old cottages stood at the back of what was Quorn Post Office (now the shop in The ...... cont.
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 |  | World War I soldiers Soldiers from the first world war parading down Loughborough Road.
The house with the ...... cont.
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 |  | Soar-side cottages on Soar Road Built on a stone plinth, with steps probably to keep them above flood level, these ...... cont.
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 |  | Santa Maria Lodge, Quorn The iron bridge at Santa Maria Lodge was built for the horses and hounds to cross the ...... cont.
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 |  | Quorn Fields Farm (Quorn Lodge Farm) Quorn Fields Farm (also known as Lodge Farm) is situated down a long lane which is a ...... cont.
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 |  | Old Bull's Head coaching lamp The old coaching lamp from the old Bull's Head inn in the High Street. Originally it hung ...... cont.
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 |  | School Lane - then and now This is a very old cottage at the corner of School Lane and Stoop Lane. Mr Millis stands ...... cont.
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Total: 337 artefacts returned over 4 pages