Many historical village locations can still
be identified today. Whilst our modern streets are more likely to
contain cars rather than kids, where buildings have been photographed
there is a good chance of identifying the exact spot where a photographer
stood in past times. We've done our best in this section to match
the historical image with the modern version.
![Then and Now – Floods in Quorn](artefacts/images100wide/2565.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Then and Now – Floods in Quorn The first photograph was taken in the early 1980s and shows Ruth Iley from Farnham Street ...... cont.
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![The Little Green, Quorn – Then and Now](artefacts/images100wide/2532.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | The Little Green, Quorn – Then and Now Although the old postcard (about 1910) is entitled ‘Cross Brook, Quorn’, the stream is ...... cont.
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![The Slabs footpath in flood – Then and Now](artefacts/images100wide/2518.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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.
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![Quorn Primitive Methodist Chapel, Meeting Street – Then and now](artefacts/images100wide/2498.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Primitive Methodist Chapel, Meeting Street – Then and now Nationally the Primitive Methodists broke away from the Wesleyan Methodists in about ...... cont.
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![Quorn Hunt at Bradgate Park – Then and now](artefacts/images100wide/2424.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Hunt at Bradgate Park – Then and now The first photograph was taken in about 1896 and was scanned from an old magic lantern ...... cont.
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![Meeting Street, Quorn – Then and now](artefacts/images100wide/2242.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Meeting Street, Quorn – Then and now The earlier of these two photographs is thought to have been taken in about 1911. The ...... cont.
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![Quorn Home Guard, Loughborough Road, 1942](artefacts/images100wide/2235.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Home Guard, Loughborough Road, 1942 The older photograph was taken in October 1942. The three men belong to Quorn Home Guard ...... cont.
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![A Cottage Yard at Quorn – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1984.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | A Cottage Yard at Quorn – then and now The colour washed sketch of a ‘Cottage Yard at Quorn’ was produced by local artist W E ...... cont.
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![Barrow Road, Quorn – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1938.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Barrow Road, Quorn – then and now An unusual view from around 1905, looking down Barrow Road from the Loughborough Road ...... cont.
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![65 Loughborough Road, Quorn](artefacts/images100wide/1935.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 65 Loughborough Road, Quorn Occupants of 65 Loughborough Road
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![Elms Drive, Quorn – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1905.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Elms Drive, Quorn – then and now This rare postcard is a is a view down Elms Drive from Cradock Drive, looking towards ...... cont.
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![Loughborough Road, Quorn - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1857.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Loughborough Road, Quorn - then and now This rare and interesting photograph has only recently come to light. It is an image that ...... cont.
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![Sanders Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1817.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Sanders Road – then and now This area, between Tom Longs Meadow and the Bowls Club, is now the top end of Sanders ...... cont.
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![Verandah Cottage, Quorn - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1788.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Verandah Cottage, Quorn - then and now Verandah Cottage is situated at the top of Barrow Road (now number 3).
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![View over Wright’s factory from the Church tower – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1758.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1757.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1756.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![View over Rawlins School from the Church tower – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1755.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | View over Rawlins School from the Church tower – then and now These photographs were taken from the top of the Church tower, looking towards Rawlins ...... cont.
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![Meeting Street/Chaveney Road - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1611.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![Then and Now - Thomas Webster, baker, 29 High Street, Quorn](artefacts/images100wide/1554.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Then and Now - Thomas Webster, baker, 29 High Street, Quorn This is a picture of Thomas Webster's baker's shop on High Street Quorn, at the end of ...... cont.
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![School Lane - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1489.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | School Lane - then and now This view is looking up towards the old primary school with Stafford Orchard on the left. ...... cont.
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![Loughborough Road looking towards Springfield Lake - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1488.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1483.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![Meeting Street - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1468.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Meeting Street - then and now Meeting Street with Quorn House lodge in the background. Facer’s wood yard is shown on ...... cont.
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![Leicester Road - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1457.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Leicester Road - then and now The older photograph shows cottages and shops on Leicester Road being demolished in 1977. ...... cont.
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![Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1453.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1452.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Leicester Road, Wakerley Court and The Mills area - then and now This part of Quorn has changed out of all recognition since the 1960s.
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![Dower House Gardens, off Station Road - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1449.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Dower House Gardens, off Station Road - then and now Dower House Gardens as we know it today, was built in the 1970s. The original ‘Dower ...... cont.
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![Leicester Road, King William IVth/Quorn Country Hotel - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1446.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Leicester Road, King William IVth/Quorn Country Hotel - then and now The King William IVth pub on Leicester Road was one of the oldest pubs in Quorn. The ...... cont.
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![Quorn Church - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1441.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Church - then and now The older picture is an engraving of Quorn Church in 1792, taken from John Nichol's book ...... cont.
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![The Dower House, Station Road - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1438.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | The Dower House, Station Road - then and now The Dower House, off Station Road was once the Dower House for the Farnham family. ...... cont.
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![Leicester Road, The Gas House - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1437.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Leicester Road, The Gas House - then and now The older picture was taken on Leicester Road in the 1930s. It is looking up from what is ...... cont.
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![Leicester Road - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1353.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Leicester Road - then and now The older photograph shows a parade on Leicester road in about 1910. It is thought to be ...... cont.
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![Chaveney Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1269.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Chaveney Road – then and now The two large semi detached houses on the left were called West Hayes and are now 65 and ...... cont.
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![Leicester Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1268.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Leicester Road – then and now This view is taken looking from the cross, down Leicester Road. In the distance you can ...... cont.
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![Woodlands, Chaveney Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1267.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Woodlands, Chaveney Road – then and now These two very large semi detached houses were built in approximately 1904 as part of the ...... cont.
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![Royal Oak, corner of Meeting Street and High Street – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1266.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Royal Oak, corner of Meeting Street and High Street – then and now The older photograph is one of the oldest on the museum site, having been taken in 1896 ...... cont.
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![The White House, Meeting Street – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1265.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | The White House, Meeting Street – then and now The White House (101 Meeting Street) is one of the oldest houses in Quorn. The earliest ...... cont.
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![The Baptist Chapel – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1264.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | The Baptist Chapel – then and now The original part of the church was built in 1770. This started as the main building on ...... cont.
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![The Manor House Pub, Woodhouse Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1263.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | The Manor House Pub, Woodhouse Road – then and now The Manor House Hotel dates from 1899, shortly after the Great Central Railway station ...... cont.
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![Corner of School Lane and Leicester Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1262.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Corner of School Lane and Leicester Road – then and now The older photograph was taken in the 1940s. Mr Allen's cycle shop is to the right. A ...... cont.
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![Methodist Church, High Street – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1261.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Methodist Church, High Street – then and now The building seems to have changed very little, but inside it has been converted into ...... cont.
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![Barrow Road, Kirbell Cottages – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1260.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Barrow Road, Kirbell Cottages – then and now This is the bottom, right-hand side of Barrow Road looking from Quorn towards Barrow. The ...... cont.
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![Soar Road – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1259.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Soar Road – then and now The older photograph was taken in the early 1900s, the middle one in the early 1980s and ...... cont.
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![Barrow Road, Hillyard Cottages - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1258.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Barrow Road, Hillyard Cottages - then and now This is the left-hand side of Barrow Road looking from Quorn towards Barrow, starting at ...... cont.
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![Loughborough Road, Quorn – then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1257.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Loughborough Road, Quorn – then and now This is Loughborough Road, looking from Quorn towards Loughborough.
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![High Street shops - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1256.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | High Street shops - then and now These photographs are taken looking from the direction of the cross towards Loughborough. ...... cont.
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![Chaveney Road – then and now, 1919 and 2011](artefacts/images100wide/1255.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Chaveney Road – then and now, 1919 and 2011 This view of Chaveney Road is looking from the Meeting Street direction up to Buddon ...... cont.
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![Soar Road - then and now](artefacts/images100wide/1254.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Soar Road - then and now The older photograph was taken in the early 1900s . The present day flood wall may be ...... cont.
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![Interior of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Parish Church – 1905 and 2011](artefacts/images100wide/1253.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Interior of Quorn St Bartholomew’s Parish Church – 1905 and 2011 Our forebears from 100 hundred years ago would certainly still recognise the inside of ...... cont.
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