Quorn
Quorn is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough. Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 5,180 residents
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England
- Also known as: “Quorn, Leicestershire” and “Quorndon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn and Quorn Baptist Church.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn
Church
Photo: Tombon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn is the Church of England parish church for Quorn, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed, dating from 12th century-14th century with a later 1848 addition.
Quorn Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Quorn Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the village of Quorn, Leicestershire, England. The church is part of the Baptist Union but its congregation is made up of Christians from a variety of church backgrounds. It is a Grade II listed building.
Quorn Hall
Public building
Quorn Hall is a grade II listed country house in the village of Quorn, Leicestershire. It is a three-storey brick built house originally constructed circa 1680 but later much modified.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodthorpe and Shelthorpe.
Woodthorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodthorpe is a hamlet just south of Loughborough and a former civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 53.
Shelthorpe
Suburb
Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Shelthorpe is situated 2 miles northwest of Quorn.
Woodhouse Eaves
Village
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, Leicestershire, England. Nearby are the villages of Quorn, Swithland, and Newtown Linford. Breakback Road leads from the village to Nanpantan and Loughborough. Woodhouse Eaves is situated 2½ miles southwest of Quorn.
Quorn
- Category: locality
- Location: Quorndon, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.74272° or 52° 44′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.17173° or 1° 10′ 18″ westPopulation
5,180Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C4WPRVH+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 10459811OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8063657Wikidata ID
Q987231
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Quorn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Quorn (Leicestershire)”
- Basque: “Quorn”
- Cebuano: “Quorn”
- Cebuano: “Quorndon”
- Chinese: “阔恩”
- Dutch: “Quorn”
- French: “Quorn”
- German: “Quorn”
- Irish: “Quorn”
- Italian: “Quorn”
- Japanese: “クオーン”
- Persian: “کورن، استرشر”
- Polish: “Quorn”
- Spanish: “Quorn”
- Swedish: “Quorn, Leicestershire”
- Swedish: “Quorn”
- Swedish: “Quorndon”
- Turkish: “Quorn, Leicestershire”
- Welsh: “Quorn, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
- Welsh: “Quorn”
- “Quorn”
- “Quorndon”
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