Editing Quorn, Leicestershire (section)

==History==
The first known evidence of the village is in the [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] Episcopal Registers for 1209–1235, as Quernendon. Other variations of the village name over the centuries include Querne, Quendon, Querendon, Quarendon, Qaryndon, Querinden, Querondon, and Quernedon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/quorn_conservation_area_character_appraisal/quornconservationareacharacterap.pdf |title=See page 5 |website=Charnwood.gov.uk|access-date=2013-07-26}}</ref>

The [[quarry]]ing of stone in Quorn began at a very early age at Buddon Wood, on the edge of the parish. [[Granite]] millstones were quarried in the early [[Iron Age]], and under the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] stone was quarried for [[masonry|building]] in Leicester. Some of the larger millstones can still be seen in the area, however these days they are either used as garden ornaments, or worked into seats or slabs. The village's name is thought to be derived from the [[Old English]] ''cweorndun'', meaning "hill (''dun'') where millstones (''[[Quern-stone|cweorn]]'') are obtained".<ref>{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780191739446|entry=Quorndon or Quorn|entry-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-10711|entry-url-access=subscription}}</ref>

[[Quorn Hall]], off Meynell Road on the eastern edge of the village, was built for the [[Farnham]] family in about 1680.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quorn Hall|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-404851-quorn-hall-quorndon-leicestershire|publisher=British Listed Buildings}}</ref> It became the home of renowned [[fox hunting|fox hunter]] [[Hugo Meynell]] in 1753. He established his pack of hounds there, where it continued under later masters until 1905, thus giving a name to the famous [[Quorn Hunt]].<ref>William Charles Arlington Blew, ''The Quorn hunt and its masters'' (London: John C. Nimmo, 1899): chapter ''Mr H. Meynell, 1753–1800''</ref> Three [[Royal Navy]] ships have been named [[HMS Quorn|HMS ''Quorn'']] after the hunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/hunt-class/hms-quorn/ |title=HMS Quorn |publisher=Royalnavy.mod.uk |access-date=2013-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920163355/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/hunt-class/hms-quorn/ |archive-date=20 September 2011 }}</ref>

Throughout history, the village has suffered extensive flooding due to the shallow natural gradient of the River Soar. This was exacerbated in the late 18th century when locks and weirs were constructed as part of the Leicester Navigation (later the Grand Union) and the canalisation of the river.

The village is indirectly linked to the [[meat substitute]] [[Quorn]], which began production in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wordhistories.net/2018/02/13/quorn-origin/|title=the curious history of 'Quorn' (meat substitute)|first=Pascal|last=Tréguer|website=Wordhistories.net|date=13 February 2018|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=2011|title= 	
Quorn meat substitute and our village – a connection or not?|website=Quorn Village Museum|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>