The village of Quorn (shortened from Quorndon in 1889 to avoid confusion with a similarly named village in Derbyshire) is believed to have been in existence since the early 1200s at least. The name Quorndon is thought to be derived from the Old English for "Hill where millstones are maintained" (Cweorndun) and indeed quarrying for stone for use in millstones has been in existence in the area since the Iron Age.
The country house Quorn Hall became the home of the fox hunter Hugo Meynell in 1753 and later gave it's name to the famous Quorn Hunt.
The village gained
a railway station on the Great Central Railway in 1899. This closed in the 1960s but was re-opened as part of the preserved Great Central Railway in the 1970s. And yes the meat substitute quorn is named after the village!
