Quorndon

Quorndon

Quornis a village inLeicestershire, England, situated next to theuniversitytown ofLoughborough. Quorn's name was shortened fromQuorndonin 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village,Quarndon, in neighbouringDerbyshire.Thetoponymof the village's original name is thought to be derived from theOld English cweorndun, meaning "hill (dun) where millstones (cweorn) are obtained".

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