There has been a quarry in the Mountsorrel area at least since Roman times, which has influenced the life, soul and infrastructure of the village in all that time. In fact, if you travel north along LoughborÂough Road, after Wheat Close, on the right hand side, their exists 20 old quarry workers houses built in […]
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Discovering Shepshed
Throughout the Victorian era, Shepshed was a still a village, although by those standards a large one. Until 1888 it was known as Sheepshed, from Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry. Shepshed became a town with the formation of the Town Council before the 2nd World […]
Discovering Quorn
The village’s name is thought to be derived from the Old English cweorndun, meaning “hill (dun) where millstones (cweorn) are obtained. The name was shortened from Quorndon to Quorn in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire.
Discovering our Soar Valley Villages
Discovering Hathern, Long Whatton Normanton on Soar, Sutton Bonington and Zouch. Download and read the 4 page supplement, first circulated in March 2022
Spotlight on East Leake
East Leake is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. This was circulated as a supplement with Soar Valley Life in January 2022
