Quorndon

Quorndon

Quorndon (Quorn), Stadt in der engl. Grafschaft Leicester, mit (1901) 2173 Einw., berühmt wegen ihrer Fuchsjagden. Dabei die Granitbrüche von Mount Sorrel und die Kalköfen von Barrow upon Soar.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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