The original name for the village was Quorndon. Even so, hundreds of years ago the shortened version of Quorn was in day to day use, and many organisations such as the Quorn Hunt, and buildings such as Quorn Hall were using the shortened name.

Problems started to occur when goods deliveries and postal communications became common. There is a village in Derbyshire called Quarndon (note the spelling), and it was not uncommon for post and other deliveries to be directed to the wrong village. Whilst things generally got to the correct place in the end, in was pretty inconvenient all round. One way to overcome the problem was to include the town of Loughborough (a few miles away from Quorn) in the Quorn address, but this solution was not ideal.

A better solution was proposed in 1889 - to shorten the name form Quorndon to Quorn. In that year, a group of respectable villagers (generally businessmen) submitted a petition to the Postmaster General suggesting that the confusion would be removed if the name change went ahead. This was accepted in the same year, and the village changed its name.

For information about the village of Quarndon, visit the Quarndon website.