A quarrying of stone in Quorn began at the super early age at Buddon Wood, on the edge of the parish. Granite millstones were quarried in the early Iron Age, and under a Romans stone was quarried for building in Leicester. A few of the big millstones could nonetheless exist when seen in the area, however these times it is either utilized as garden decoration, or even even worked into seats or slabs.

A foremost known grounds to believe of the village is in the Lincoln Episcopal Registers for 1209-35, as Quernendon. More variations of a village title above the centuries include; Querne, Querne, Quendon, Querendon, Quarendon, Qaryndon, Querinden, Querondon & Quernedon.

the village experienced a station known as "Quorn and Woodhouse" on the Great Central Railway that was shared with a neighboring hamlet of Woodhouse. A station is at present on the preserved Great Central Steam Railway.

In the centre of the village is Rawlins Community College the 14-18 Comprehensive school. This is on the places of the Thomas Rawlins grammar school for Girls.

A dual-carriageway A6 Quorn-Mountsorrel Bypass opened in October 1991.

On the Edge of the Village is Quorn Hall page of the Meynell personal, world health organization were taking part in the local Quorn wild dog-fox hunting.