How Did The Village Of Quorn Get Its Name?

The village of Quorn was originally called Quorndon and it only changed its name to Quorn in 1889. 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. In 1889, in an attempt to solve this problem, people in the village sent a petition to the Postmaster General suggesting that the confusion would be removed if the village was called Quorn instead. This was accepted in the same year, and the village changed its name.
The village of Quorn has nothing to do with the meat substitute, which was named after it purely as a marketing exercise.