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What is the pre-industrial history of Quorn n

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  • Doesn’t appear in the doomsday book (included stats of every town and village in 1066) but references can be found from 1128
  • An ancient trackway passed through modern Quorn from Barrow upon soar to sheep grazing on beacon hill (this may be why people decided to settle/build Quorn)
  • 1731 a Toll road built linking Leicester and Loughborough - passed through Quorn
  • 1754 Quorn hunt (fox hunting) which brought wealth and employment
  • Canalisation of the river soar which allowed for easy transport of coal etc from Derbyshire - Loughborough
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What legacy has fox hunting left in Quorn

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Pub names - Quorndon fox and blacksmiths arms
Sports logos
Road names

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’;,What is the history of Quorn in the industrial period

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  • Quorn’s population was 1000 by 1800s
  • Knitting industry established in 1810. 180 had driven knitting machines listed in 1821
  • 1840 the railroad arrived earlier than other places e.g. Sheffield because of the access to fox hunting
  • 1851 7 steam driven hosiery factories
    -1881 wrights mill employed 400 workers and increased to 2000 during WW1 (still exists today)
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How has the employment structure in Quorn changed overtime

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  • A huge decrease in primary jobs as there was 50% in 1801 but now only 2% in the present day
  • A decrease in secondary jobs form 40% in 1851 to 10% in the present day
    However these was an increase from 15% in 1801 to 40% in 1851
  • Huge increase in tertiary jobs 35% in 1801 and 88% in the present day
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Why is Quorn such a popular place to live

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  • Voted 3rd best place to bring up a family in the UK
  • affluent
  • Modern
  • Educated with primary and secondary schools achieving good
  • Peaceful
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What is the demographic (population/structure) data of present day Quorn

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  • 6150 people living in Quorn in the 2021 census increase of 25% in 10 years
  • 98% of population identify as white British
  • Average age of 46
  • 55% of the people in the village are women
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What is the social data of Quorn in the present day

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  • 88% employed in the service sector
  • Average salary is £33,500 which is £7000 above national average (been brought down by retirement/part time)
  • 55% have a professional qualification
  • Average house prices were £333,000 in 2016
  • Lowest 10% of the deprivation index
  • 82 crimes per 1000 people recorded in 2016 bellow the national average
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What is the Economic data of present day Quorn

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  • Housing is expensive and little social housing
  • Excellent road links with local towns and cities
  • Range of affluent businesses
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What are the regional influences to the change of Quorn

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  • Fox hunting - It has been acknowledged in road names, sport teams etc
  • Great Central Railway - Old houses next to the lines, volunteer still running the railways and expanding it
  • Students being educated in Quorn from surrounding areas e.g. Rawlins
    sixth form
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What are the National influences to why Quorn has changed

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  • Industrial revolution influenced factories (wrights) and industry in the area
  • TARMAC company runs the Mountsorrel quarry
  • Pubs/shops owned by national companies e.g. Waitrose
  • Close to major roads/ transport networks
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What are the international/global influences on Quorn’s development

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  • Small international migration population (2%)
  • Restaurants : Italian, Turkish, Indian all ran by nationals
  • Younger people are influenced by international trends (e.g. Social media, fashion music etc)
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What are the regeneration schemes that have happened in Quorn

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  • Upgrading of the A6 dual carriage way
  • Rawlins sixth from post-16 centre
  • McCarthy and stone retirement homes
  • Quorn mill housing development
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Why was the Upgrading of the A6 dual carriage way needed?
What year was it built?
How much did it cost?

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  • It linked villages to newly built A46
  • Before it was built traffic went through Quorn and Mountsorrel
  • Granite way was also built linking Mountsorrel quarry to A6
  • Opened in October 1991
  • Cost £91 million due to bridges etc
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How did the attitudes to the Upgrading of the A6 dual carriage way vary

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. Agreement - People in the community due to less traffic being in Quorn meaning it is safer for children etc
- TARMAC because of faster journey times to and from the quarry
. Disagreements - Businesses due to less people passing through the villages
- Tax payers who don’t live around the area sue to it being built on tax payers money

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What were the impacts of the upgrading of the A6 dual carriage way vary

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+ Faster travel times
+ Quieter for people in local villages

  • Environmental impacts
  • Expensive (£91 million)
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Why was the Rawlins academy post-16 centre built?
How much did it cost?
When was it built?

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  • Built so there could be a wider range of students that could be taken on (Students from local villages could go to the sixth form)
  • To Improve and enhance campus facilities for students and staff
  • ‘Deep end’ created for use by school and community funded by sport England
  • Cost £1.5 million
  • Work began in 2017 and was completed in many phases over that year
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How did the attitudes vary towards the Rawlins Academy post-16 centre

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Agreement - More young people can attend the school
- ‘deep end’ can serve the wider community e.g. sports teams

Disagreements- Locals concerned about possible traffic and parking issues
- Listed building at the front no longer looking appealing due to modern centre next to it

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What are the impacts of the Rawlins Academy post-16 centre

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+ more sporting opportunities for wider communities
+ better campus facilities for staff and students

  • more traffic and parking issues
  • community disagreement
  • Listed building having a modern building next to it
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What are the details of the McCarthy and stone retirement homes?
When was it built?

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  • Has a number of one and 2 bed apartments as well as bungalows
  • Increase in older people to the village

construction began in 2019 and completed in 2021

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What are the attitudes towards the McCarthy and stone retirement homes

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Agreements - More housing opportunities
- May bring in more business opportunities

Disagreements - Environment and green space being destroyed
- increase in congestion and noise
- increase in pressure on businesses

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What are the positives and negatives of the McCarthy and stone retirement home

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+ more housing opportunities
+ A higher rate if business
- More traffic congestion
- more strain on local businesses

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How was the Quorn mill housing regenerated and when did this happen

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Closed in the 1990s
- Has been converted into apartments
- Was the start of the larger housing development on weaver close

properties first sold in 2002

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How may the attitudes vary towards the Quorn Mill housing development

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Agreement - some were relieved the old mill was being generated and not knocked down for a new build
- more housing opportunities for younger people etc

Disagreement- Some unhappy seeing more housing being crammed into the centre of the village

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What are the impacts of the Quorn mill housing development

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+ re-development of the old mill
+ more housing decreasing demand
- increased housing creating a higher population in Quorn therefore more stress on businesses* / less quiet

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Where is Sheffield located and why is it advantageous?
- South Yorkshire and to the west of the peak district national park - 45 miles off Quorn - Biggest city of south Yorkshire Advantageous because: - Has a large access to water with major river and peak district meaning more steam can be produced - Coal and iron ores. limestone found in the peak district
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What is Sheffield known as and why
'City of steel' produced most steel out of every UK city Produced 80% of UK steel and 50% of Europe's
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What is the history of Sheffield in the industrial revolution
Main built up areas follow the river -1269 a market in Sheffield had been established and Sheffield became one of the fastest growing towns - Main centre of cutlery in 1600 - Railway arrived in 1840 - Steelworkers were concentrate in the inner city and cholera outbreaks were common so an estimated like expectancy of steel workers was 38 - Clean air act 1965 made Sheffield claimed to be world cleanest industrial city
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How did Sheffield become the steel capital of the world
- Had an abundance of local resources; coal, Iron ores and limestone - The river systems provided the city with transport networks - The 'crucible' method was invented for making steel increasing production in 1740s - The railway was built through the city in 1840, better connecting it to other major cities
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Why is Sheffield an important city today?
- 4th largest city in the UK - In the top 10 UK cities business location - Produces more steel in value than any other time in history - Major universities have over 75,000 students - Economy worth £7 billion a year - Regional hub for sports, culture and arts
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What was deindustrialisation like in Sheffield
- Steel industry fell from 60,000 in 1971 to 10,000 in 1990 (50,000 drop in 20 years) - 50,000 job losses in other manufacturing industry's - Government ended subsidies in early 1980s and insisted they would not support loss-making factories - Unemployment peaked at 25% in 1985
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What were the impacts of deindustrialisation on the city
- 1/3 people out of work - Life expectancy decrease - Crime rates doubled in 10 years - Brown field sites - 40% of children grew up relatively poor
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What is the Demographic data on Sheffield's regeneration
- Diverse - 19% black or from ethnic minorities (this doubled between 2001-2011) - 60,000 university students over 2 unis - Estimated population of 582,506 - which has increase by 17,000 since 2011 - 5th largest city in terms of population - 92% English speakers
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What is the social data on Sheffield's regeneration
- Violent crime has seen a large increase of 107% - High levels of deprivation - Bellow average primary and secondary schools 6.8% have no qualifications - Linked to national motorway M1 and Midland mainline railway running through Sheffield
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What is the economic data in Sheffield's regeneration
- 68.8% of people are employed - High levels of people who have lower level skills (6.8 have no qualifications) - Low living costs - 6th cheapest city in UK for graduates to live - 14% rise in jobs being advertised - Manufacturing employment decrease and tertiary employment increase
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What are the Sheffield regeneration schemes
- City of retail - Outdoor city - City of sport
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What are the details about the Sheffield - City of retail scheme
- Sheffield development corporation (1988-1997) - Spent £101 million government money, £7 million EU money and £600 million from private investment - cleaned 600 acres of polluted land - Aim was to regenerate site of ex-steelwork land in the area that was derelict and polluted
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What are the details about the Sheffield - City of retail scheme (Meadow hall)
- Opened in 1990 as the 3rd biggest shopping centre in the UK - Attracted 270 stores and businesses - Estimated work force of 10,000 - Built next to the M1 with direct access to city centre + train station
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What are the positive and negatives about the Sheffield - City of retail scheme
Positives - Jobs that are created are accessible to people with low levels of education (e.g. ex-factory workers) - 18,000 jobs created - Planted 16,000 trees and plants - Shopping centre attracts thousands from outside of Sheffield Negatives - Increased traffic congestion - Many jobs are poorly paid, part-time or seasonal - Increase in number of empty shops in city centre and local villages have seen a decline in numbers - Areas surrounding Sheffield still in the top 10% most deprived in the country
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What are the details about the Sheffield outdoor city scheme
- Hosted first 2 legs of the tour de France in 2014 - Only UK city with a national park in its boundary's - City is popular with walkers, runners and cyclists - Many events such as the annual 'run Sheffield' and ' Sheffield round walk and artificial boulder climbing take place
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Who would some stakeholders in the Sheffield outdoor city scheme be
- Home to 200 outdoor businesses (outdoor stores such as go outdoors) - Local council - Businesses who have relocated
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What are the positives of the Sheffield outdoor city scheme
positives - People partake in more outdoor pursuits than anywhere else in the UK - Attracted over 200 businesses - More tress per head of people than any other city in Europe
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What are the negatives of the Sheffield outdoor city scheme
- Most people participate in activities outside of the city e.g. within the peak district - Concentration of low paid seasonal work - Not prioritising the cities deprived neighbourhoods - Soil erosion and environmental damage by walkers, cyclists and climbers
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What are the details on Sheffield the city of sport
- Old steel mill at Ponds Forge was demolished and Ponds Forge leisure centre opened - At the time it was 1/4 places that had a 50m swimming pool - National ice arena opened in 1998 - Universities offer sports science facilities - Estimated 10,000 jobs in sport sector - Sheffield united went back to premier league in 2019-2020 season
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What are the positive social, Economic and Environmental impacts of Sheffield city of sport scheme
Social - more jobs, increase in popularity, increase in community participation , Sport and exercise rates high Economic - Increase in business for small and large businesses, Thousands of jobs created Environmental - Brownfield sites being regenerated
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What are the negative Social, Economic and Environmental effects of Sheffield city of sport scheme
Social - increase in traffic congestion, areas of deprivation Economic - mortgage rates increase + housing prices Environmental - Increase in pollution due to more building sites/people, lots of noise/litter/congestion
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What happened in regards to sport in Sheffield in 1989
- Placed bids to hold the student world games in 1991 - Hillsborough stadium disaster where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death leading to a decrease in attendances to sports games out of fear
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What happened in regards to sport in 1991
- Opening of the Ponds Forge international sports centre which was built on former steel work sites and was 1/4 places to have a 50m pool. - City hosted the world student games which resulted in the building of facilities e.g. Don Valley stadium. 3346 athletes attended improving local economy etc
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What happened in regards to sport in Sheffield in 1998
Sheffield arena was built that could hold 13,000 and hosted a large number of exhibitions and music concerts from big artists Cost £34 million but brought investment into the city
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What happened in regards to sport in 2000
- 2 universities improved their sporting facilities Hallam opened a centre for sport and exercise science and has become internationally recognised some criticisms that opportunities are not available for ex-steelworkers
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What happened regarding sport in Sheffield in 2016
World snooker championships held for 40 years but in 2016 it reached new levels 200 million in 89 countries tuned in to watch hosted in the crucible theatre

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