Morley, Leeds

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Morley is a town in Leeds

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Morley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Morley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Morley, mun. bor. and township, Batley par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW. of Leeds and 8 miles SE. of Bradford by rail, 2765 ac., pop. 15,011; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has woollen cloth trade, coal mining, and stone quarrying. Morley is mentioned in Domesday Book as a place of great importance in the West-Riding. It was made a mun. bor. in 1885.

Morley in the Domesday Book

A village in Morley hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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