Morley, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°33′25″N 1°03′36″E / 52.557°N 1.060°E

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Morley
Morley St Botolph
Morley Location within Norfolk
Area	8.21 km² (3.17 sq mi)
Population	1,241 (2011)^[1]
• Density	151/km² (390/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM075998
Civil parish	Morley
District	South Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WYMONDHAM
Postcode district	NR18
Dialling code	01953

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

List of places UK England Norfolk 52°33′25″N 1°03′36″E / 52.557°N 1.060°E / 52.557; 1.060

Morley is a civil parish in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It includes the villages of Morley St Botolph and Morley St Peter. It covers an area of 8.21 km² (3.17 sq mi) and had a population of 973 in 182 households at the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to a population of 1.241 in 191 households at the 2011 census.

History

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The name is first attested in 1086 as Morlea, which probably meant "open ground by a pasture/clearing", from Old English mōr "moor, clearing, pasture" + lẽah "open ground, clearing".^[3]

The parish was formed on 1 April 1935 from "Morley St Botolph" and "Morley St Peter".^[4]

Notes

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^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ "Morley parish information". South Norfolk Council. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. MORLEY ST BOTOLPH Norf.
^ "Relationships and changes Morley CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 February 2023.