Morley, Norfolk
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{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.557|1.060|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TM075998
| official_name = Morley
| population = 1,241
| area_total_km2 = 8.21
| static_image = Lychgate and tower of St Botholph's church - geograph.org.uk - 773298.jpg
| static_image_caption = Morley St Botolph
| shire_district = South Norfolk
| shire_county = Norfolk
| region = East of England
| civil_parish = Morley
| constituency_westminster =
| postcode_district = NR18
| postcode_area = NR
| post_town = WYMONDHAM
| dial_code = 01953
| london_distance =
}}
File:St Peter's church - geograph.org.uk - 773271.jpg
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 {{convert|8.21|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 973 in 182 households at the 2001 census,{{cite web|url=http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/Morley_parish.asp|title=Morley parish information|publisher=South Norfolk Council|date=20 April 2009|access-date=20 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905184124/http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/morley_parish.asp|archive-date=5 September 2008|url-status=dead}} increasing to a population of 1.241 in 191 households at the 2011 census.
History
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".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.
The parish was formed on 1 April 1935 from "Morley St Botolph" and "Morley St Peter".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10016186|title=Relationships and changes Morley CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 February 2023}}
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{{Civil Parishes of South Norfolk}}
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Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk
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