Morley is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
South Norfolk
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. The largest town is Wymondham, and the district also includes the towns of Costessey, Diss, Harleston, Hingham, Loddon and Long Stratton. The council was based in Long S ...
district, in the county of
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
, England. It includes the villages of
Morley St Botolph and Morley St Peter. It covers an area of and had a population of 973 in 182 households at the
2001 census, 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
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
''mōr'' "
moor, clearing, pasture" + lẽah "open ground, clearing".
The parish was formed on 1 April 1935 from "Morley St Botolph" and "Morley St Peter".
See also
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Wymondham College
Notes
External links
Civil parishes in Norfolk
South Norfolk
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