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England

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Morley, Norfolk Morley is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. 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, c ...
, a civil parish *
Morley, Derbyshire Morley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England. It is on the eastern side of Morley Moor, with Morley Smithy to the north. The parish church of St Matthew is a grade I listed building and stands near th ...
, a civil parish * Morley, Cheshire, a village * Morley, County Durham, a village *
Morley, West Yorkshire Morley is a market town and a civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. Morley is the largest town in the Borough of Leeds after Leeds itself. Morley forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. It l ...
, a suburban town of Leeds and civil parish *
Morley (UK Parliament constituency) Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the pos ...
, a former constituency in the West Riding of Yorkshire * Morley, a former wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, later merged into Agbrigg and Morley *
Moreleigh Moreleigh or Morleigh (formerly Morley) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Halwell and Moreleigh, in the South Hams, district, in the county of Devon, England. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 102. History ...
, South Hams, Devon; formerly spelled as "Morley"


United States

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Morley, Colorado Morley was a town in Las Animas County, Colorado, that existed between 1878 and 1956. The town was located near the summit of Raton Pass and was originally a railroad stop before being developed into a coal mining town by the Colorado Fuel and Iro ...
, a town * Morley, Iowa, a city *
Morley, Michigan Morley is a village in Deerfield Township, Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 493 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and i ...
, a village *
Morley, Missouri Morley is a city in Scott County, Missouri, United States. The population was 697 at the 2010 census. History Morley was platted in 1868. The community has the name of J. H. Morley, a railroad official. A post office called Morley has been in op ...
, a city * Morley, New York, a hamlet * Morley, Tennessee, an unincorporated community


Elsewhere

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Morley, Western Australia Morley is a suburb of Perth, within the City of Bayswater local government area, situated approximately northeast of the Perth central business district. It contains the Galleria Shopping Centre, one of Perth's larger shopping centres. Morle ...
, a suburb of Perth *
Electoral district of Morley Morley is an Electoral districts of Western Australia, electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. Morley existed as an electoral district from 1974 to 19 ...
, an electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly *
Morley, Alberta Morley is a First Nations settlement within the Stoney 142/143/144 Indian reserve in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located along the Canadian Pacific Railway between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Bow River, upstream from Ghost Lake. It has ...
, Canada, a First Nations settlement *
Morley, Ontario Morley is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District. The township had a population of 481 in the Canada 2016 Census. Named after John Morley, it was formed in 1903 when the townships of Morley and P ...
, Canada, a township * Morley, Meuse, a commune in the Meuse ''département'', France * Mount Morley, Alexander Island, Antarctica *
Morley Glacier Morley Glacier () is a steep tributary to Carryer Glacier, flowing south between Hicks Ridge and Mount Tokoroa in the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica *
Morley (crater) Morley is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon's near side, to the east of the Mare Fecunditatis Mare Fecunditatis (Latin ''fēcunditātis'', the "Sea of Fecundity" or "Sea of Fertility") is a lunar mare ...
, on the Moon


Schools

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Morley College Morley College is a specialist adult education and further education college in London, England. The college has three main campuses, one in Waterloo on the South Bank, and two in West London namely in North Kensington and in Chelsea, the lat ...
, an adult education college in London *
Morley Senior High School Morley Senior High School is an Independent Public high school located in Noranda, a northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school provides an education to approximately 1,400 students from Year 7 to Year 12. History By the end of ...
, Noranda, Western Australia *
The Morley Academy The Morley Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Morley, West Yorkshire, England. The school forms part of the Gorse Academies Trust which also includes The Farnley Academy, The Ruth Gorse Academy and the Elliott Hudson College. ...
, a co-educational secondary school in West Yorkshire, England


Titles

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Earl of Morley Earl of Morley, of Morley in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon. At the same time he was created Viscount Boringdon, of North Molton in the County ...
, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *
Baron Morley Baron Morley is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. On 29 December 1299 William de Morley, lord of the manor of Morley Saint Botolph in Norfolk, was summoned to parliament and was thereby deemed to have become Baron Morley. At the death of ...
, an abeyant title in the Peerage of England


People

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Morley (name) Morley is both a surname and a given name. The name is toponymic, derived from several places in the United Kingdom —from the Old English words "mor" ("marsh"), and "le-ah" ("a clearing in the woods"). Notable people with the name include: Surnam ...
, a list of people with the surname or given name


Other uses

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Morley R.F.C. Morley Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Morley, West Yorkshire. England. The club are famous for playing in a maroon kit and thus are nicknamed "The Maroons". They currently play in North 1 East, a level six league in the ...
, a rugby union club in Morley, West Yorkshire *
Morley Drive Morley Drive is a major east-west road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the residential areas of Balcatta, Osborne Park, Tuart Hill, Nollamara, Yokine, Dianella, and Morley with major north-south arterial ...
, a major road in the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia *
Morley Library Morley Library, located at 184 Phelps St. in Painesville, Ohio serves as the County District Library for Lake County, Ohio. Morley Library is a medium-sized public library that is supported by both state funds and a local tax levy. The original l ...
, Painesville, Ohio, United States *
Morley Fund Management Aviva Investors is an asset management company and is part of the Aviva group. History The London unit, previously known as Morley, was founded in 1971 as Geoffrey Morley and Partners. This was bought by Globe Investment in 1988 and then sold to ...
, a UK-based asset management company * Morley Pedals, a brand of guitar effects pedals *
Morley (cigarette) Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. The largest Mar ...
, a fictional brand of cigarettes seen in many films and television shows * Morley (cellular automaton) (also called ''Move''), a
Life-like cellular automaton Life-Like was a manufacturer of model trains and accessories. In 1960, the company purchased the assets of the defunct Varney Scale Models and began manufacturing model trains and accessories under the name Life-Like in 1970. In 2005 the parent co ...
with rulestring B368/S245 * Morley, a title character in the Dave and Morley Stories featured on the CBC radio show ''
The Vinyl Cafe The Vinyl Cafe is an hour-long radio variety show hosted by Stuart McLean that was broadcast on CBC Radio and was syndicated to approximately 80 U.S. public radio stations through Public Radio International. It aired on Sunday at noon EST and ...
'' * Morley, a fictional kingdom from the video game
Dishonored ''Dishonored'' is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, ''Dishonored'' follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to th ...


See also

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Morleys Stores Morleys Stores is a group of eight department stores in Greater London, a business-to-business furniture supply subsidiary called Morley's of Bicester Ltd and a department store & furniture centre called Camp Hopson of Newbury in Newbury, Be ...
, a group of seven department stores in Greater London and several other businesses *
Morleys Hall Morleys Hall, a moated hall converted to two houses, is situated at on Morleys Lane, on the edge of Astley Moss in Astley in the historic county of Lancashire and the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, England. It was largely rebuilt in ...
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Maury (disambiguation) Maury may refer to: Places United States * Maury Mountains, Oregon * Maury County, Tennessee * Maury River, Virginia, a tributary of the James River * Maury Island, a small island near Seattle, Washington France * Maury, Pyrénées-Orientales, a ...
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