Morley was a local government district in the

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. Apart from the town of Morley, it included

Churwell Churwell is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds city centre and Morley. It is southwest of Leeds city centre and away from the Leeds United Elland Road Football Ground. Churwell still retains its semi-rural feel with ...

(a separate

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until 1891), East Ardsley (or Ardsley East), West Ardsley, Drighlington and Gildersome (

urban district Urban district may refer to: * District * Urban area * Quarter (urban subdivision) * Neighbourhood Specific subdivisions in some countries: * Urban districts of Denmark * Urban districts of Germany * Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (his ...

s absorbed in 1937). Morley was incorporated as a borough in 1885.F A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Administrative Units of England'', Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991 It was abolished in 1974, and its former area became part of the

City of Leeds The City of Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwe ...

, a metropolitan borough of

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