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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Morley, mun. bor. and township, Batley par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW. of Leeds and 8 miles SE. of Bradford by rail, 2765 ac., pop. 15,011; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has woollen cloth trade, coal mining, and stone quarrying. Morley is mentioned in Domesday Book as a place of great importance in the West-Riding. It was made a mun. bor. in 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Morley CP/AP/PA Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Morley |
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