Morley

Morley is a market town and civil parish inside the City of Leeds metropolitan district, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies roughly 5 miles south-west of Leeds downtown area. The town had a populace of 44,440 out of 2011 and is comprised of the Morley North and South Wards. The common area had a populace of 27,738. The town is based on seven slopes: Scatcherd Hill, Dawson Hill, Daisy Hill, Chapel Hill, Hunger Hill, Troy Hill and Banks Hill.

Morley is first made reference to in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Morelege, Morelei and Moreleia. Morley signifies "open ground by a field", from Old English mor "field, clearing, field" leah "open ground, clearing". It additionally gave its name to MoreleiWapentac, a wapentake which most likely met at Tingley. The town was later popular for its material industry, outstandingly the fabric, trashy, which was worn by the two sides in the American Civil War.

Verifiably, Morley was the focal point of one of two divisions of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. Morley turned into a Municipal Borough in 1889 and under the Local Government Act 1972, was joined into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District. Morley is spoken to on Leeds City Council by three wards each with three councilors.