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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, clearing".[2] It covers an area of 8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi) and had a population of 973 in 182 households at the 2001 census,[3] increasing to a population of 1.241 in 191 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk.

Morley
Morley
Location within Norfolk
Area8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population1,241 (2011)[1]
• Density151/km2 (390/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM075998
Civil parish
  • Morley
District
  • South Norfolk
Shire county
  • Norfolk
Region
  • East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWYMONDHAM
Postcode districtNR18
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52.557°N 1.060°E / 52.557; 1.060

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Notes


  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. MORLEY ST BOTOLPH Norf.
  3. "Morley parish information". South Norfolk Council. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.


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