It lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Leeds city centre. A town council was established in 2000, though it no longer governs Drighlington, Gildersome, Tingley and East and West Ardsley - areas formerly part of the municipal borough. Morley is a setting for David Peace's Red Riding Quartet novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during the 1970s, and 1980s. Morley Leisure Centre[7] is newly built after undergoing a £33 million joint project with Armley Leisure Centre completed 22 June 2010 boasting a main 25-metre swimming pool, 10-metre learner pool, 150-station Bodyline gym, numerous sports halls, a dance studio and a cafe. Morley is the home of seven times World Cycling Champion Beryl Burton.

There is a service seven days a week to and from Leeds, but on Sundays, the service is less frequent. It also gave its name to Morelei Wapentac, a wapentake which probably met at Tingley.[2]. At the 2010 general election, Morley and Outwood was won by Ed Balls of the Labour Party, who had been MP for Normanton since 2005, and served as Labour's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 until 2015. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. Twin towns. %PDF-1.4 %âãÏÓ Emmerdale often use Morley for filming court and wedding scenes in the town hall. Three secondary schools serve pupils from Morley: The Morley Academy (formerly Morley High School and Morley Grammar), Bruntcliffe High School and Woodkirk High School (technically in West Ardsley but has a large proportion of students from Morley due to its catchment area). We have created a browser extension.

Events are held on the adjoining field in the summer months. Morley CC cricket club plays in the Bradford League, Morley Town AFC (currently of Yorkshire FA Premier Division) and Morley Amateur FC are the towns football club and Morley Borough play rugby league. Twin towns

There are numerous primary schools in Morley including Morley Newlands Primary School, which is due to be demolished and rebuilt this year, Seven Hills Primary School, Morley Victoria Primary School and St Francis Catholic Primary School. hŞb```f``ùÍÀÊÀÀ´ƒA�ØØX8N00´@Èü)n``ˆ9Цÿ@ä“£½ÅõÀÏ‚»�Dœ¡. The town's cricket club plays in the Bradford League, Morley Town is the town football club and Morley Borough play rugby league. It lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Leeds city centre. Operation Countryman was an investigation into police corruption in London in the late 1970s.
[5] during the late nineties, the club became a mecca of Northern rave culture until its sudden closure in 2003. Griffin was unsuccessfully tried on suspicion of incitement to racial hatred following the speech.[3]. Morley is a setting for David Peace's Red Riding Quartet novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during the 1970s, and 1980s. 0000003020 00000 n Junctions 27 and 28 of the M62 are closest to Morley. The club's heyday was in the 1970s when it won the Yorkshire Cup on five occasions. There are three supermarkets in the Morley area: Morrisons in the town centre, Asda, and Sainsbury's at the White Rose Centre, which is within the town's administrative area although most easily reached from Beeston. HD, ✪ Abandoned railway tunnel Exploration, Gildersome, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK, ✪ 2012 Morley St George's Day (weekend), Places adjacent to Morley, West Yorkshire. Morley became a Municipal Borough in 1889 and under the Local Government Act 1972, was incorporated into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District. Siegen, Germany, since 1966. 0000000936 00000 n [1] The civil parish had a population of 27,738. 0000006505 00000 n

Morley is one of the main settings for the critically acclaimed and award winning David Peace's Red Riding Quartet novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during the 1970s and 1980s. Morley railway station is half a mile (800 m) from the town centre on the Huddersfield Line.
Historically, Morley was the centre of one of two divisions of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. Morley is first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Morelege, Morelei and Moreleia. To install click the Add extension button. Detective kept files as evidence of how senior officers thwarted Operation Countryman. [7][8] Ernie had performed in the old nearby cinema, just around from the Post Office, of which is no longer in use and now derelict. In 2004, a controversial speech was made by BNP leader Nick Griffin at Morley Town Hall where he allegedly aired racist views. In 2011, the town and civil parish had populations of 44,440 and 27,738 respectively.[1]. 0000013096 00000 n 2010 election and replaced by the Morley and Outwood constituency. 625 0 obj <> endobj xref 625 32 0000000016 00000 n

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