Morley (West Yorkshire)
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 45 ′ N , 1 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 23,738 2001 | ||
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| Post town | LEEDS | ||
| ZIP code section | LS27 | ||
| prefix | 0113 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire | ||
| Metropolitan Borough | City of Leeds | ||
| Civil Parish | Morley | ||
Morley is a town with 54,051 inhabitants (as of 2001) in West Yorkshire in England and is located about 8 km southwest of Leeds in the Leeds Metropolitan Borough . The Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire was formed in 1974, before Morley was part of Yorkshire . The M62 Hull - Manchester motorway runs through Morley .
Morley, like Rome, was built on seven hills: Scatcherd Hill, Dawson Hill, Daisy Hill, Chapel Hill, Hunger Hill, Troy Hill and Banks Hill. The textile industry is traditionally at home in the city. Shoddy goods in particular were processed here. The most important building in the city is the town hall with its bell tower. Morley has been home to a rugby club since 1878, which was particularly successful in the 1970s.
The city hit the headlines after a member of the neo-fascist British National Party was elected to the city council; in addition, in 2004 BNP chairman Nick Griffin gave a speech in the city that was deemed to be racist.
The twin town of Morley has been the German city of Siegen since 1966 .
Personalities
- Sir Titus Salt (1803–1876), founder of the Saltaire parish
- Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928), British Prime Minister
- John Dunning (1927-2009), snooker player
- Beryl Burton (1937–1996), racing cyclist
- Helen Fielding (born 1958), writer
- Jonathan Howson (born 1988), football player
