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MORLEY, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"MORLEY, a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 4 miles N.E. of Derby, its post town. There are traces of an old Roman road which passed through the parish. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the collieries, and others in weaving silk stockings. There are quarries of good building-stone; and a fine gritstone, used for scythe stones, is found. The living is a rectory* with the curacy of Smalley annexed, in the diocese of Lichfield, value £648.

The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is a spacious structure of the 14th century, with a tower surmounted by a lofty spire and containing three bells. The church has some stained windows, said to have been brought from Dale Abbey, which were restored in 1847, also five brasses bearing date from 1454. The parochial charities produce about £163 per annum, besides six almshouses founded and endowed with an annuity of £5 each by Jacinth Sachevrel. There is a National school for both sexes, supported by voluntary contributions. At Smalley in this parish is a chapel-of-ease."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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