MORLEY, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Horsley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2508 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2742 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Matthew.
- The early church was built in Saxon or early Norman times.
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Church Records
- Transcription by Carol Ryan of Marriages 1800-1860
at Morley. Added 18 Jun 2009.
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Parish Register burials in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Ilkeston.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Horsley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"MORLEY, a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 4 miles N.E. of Derby, its post town."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Morley entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Morley from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Morleston and Litchurch Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a member of the Belper Poorlaw Union.