33-686: The historical area of Ewecross or Ewcross is a district in the West Riding of Yorkshire , England. It included the parishes of Bentham , Clapham , Horton in Ribblesdale and Sedbergh and parts of Thornton in Lonsdale . Ewcross was split from the Staincliffe and Ewcross wapentake in the nineteenth century covering an area which was 25 miles (40 km) north to south (from Settle to Westmorland), and 11 miles (18 km) west to east. In modern times
66-586: A county borough) was included in the county for census and lieutenancy purposes. The number of county boroughs increased over the years; Rotherham gained this status in 1902, Barnsley and Dewsbury in 1913, Wakefield in 1915 and Doncaster in 1927. The boundaries of existing county boroughs were also widened. Beginning in 1898, the West Riding County Council was based at the County Hall in Wakefield, which
99-539: A dance studio and a cafe. Independent Wrestling company Dynamic Pro Wrestling (DPW) is based in Morley and put on shows at Ackroyd Street Working Mens Club and around West Yorkshire until its closure in 2011. Morley was the home of seven times World Cycling Champion Beryl Burton . Scatcherd Park Bowling club compete in 9 leagues Morley is a setting for David Peace 's Red Riding Quartet novel and 2009 television series which explore West Yorkshire police corruption during
132-465: A large proportion of students from Morley due to its catchment area). Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from the Emley Moor TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds , Heart Yorkshire , Capital Yorkshire , Hits Radio West Yorkshire and Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire . The town is served by
165-648: A moor", from Old English mōr " moor , clearing, pasture" + lēah "open ground, clearing". It gave its name to Morelei Wapentac , a wapentake which probably met at Tingley . Howley Hall was built during the 1580s by Sir John Savile, a member of the great Yorkshire landowners, the Savile family. The house was besieged during the English Civil War in 1643 before the Battle of Adwalton Moor but appears to have sustained no serious damage. It continued to be occupied during
198-610: Is a market town and a civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough , in West Yorkshire , England. Morley is the largest town in the borough after Leeds itself. Morley forms part of the Heavy Woollen District . It lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Leeds city centre . It was built on seven hills: Scatcherd Hill, Dawson Hill, Daisy Hill, Chapel Hill, Hunger Hill, Troy Hill and Banks Hill. In 2011,
231-399: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Cumbria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Riding The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire , England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding . The lieutenancy at that time included
264-575: The Freemasons . It is also retained in the name of some British Army squadrons, such as the 106 (West Riding) Field Squadron, and some historical re-enactment groups. A flag designed to represent the West Riding was registered with the Flag Institute charity in 2013. 53°52′N 1°09′W / 53.86°N 1.15°W / 53.86; -1.15 Morley, West Yorkshire Morley
297-1211: The Huddersfield Line . There is a service seven days a week to and from Leeds , but on Sundays, the service is less frequent. Buses go to Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and other West Yorkshire towns from bus stops near the Town Hall. The M621 motorway runs to the west of the town and the M62 motorway to the south. Junctions 27 and 28 of the M62 are closest to Morley. There are numerous primary schools in Morley including Morley Newlands Academy, Churwell Primary, Seven Hills Primary School, Morley Victoria Primary School, Asquith Primary, Fountain Primary and St Francis Catholic Primary School. It also has an independent preparatory school; Queenswood School. Three secondary schools serve pupils from Morley: The Morley Academy (formerly Morley High and Morley Grammar), Bruntcliffe Academy and Woodkirk Academy (formerly Woodkirk High and technically in West Ardsley , but has
330-492: The wards of England's four northernmost historic counties. The administrative county was formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888 , and covered the historic West Riding except for the larger urban areas, which were county boroughs with the powers of both a municipal borough and a county council . Initially there were five in number: Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, and Sheffield. The City of York (also
363-544: The 17th century but fell into disrepair. The hall was demolished in 1730 but ruins exist including the cellars of its great hall. The town became famous for its textile industry, notably the cloth, shoddy , which was worn by both sides in the American Civil War . It was a significant coal mining area. On 7 October 1872, 34 people were killed in an explosion at the Morley Main Colliery. Historically, Morley
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#1732852824595396-529: The Alexandra Hall for many years. St Mary in the Wood Church is located to the north of the town centre on Troy Road and Commercial Street. The church has been closed since the late 20th Century and survived until 2010. When a fire broke out and burnt the whole church interior. The site is now overgrown and abandoned although the impressive spire can be seen from the town centre. The congregation still meet at
429-482: 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. Morley Leisure Centre 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,
462-437: The West Riding until the mid-1960s had a distinctive style. At the top of the post was a roundel in the form of a hollow circle with a horizontal line across the middle, displaying "Yorks W.R.", the name of the fingerpost's location, and a grid reference. Other counties, apart from Dorset , did not display a grid reference and did not have a horizontal bar through the roundel. From 1964, many fingerposts were replaced by ones in
495-606: The West Riding's time as a county; rural districts , Urban districts and municipal boroughs were under the administrative county while county boroughs were in the wider geographic county. The term "West Riding" continues to be used by organisations based in the historic area of the riding, such as the West Riding Sailing Club, the Ramblers , the West Riding County Football Association , and
528-471: The chapel on Commercial Street. Morley annually holds one of the largest St George's Day parades in the country and has been named "the most patriotic town in England". Morley Market has been a feature since the town was formed. The market building has a large trading hall split up into units housing, butchers , fashion shops and a café . Supermarkets in Morley include Morrisons, Home Bargains and B & M in
561-589: The city of York and as such was named "West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York". The riding ceased to be used for administrative purposes in 1974, when England's local government was reformed. Contemporary local government boundaries in Yorkshire largely do not follow those of the riding. All of South Yorkshire (except Finningley ) and West Yorkshire were historically within its boundaries, as were
594-464: The form West Treding ) in the Domesday Book of 1086. Unlike most English counties, Yorkshire, being so large, was divided first into the three ridings ( East , North and West) and, later, the city of York (which lay within the city walls and was not part of any riding). Each riding was then divided into wapentakes , a division comparable to the hundreds of southern and western England and
627-540: The industrial region were Goole , Ilkley , Knaresborough , Otley and Selby . The West Riding also contained a large rural area to the north including part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (the remainder of the park being in the North Riding). The subdivision of Yorkshire into three ridings or "thirds" ( Old Norse : Þriðungr ) is of Scandinavian origin. The West Riding was first recorded (in
660-687: The local newspaper, Morley Observer & Advertiser . Morley R.F.C. was founded in 1878. When the Northern Union clubs broke away from the RFU to form the rugby league , the Morley representatives missed the train to Huddersfield due to being in the pub. The club's heyday was in the 1970s when it won the Yorkshire Cup on five occasions. In April 2005 the club won the Powergen Intermediate Cup at Twickenham . Morley CC cricket club plays in
693-403: The modern style, but some of the old style still survive within the West Riding boundaries. By 1971 1,924,853 people (or 50.85% of the West Riding's population) lived in the administrative county, against 1,860,435 (or 49.15%) in the ten county boroughs. In the Domesday Book of 1086 they were eleven wapentakes, these were as follows: In the end of regular use, the wapentakes were: During
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#1732852824595726-648: The name has been used for one of the area deaneries under the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds . In 2017 it amalgamated with Bowland to become the Deanery of Bowland and Ewecross. Since 1974 the area of the wapentake has been divided between the counties of North Yorkshire and Cumbria . 54°10′23″N 2°11′53″W / 54.173°N 2.198°W / 54.173; -2.198 This North Yorkshire location article
759-698: The north and from Dunsop Bridge in the west to Adlingfleet in the east. The southern industrial district, considered in the broadest application of the term, extended northward from Sheffield to Skipton and eastward from Sheffield to Doncaster , covering less than one-half of the riding. Within this district were Barnsley , Batley , Bradford , Brighouse , Dewsbury , Doncaster , Halifax , Huddersfield , Keighley , Leeds , Morley , Ossett , Pontefract , Pudsey , Rotherham , Sheffield , Todmorden (partly in Lancashire until 1888, when fully incorporated into Yorkshire) and Wakefield . Major centres elsewhere in
792-450: The riding included Harrogate and Ripon . Within the industrial region, other urban districts included Bingley , Bolton on Dearne , Castleford , Cleckheaton , Elland , Featherstone , Handsworth , Hoyland Nether , Liversedge , Mexborough , Mirfield , Normanton , Rawmarsh , Rothwell , Saddleworth , Shipley , Skipton , Sowerby Bridge , Stanley , Swinton , Thornhill , Wath-upon-Dearne , Wombwell and Worsborough . Outside
825-673: The south-western areas of North Yorkshire (including Ripon ), the Sedbergh area of Cumbria , the Barnoldswick and Slaidburn areas of Lancashire , the Saddleworth area of Greater Manchester and the part of the East Riding of Yorkshire around Goole and southwest of the River Ouse . The West Riding encompassed 1,771,562 acres (7,169 km ) from Sheffield in the south to Sedbergh in
858-519: The symbolic principal industries of the municipal borough: textile manufacturing , coal mining and quarrying . Morley Town Hall is sometimes used for music recordings. Television programmes, Heartbeat and Emmerdale have used its disused magistrates court and a cobblestoned street to one side. It hosts concerts by local schools and performances by the Morley Amateur Operatic Society, whose pantomimes have taken place at
891-529: The town and civil parish had populations of 44,440 and 27,738 respectively. The town is split between the Morley North and Morley South wards (containing the town centre) of Leeds City Council , both making up part of the Leeds South West and Morley parliamentary constituency . Morley was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Morelege , Morelei and Moreleia . Morley means "open ground by
924-476: The town centre, a 24-hour Asda superstore and an Aldi Supermarket on the outside of the town centre. Scatcherd Park in the centre of Morley, by the Morley Leisure Centre, has a large playing field, a skate park, children's park, bowling green and memorial gardens, including the town's war memorial . Events are held on the adjoining field in the summer months. On 21 February 2010, a statue of Ernie Wise
957-642: Was erected outside Morley Post Office to divided opinion and unveiled by his widow, Doreen. Wise had performed in the old nearby cinema, just around from the Post Office, which is now a Wetherspoons . On 25 June 2012, the Olympic Torch paused at the Morley Academy on its tour of Britain ahead of the London Olympic Games 2012 . Morley railway station is half a mile (800 m) from the town centre on
990-529: Was established in 2000, though it does not cover Drighlington , Gildersome , Tingley and East and West Ardsley – areas formerly part of the municipal borough . Following a review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the Morley and Rothwell parliamentary constituency was abolished at the 2010 election and replaced by the Morley and Outwood constituency. The town's coat of arms featured
1023-609: Was inherited by the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council in 1974. The Local Government Act 1888 included the entirety of Todmorden with the West Riding administrative county, and also in its lieutenancy area ("county"), though the postal address for Todmorden was Lancashire. Other boundary changes in the county included the expansion of the county borough of Sheffield southward in areas historically in Derbyshire such as Dore . Fingerposts erected in
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1056-491: Was the centre of one of two divisions of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley . Morley became a Municipal Borough in 1889 and under the Local Government Act 1972 , was incorporated into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District . Morley is represented on Leeds City Council by three wards (namely Morley North , Morley South and Ardsley and Robin Hood ) each with three councillors. At the 2010 general election, Morley and Outwood
1089-643: 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. Balls narrowly lost the seat at the 2015 general election to Conservative Andrea Jenkyns . In the 2024 General Election, Mark Sewards won a majority and ousted Andrea Jenkyns from the MP position after the constituency boundaries were redrawn to change Morley and Outwood to Leeds South West and Morley. A town council
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