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Morley Wapentake
Local district(s)
Blackstone Edge
Bradford Dale
Sowerbyshire
Parish(s)
Dewsbury
Birstall
Halifax
Leeds
Batley
Calverley
Bradford
Wapentake selected
Citation URI
http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/32/000002
Location
Morley Wapentake (Wapentake) located in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire
 
  • Morley Wapentake
  • Morelei Wapentac 1086 DB
  • Morlei Wap' 1166 P
  • Morlay Wapentacum 1181 P , 1219, 1246 Ass 4
  • Morlewapentacum 1188 P
  • Wap(p') de Morley, Wapentagium de Morley, Wapentagium de Morlay 1231 Ass 12d, 1276 RH , 1285 KI , 1288 YI , 1316 Vill et passim to, 1545 LS

 
"Base mapping from A Vision of Britain through Time at the University of Portsmouth"
Lat 53.6999 Long -1.58325

Bibliography
  • A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Part 3 (EPNS 32), Cambridge 1961.