Morleys significant events By Jacqui Sykes

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  • Apr 10, 1086

    A small market town is built

    In 1086, a small market town was built called Leeds.It had a population of 200 and was getting bigger.
  • Oct 17, 1086

    Morley mentioned in the Doomsday book.

    In 1086, the church in Morley, St Marys in The Woods, was mentioned in the Doomsday book.
  • Oct 17, 1314

    The Scots attack

    In 1314 the scots invaded us a number of times.

  • Battle of Adwalton Moor

    Royalists besiege Howley Hall and defeat Roundheads at Battle of Adwalton Moor

  • Baby Titus Salt

    Birth of Titus Salt in the Manor House

  • H.H Asquith was born

    H.H Asquith was born
    In 1886 Asquith was elected as the Liberal MP for East Fife, despite the constraints of being a young widower with five children. He had married Helen Kelsall Mellard but she died from typhoid. Eventually H.H Asquith died on the 15 February 1928, The Wharf, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire.

  • Morley market opened

    In 1880 Morley market opened with big fete and Ben Worrall roasted a bullock. (young male cow)

  • Morley coat of arms created

    Morley coat of arms created
    The Morley Coat of Arms - granted in 1886 - shows the town's connection with Textiles, Coal Mining and the Civil War.

  • Dartmouth park open

    In 1890 Dartmouth Park was opened by the Earl of Dartmouth.

  • Morley town hall fire

    Morley town hall fire
    In 1961 the morley town hall, a fire broke out in the nearby Albert Mills which, prior to demolition, were being used for storing paper. As the mill building burned down, sparks and burning paper were blown against the dome of the Town Hall and these managed to set alight its timber construction. Within two hours the dome had been destroyed and the clock put out of action.