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In 1086, a small market town was built called Leeds.It had a population of 200 and was getting bigger.
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In 1086, the church in Morley, St Marys in The Woods, was mentioned in the Doomsday book.
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In 1314 the scots invaded us a number of times.
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Royalists besiege Howley Hall and defeat Roundheads at Battle of Adwalton Moor
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Birth of Titus Salt in the Manor House
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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.
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In 1880 Morley market opened with big fete and Ben Worrall roasted a bullock. (young male cow)
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The Morley Coat of Arms - granted in 1886 - shows the town's connection with Textiles, Coal Mining and the Civil War.
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In 1890 Dartmouth Park was opened by the Earl of Dartmouth.
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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.
