Morley Saint Botolph

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Morley Saint Botolph
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Morley Saint Botolph
Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference TM074998
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wymondham
Postcode district NR18
Dialling code 01953
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Norfolk
52°33′23″N1°03′29″E / 52.55650°N 1.05803°E / 52.55650; 1.05803

Morley Saint Botolph is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Morley, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated 4 km south-west of the town of Wymondham and 23 km south-west of the city of Norwich. The village name is normally abbreviated to "Morley St Botolph". In 1931 the parish had a population of 204. [1]

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Morley Saint Botolph has a sister village, Morley Saint Peter, although the two are often simply referred to as "Morley". The names Morley St. Botolph and Morley St. Peter are first attested on the Ordnance Survey map of 1838. [2]

History

The villages name means 'Moor wood/clearing'. 'St. Botolph' after the dedication of the church. [3]

Morley St Botolph played a small part in the early stages of Kett's rebellion of 1549, when the townspeople of Wymondham attacked and broke down enclosures in the village.

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Morley St Peter to form "Morley". [4]

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References

  1. "Population statistics Morley St Botolph CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. MORLEY ST BOTOLPH Norf.
  3. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Morley%20St.%20Botolph [ bare URL ]
  4. "Relationships and changes Morley St Botolph CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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