Morley Saint Botolph
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 Lychgate and tower of St Botolph's church | |
  Morley Saint Botolph Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TM074998 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wymondham |
| Postcode district | NR 18 |
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Morley Saint Botolph is a small village in the English county of Norfolk. 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".
The villages name means 'Moor wood/clearing'. 'St. Botolph' after the dedication of the church.
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.[1]
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.
References
- ^ 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.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Morley%20St.%20Botolph
External links
- Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1896 treats St Botolph as a different parish from St Peter
External links
Media related to Morley Saint Botolph at Wikimedia Commons
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