MORLEY (ST-BOTOLPH), a parish in the hundred
of FOREHOE, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (w.
S.W.) from Wymondham, containing 269 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy o
Morley St. Peter annexed, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk,
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£14. 11. 5. B. N. Cooper, Esq. was patron in 1800.
The church is an ancient structure, with a large square
tower: the chancel was repaired and beautified about
1480, by Thomas Warde, the then rector, of whom it
contains several painted representations, particularly in
the east window. Elizabeth Brown, in 1732, bequeathed
£150, directing the income to be applied in teaching
and clothing six children, and providing them with
books.