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Y-DNA
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Theorised origin
These places may have given rise to families with the surname Morley. Under investigation.
First recorded
1200
Morley Grove, Askesden, Essex
Moorleas Farm. Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire
Moorley, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Yorkshire
Moor Lees Farm, Gayton, Staffordshire
Morley Farm, Eastcourt Crudwell, Wiltshire
Morley field, Warminster, Salisbury
Morley Hall, Barrow, Cheshire
Morley's Bridge, co. Kerry, Ireland
Great and Little Morley Hey, Statham, Lymm, Cheshire
Marley, Kent
Marley Lane, Battle, Sussex
Morlaix, France
Murley, Devon
Murlai, Norfolk
County Mayo, Ireland
Morilegh, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
Marley Farm, Smarden, Kent
Moreley, Eccleston, Lancashire
Moor Leys Wood, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire
Moreby, Stillingfleet, North Riding of Yorkshire
Longest association
700 years
Morley Grove, Askesden, Essex
Moorleas Farm. Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire
Moorley, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Yorkshire
Moor Lees Farm, Gayton, Staffordshire
Morley Farm, Eastcourt Crudwell, Wiltshire
Morley field, Warminster, Salisbury
Morley Hall, Barrow, Cheshire
Morley's Bridge, co. Kerry, Ireland
Great and Little Morley Hey, Statham, Lymm, Cheshire
Marley, Kent
Marley Lane, Battle, Sussex
Morlaix, France
Murley, Devon
Murlai, Norfolk
County Mayo, Ireland
Morilegh, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
Marley Farm, Smarden, Kent
Moreley, Eccleston, Lancashire
Moor Leys Wood, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire
Moreby, Stillingfleet, North Riding of Yorkshire
Last recorded
1900
Morley Grove, Askesden, Essex
Moorleas Farm. Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire
Moorley, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Yorkshire
Moor Lees Farm, Gayton, Staffordshire
Morley Farm, Eastcourt Crudwell, Wiltshire
Morley field, Warminster, Salisbury
Morley Hall, Barrow, Cheshire
Morley's Bridge, co. Kerry, Ireland
Great and Little Morley Hey, Statham, Lymm, Cheshire
Marley, Kent
Marley Lane, Battle, Sussex
Morlaix, France
Murley, Devon
Murlai, Norfolk
County Mayo, Ireland
Morilegh, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
Marley Farm, Smarden, Kent
Moreley, Eccleston, Lancashire
Moor Leys Wood, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire
Moreby, Stillingfleet, North Riding of Yorkshire
Marker Count
21
Markers last changed
2014-01-04

Morley in Bilsborrow dates to at least 1248 ["Morileie (in Bilsborrow)"; De Hoghton Papers and Deeds, p. 241], and there was a Richard de Morley in Bilsborrow in the early 1300s.

Markers

Surname: Morley (from Gaelic)
Title Start Year End Year Added Updated
County Mayo, Ireland
1200 1900 2013-02-04 2013-02-04
Surname: Morley
Title Start Year End Year Added Updated
Murlai, Norfolk
1200 1900 2013-02-05 2013-02-05
Murley, Devon
1200 1900 2013-02-05 2013-02-05
Morlaix, France
1200 1900 2013-02-05 2013-02-05
Marley Lane, Battle, Sussex
1200 1900 2013-02-05 2013-02-05
Marley, Kent
1200 1900 2013-02-05 2013-02-05
Marley Farm, Smarden, Kent
1200 1900 2013-03-26 2013-03-26
Morilegh, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
1200 1900 2013-03-26 2013-03-26
Morley field, Warminster, Salisbury
1200 1900 2013-04-25 2013-04-25
Morley Farm, Eastcourt Crudwell, Wiltshire
1200 1900 2013-04-25 2013-04-25
Morley Hall, Barrow, Cheshire
1200 1900 2013-04-28 2013-04-28
Morley Grove, Askesden, Essex
1200 1900 2013-04-28 2013-04-28
Great and Little Morley Hey, Statham, Lymm, Cheshire
1200 1900 2013-04-28 2013-04-28
Morley's Bridge, co. Kerry, Ireland
1200 1900 2013-04-28 2013-04-28
Moor Lees Farm, Gayton, Staffordshire
1200 1900 2013-05-01 2013-05-01
Moorley, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Yorkshire
1200 1900 2013-05-01 2013-05-01
Moorleas Farm. Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire
1200 1900 2013-05-01 2013-05-01
Moreley, Eccleston, Lancashire
1200 1900 2013-12-20 2013-12-20
Surname: Moorley
Title Start Year End Year Added Updated
Moor Leys Wood, Birdwell, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire
1200 1900 2014-01-03 2014-01-03
Surname: Moreby
Title Start Year End Year Added Updated
Moreby, Stillingfleet, North Riding of Yorkshire
1200 1900 2014-01-04 2014-01-04
Surname: Morylegh
Title Start Year End Year Added Updated
Morylegh, near Chorley and Charnock, Lancashire
1350 1350 2013-03-26 2013-03-26
 

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