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Morley is a civil parish within the area of Erewash Borough Council in the English county of Derbyshire, north of Derby It is on the eastern side of Morley Moor, with Morley Smithy to the north. The parish church of St Matthew stands near the (converted) Tithe Barn and dovecote of Morley Hall.〔Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. ''The Buildings of England: Derbyshire''. pp 283-284. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071008-6〕 The church features a wall of stained glass depicting the story of Robert of Knaresborough along the north aisle which came from Dale Abbey in 1539, home of the fine Sacheverell tombs. ==History== Morley is first certainly mentioned in 1009, as ''(in) Moreleage'', though later copies of a 1002 document in which it appears as ''(æt) Morlege'' may be genuine. The name probably means "open ground by a moor", from Old English ''mōr'' "moor, clearing, pasture" + lẽah "open ground, clearing".〔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 Derby''.〕 In 1009 Æþelræd Unræd (King Ethelred the Unready) signed a charter at the Great Council which recognised the position and boundaries of Westune.〔(Aston on Trent Conservation Area History ), South Derbyshire, accessed 25 November 2008〕 The land described in that charter included the lands now known as Shardlow, Great Wilne, Church Wilne, Crich, Morley, Smalley, Weston and Aston-on-Trent. Under this charter Æþelræd gave his minister, Morcar, a number of rights that made him free from tax and to his own rule within the manor.〔Charter of Æthelred, The Great Council, 1009, accessible at Derby records〕 Morley was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers〔Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Swarkestone, Sinfin and Breadsall.〕 and having woodland pasture that was four furlongs by three.〔''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.745〕 Morley Park was one of the seven royal parks within Duffield Frith and is about five miles north in the parish of Ripley.〔Turbutt, G., (1999) ''A History of Derbyshire. Volume 2: Medieval Derbyshire,'' Cardiff: Merton Priory Press〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morley, Derbyshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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