Morley Archive
2. The section on the Morley Mining Industry has now been added to the site. It gives details of the most important mines in the area when Coal Mining was King along with the Families who controlled the businesses. A link has also been made to the fine book by Jim Thorp on the Morley Mining Industry See the full … Continue reading “What’s New in 2023”
Please note that Morley Community Archives will be hosting an Open Day at Morley Town Hall on Saturday 9th September. Members will be creating exhibitions about Morley’s Heritage including Sharon Wilson’s sketches of past Morley times. The hall will be open from 10 am to 4 pm. We will also be giving two guided tours at 10:30am and 2pm around … Continue reading “Heritage Weekend”
We are trying a new venture of adding to the section of Inns and Pubs with extra information in a Blog. As a start we are adding a Blog for the Pubs of Drighlington. It can be viewed at Blog_Drighlington Pubs We are going to add links like the above to the ‘Inns and Public Houses’ section in the … Continue reading “A Blog of Drighlington Pubs”
In our extensive study of men killed during the Great War and commemorated on the local Memorials, we identified details of the great majority of the men named. We were unable to find details on six of them named in Morley and Churwell. Recently, a friend of the group, Chris Harrison, supplied us with details of one of these, named … Continue reading “L/Cpl Joseph William Lister”
Very recently we have published a new booklet about public houses in Victorian Morley. This contains a full transcription of a lecture given in 1898 by William Smith, the local historian, about such places. In addition, we have added 6 pages of text and photographs about various public houses such as The Brunswick, The Nelson and The Angel which were … Continue reading “Victorian Public Houses in Morley”
We have replaced the old section on this with one in which entries for individual years can be read more easily. It can be found in the Factsheet section. Related Images:
A New Shop We have arranged to sell our materials through the Genfair website and the entry page of the store is shown below. It can be reached at the link: MCA-Genfair Shop The Genfair site will allow customers to buy materials online using a credit or debit card and we at MCA will ensure that these are sent quickly … Continue reading “MCA’s New Shop”
The tables containing the names of men commemorated on the Morley War Memorial have been updated to bring them into line with our latest work, as shown in our new booklet which describes the lives of these men in more detail. In particular, we have been able to add the full names of most of the men as well … Continue reading “Update to World War One Casualties”
Just published! Morley Community Archives is proud to state that a booklet is now available describing a study of all the men named on the Morley War Memorial who died as a result of service in the Great War. It contains military and personal details of these men, presented in regimental order. It shows how local publications, particularly the Morley … Continue reading “Great War Memorial Booklet”
We have started a Gallery of photographs and prints showing the old mill buildings of Morley. They are to be found in the Facts Sheet section under the Mill section. So far, images of the Crank, Gillroyd, Rods, Perseverance-Station Road, Albert and Queen’s Mills have been added. Factual data about some mill closures has been upgraded. Related Images:
