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MORLEY ST. PETER is a small parish, with a scat- the occupation of Charles Truston Master esq. Morley Old tered population, 2 miles noPth-west from Hall, an ancient structure in the Elizabethan style, sur~ etation on the 'fhetford and section of the Great rounded by a moat, and formerly the. residence of the Eastern railway, 3~ south-west from W'ymondham and 3 Sedley family, is now occupied as a farm house. The trus~ north from Attleborougb, in the Mid division of the county, tees of the late J. B. Graver-llrowne esq. who are lords of l''orehoe hundred, petty sessional division and union, Wy- the manor, and Mrs. Graver-l~rowne are the principall8Dd• mondham county court district, rural deanery of Hingham, owners. The soil is various; subsoil, clay and brick earttl¥1'­ Forehoe division, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. Th~ Norwich. The church of St. Peter is a small building of area is 1,o67 acres; rateable value, £1,317; the population rubble, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, in 189I was I74· By an order which came into operation nave, south porch and a low western tower containing one March 25th, t88S, certain detached parts of Morley St. bell: against the north wall of the nave is a monument to l:lotolph were amalgamated with this parish. Martin Sedley esq. who resided at the Old Hall ; there are Parish Clerk, Samuel Smith. 120 sittings, The register dates from the year r562. The Post Office..- . sub-postmaster. Letters living since I878 is a chapelry, annexed to the rectory of through , arrive at 8 a.m. Attleborough Morley St. Botolph, joint average tithe rent-charge £430, & Wymondham are the nearest money order & telegraph joint gross yearly value £48o, including 43 al.:I"es of glebe, offices in the gift of Mrs. De Chair, and held since I878 by the Rev. Frederick Blackett De Chair M.A. of Jesus College, The children of this place attend the school at Morley St. Cambridge, and J.P. who resides at Morley St. llotolph. Botolph Morley ilall, a modern mansion of white brick, pleasantly Carriers.-Robert Want, from Attleborough & - Capes, situated and surrounded by extensive grounds, is now in from Attleborough, pass through to Norwich, wed. & sat Graver-llrowne Mrs. The 'tVoodlamls Barnard John, farmer Hardiman David, farmer Master Uhe~rles Truston, Morley hall Canham John, farmer Jolley John, farmer Ayton Alexander, farmer Clarke Wm. farmer, Ash Tree farm Pilgrim William & Morris, farmers Barker Philip, farmer Clover David, fowl dealer Warren Charles, farmer, Old hall Barnard Isaac (Mrs.), laundress Greenwood Matthew Hennett, farmer Wig by Obadiah, farmer is a parish and village, 3:} miles residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since east from Junction station on the Ipswich and 1884 by the Rev. Edmund Deace Ford M.A. of Corpus Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway and II south Christi college, Cambridge. Warde's charity of £2 yearly from Norwich, in the Southern division of the county, Dep- is for fuel. The town land of 14 acres is let for £12 I os. wade hundred and union, petty sessional division of Long yearly and devoted to church expenses. Mrs. Irby is lady Stratton, Harleston county court district, rural deanery of of Hoyland manor, and resides·at Boyland Hall, a mansion in Depwade, arch deaconry of S or folk and diocese of Norwich. the Elizabethan style,. built in 1551, and situated in a valley The church of St. John the Baptist is a small building of about I mile north-east from the village : it has a large lawn flint, with stone dressings, in the Perpendicular and Early and extensive pleasure grounds and shrubberies, and above English styles, consisting o~ chancel, nave, south porch and one of the entrances is a bust of Queen Elizabeth, removed a round embattled western tower containing 3 bells :.on the from 'filbury House: the park, which extends over ISO acres. north side of the chancel is a memorial window to Rear- is planted with thriving oak, fir and other trees, and is watered Admiral the Hon. :Frederick Paul Irby C.B. d. 24 April, by the river Taas. Morningthorpe Manor, the .property of I844•; and to Emily Ives (Drake), his first wife, d. 7 Aug. Captain Thomas Holmes R.N., J.P. lord of the manor of 18o6; and on the south side is another memorial window to Morningthorpe, is a mansion of red brick with stepped Frances (Wright ), his second wife, "ho died 16th Jan. I 852 : gables, in the Elizabethan style, pleasantly situated near th!p in the chancel is a fine altar tomb with arms to the Garney church, and is now the residence of James E. Bayne esq. family, who formerly resided at Boyland Hall; and monu- Mrs. lrby, Captain Holmes R.N. and Miss Fryer are the ments to Sir William Gostlin kt. alderman and sheriff of chief landowners. The soil is mixed and the land very rich; the city of London, and 1\Iargaret, his wife, d. 23 Jan. I723 ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. and to Caroline Gostlin, d. L767; there are also several The area is I 10JI acres; rateable value, £1,327; the popu­ memorials to the Howes family: the chancel retains a pis- lation in I891 was :r36. cina and in front of the western gallery is a fine carving of Parish Clerk, Charles Tibbenham. the royal arms in oak: the cllur~ was restored in 1889 at a total cost of£ r, rso, under the supervision of Mr. II. Green, Letters through arrive at 6.50 a.m. Wall architect, of ~ orwich, when a sLaineli east wimlow was l:lox at Mr. Dunster's gate, cleared at 6.15 p.m. ; & one erected by Mrs. Green in memory of her family :the church near Boyland Hall, cleared at 7·5 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. week affords roo sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. days; sundays, 7·5 a. m. Long Stratt

MORTON is a parish and village on the river Wensum, I rural deanery of Sparham and archdeaconry and diocese of mile south from Attlebridge station on the Midland and Norwich. The church of St. Ma.rgaret, repaired in r865, is Great Northern joint railway, about 4~ south from Reepham a small but ancient building of flint in the Gothic style, station on the East Norfolk section of the Great Eastern consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a round railway, and 8 north-west from Norwich, in the Northern 1 western tower, with octagonal belfry stage and containing division of the county, Eynsford hundred and petty sessionalj3 bells: there are 8o sittings. The register dates from the division, St. J<'aith's union, Norwich county court district, yeu 1559· The living is a discharged rectory, average