Timeline 1650 to 1799
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Morley History | |
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1650 |
Old Chapel and Lands let to Morley by Earl of Sussex for 20/- pa |
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1663 |
Farnley Wood Plot fails |
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1664 |
Royal Coat of Arms set up in Nave of St Mary's | |
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1683 |
Morley Hall built by Thomas Dawson |
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Newcomen invents steam pump for mines |
1712 |
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1720 |
The "Old Town's School" Is founded |
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John Kay invents loom with flying shuttle |
1733 |
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1747 |
John Wesley visits Morley for the first time |
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James Hargreaves invents spinning jenny |
1764 |
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1770 |
John Wesley visits Morley and a Methodist Chapel is erected. |
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Samuel Crompton invents spinning mule |
1779 |
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Pitt the Younger becomes Prime Minister |
1783 |
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Outbreak of French revolution |
1789 |
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1790 |
Crank Mill, first woollen mill to use a steam engine, is erected. |