| World History | Morley History | |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Hastings | 1066 | |
| Domesday Book | 1086 | 37 Towns recorded in Morley Wapentake by Domesday Book |
| 1100 | King Henry I granted Woodkirk the Right to hold Fairs twice a year. | |
| Magna Carta | 1215 | |
| 1314 | Harvest failed and Scots attacked Morley twice, staying once. | |
| 1322 | St Mary’s Chapel destroyed by the Scots. | |
| Wars of the Roses began | 1455 | |
| Columbus discovers America | 1492 | |
| 1539 | The Cell of Woodkirk sold by King Henry VIII | |
| Francis Drake completes world voyage | 1580 | Howley Hall is built by Sir John Savile where he lives till his death. |
| Defeat of Spanish Armada | 1588 | |
| Death of Queen Elizabeth I | 1603 | |
| Gunpowder plot | 1605 | |
| Death of William Shakespeare | 1616 | |
| English Civil War began | 1642 | |
| 1643 | Royalists besiege Howley Hall and defeat Roundheads at Battle of Adwalton Moor. |
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