William James Morley

William James Morley FRIBA (1847 – 16 March 1930) was an English architect who practised from offices in Bolton, Greater Manchester and Bradford, West Yorkshire.

[1] He was born in 1847 in Heaton, West Yorkshire, the son of George Morley (1816–1888) and Mary Duffield (1818–1871).

He married Annie Brook (1849–1910) on 10 April 1872 in Manningham, Yorkshire and they had eight children: He was articled to the architectural firm of Lockwood and Mawson from 1861 to 1868 and was then the manager of the firm until 1873.

He was appointed Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 21 November 1892.

His wife, Annie Morley, was killed in a road accident in Bradford in January 1910.

Ferguslie Thread Mills, Paisley, Scotland 1887
Bullough Mausoleum, Rùm , Lochaber , Scotland 1892
Wesleyan Chapel, Chamberlain Road, Kensal Rise, London 1900
Beeston Methodist Church 1903
Albert Hall, Manchester 1908–10
Anglo-South American Bank Limited, 69 Market Street, Bradford 1920–25