Moorends

Moorends

Moorends

Village in South Yorkshire, England

Moorends is a village in the north-east of the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the border with East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[2] It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south.[3]

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Moorends is located on the edge of Thorne Moors, part of the Humberhead Levels, at an elevation of around 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) above sea level.[4] The moors can be accessed via Grange Road. The village grew up with housing being built to house the miners working in Thorne Colliery, which was developed in the village.[1] Before the coal mine was sunk, the area was largely farmland with only a handful of houses.[5] A missionary church was provided by the owners of the coal mine during the colliery's development (c. 1912, however, a permanent church, St Wilfrith's, was built in 1934, and this became its own parish in 1956.[6]

The legendary goalkeeper Ted Sagar was born in Moorends in 1910. It is also home to one public house.

References

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    "Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan" (PDF). dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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    "Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan" (PDF). dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thorne Parish (E04000095)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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    "Moorends, Doncaster - area information, map, walks and more". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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    Tuffrey, Peter (4 November 2023). "The village that grew up around its mine". The Yorkshire Post. p. 16. ISSN 0963-1496.
  6. [6]
    "Moorends, St Wilfrith's Parish Records - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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