| Moorends | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 Entering Moorends on Marshland Road from Thorne | |
Moorends Location within City of Doncaster Show map of the City of Doncaster district | |
| Population | 5,500 (2016 DBMC)1 |
| OS grid reference | SE694152 |
| Civil parish | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DONCASTER |
| Postcode district | DN8 |
| Dialling code | 01405 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
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
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
References
- "Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan" (PDF). dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- "Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan" (PDF). dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thorne Parish (E04000095)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- "Moorends, Doncaster - area information, map, walks and more". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- Tuffrey, Peter (4 November 2023). "The village that grew up around its mine". The Yorkshire Post. p. 16. ISSN 0963-1496.
- "Moorends, St Wilfrith's Parish Records - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2023.