Editing Moorends

{{Short description|Village in South Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.6333|-0.95|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Moorends
| population               = 5,500
| population_ref           = (2016 DBMC)<ref name="DBMC">{{cite web |title=Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan |url=https://dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Planning/Documents/Neighbourhood%20Plans/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20NP/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20Neighbourhood%20Plan%20-%20publication%20version%20(high%20resolution).pdf |website=dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net |access-date=4 November 2023 |page=5}}</ref>
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]]
| civil_parish             = [[Thorne, South Yorkshire|Thorne]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| metropolitan_county      = [[South Yorkshire]]
| post_town                = DONCASTER
| postcode_district        = DN8
| postcode_area            = DN
| dial_code                = 01405
| os_grid_reference        = SE694152
| constituency_westminster = [[Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme (UK Parliament constituency) | Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme]]
| static_image_name        = Marshland Road, Moorends - geograph.org.uk - 367666.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Entering Moorends on Marshland Road from Thorne 
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Doncaster
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within City of Doncaster
| type = [[Village]]
}}

'''Moorends''' is a village in the north-east of the [[City of Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]], England, situated on the border with [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Yorkshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]].  It was historically part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] until 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan |url=https://dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Planning/Documents/Neighbourhood%20Plans/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20NP/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20Neighbourhood%20Plan%20-%20publication%20version%20(high%20resolution).pdf |website=dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net |access-date=4 November 2023 |page=4}}</ref> It is part of the [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Thorne, South Yorkshire|Thorne]], which lies to the south.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04000095|title=Thorne Parish|access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref>

Moorends is located on the edge of [[Thorne and Hatfield Moors|Thorne Moors]], part of the Humberhead Levels, at an elevation of around {{convert|2|m}} above [[sea level]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Moorends, Doncaster - area information, map, walks and more |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/moorends-doncaster |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="DBMC"/> Before the coal mine was sunk, the area was largely farmland with only a handful of houses.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tuffrey |first1=Peter |title=The village that grew up around its mine |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=4 November 2023 |page=16|issn=0963-1496}}</ref> A missionary church was provided by the owners of the coal mine during the colliery's development ({{circa|1912}}, however, a permanent church, St Wilfrith's, was built in 1934, and this became its own parish in 1956.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moorends, St Wilfrith's Parish Records - Archives Hub |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/258191b8-95eb-39a3-8c55-e95a1faf1000 |website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref>

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

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Moorends}}
*[http://www.thorne-moorends.gov.uk/ Thorne-Moorends Town Council]

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[[Category:Villages in South Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Thorne, South Yorkshire]]


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