St John's Church, Dewsbury Moor - geograph

Dewsbury Moor is a district of Dewsbury,

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. Historically part of the

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, it lies to the west of the Dewsbury town centre. The population is around 5,650. Crime rates are higher than the national average. Dewsbury Moor Amateur

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Football Club is based on Heckmondwike Road and has three playing fields nearby. The rugby club has turned out several notable rugby league professionals including Ryan Sheridan,

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, Dean Lawford,

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, Luke Burgess, George Burgess and Tom Burgess. There are two schools, ''Knowles Hill Infant and Nursery School'' on Knowles Hill Road, and ''Westmoor Junior School'' on Church Lane. The area was at the centre of national media and public attention in early 2008, when nine-year-old Shannon Matthews disappeared from near her home, in Dewsbury Moor, on the afternoon of 19 February 2008. After a 24-day search, she was found alive on 14 March 2008 at a flat in Batley Carr. Michael Donavan, the man whose flat she was found in, was (along with Shannon's mother Karen) later jailed for eight years for abduction and false imprisonment. File:Remains of Dewsbury Moor Working Men's Club - Low Road - geograph.org.uk - 1300784.jpg, Derelict Dewsbury Moor Working Men's Club in 2009 File:Dewsbury Moor Amateur Rugby League Club - Heckmondwike Road - geograph.org.uk - 1300693.jpg, Dewsbury Moor Amateur Rugby League Club File:Pump Lane - Low Road - geograph.org.uk - 1300772.jpg, Pump Lane File:Beckett Lane - Heckmondwike Road - geograph.org.uk - 1300795.jpg, Beckett Lane

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