Moorends is a village in the north-east of the
Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
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,
South Yorkshire
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, England, situated on the border with
East Yorkshire
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and
Lincolnshire
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. It was historically part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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until 1974. It is part of the
civil parish
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of
Thorne, which lies to the south.
Moorends is located on the edge of
Thorne Moors, part of the Humberhead Levels at approximately , at an elevation of around 3 metres above
sea level
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. The moors can be accessed via Grange Road.
The legendary goalkeeper
Ted Sagar
Edward Sagar (7 February 1910 – 16 October 1986) was an English footballer who played for Everton and England.
He was a goalkeeper who joined Everton as an apprentice in 1929 after playing for Thorne Colliery in Yorkshire and made his deb ...
was born in Moorends in 1910. It is also home to one public house.
External links
Thorne-Moorends Town Council
Villages in South Yorkshire
Thorne, South Yorkshire
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