[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.

[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.