What is "moorthorpe"

Moorthorpe is a village near Pontefract, in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. Due to the close proximity of South Kirkby and South Elmsall, which join the village at either end, the village often suffers an identity crisis.

Whilst Moorthorpe is a village in its own right and has clearly defined and signposted boundaries many residents simply assume the identity of either South Elmsall or South Kirkby. This can cause a particular problem with addresses when making purchases online, when most services automatically select South Elmsall as the address of many Moorthorpe residents, despite the fact that Moorthorpe forms part of the historic manor of South Kirkby and is tied to South Kirkby through the joint South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council.

This problem is more complex because whilst many Moorthorpe residents are forced to use South Elmsall as their postal address, even on council tax bills, many of them actually pay parish rates to South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council, which has higher rates than South Elmsall Town Council.