South Kirkby
The South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council motto is 'Friendship, Unity & Progress', and the two settlements have been twinned with Sprockhövel in the Ruhr Valley of Germany since 1981.The town was first mentioned 1086 in the Domesday Book, and South Kirkby retains the site of the original Saxon settlement (Grid ref: SE434104).During the miner’s strike local man David Gareth Jones was killed whilst on picket at Ollerton Colliery.The town is home to South Kirkby Colliery football club, who have competed in the FA Cup many times in their history.South Elmsall railway station is on the line between Doncaster and Leeds with also an hourly service on weekdays and Saturdays with Sunday being every two-hourly.