Nether Kellet
Nether Kellet | |
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![]() ![]() Nether Kellet Location in the City of Lancaster district | |
Population | 663 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SD504681 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARNFORTH |
Postcode district | LA6 |
Dialling code | 01524 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Nether Kellet is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, a few miles south of Carnforth. It had a population of 646 recorded in the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 663 at the 2011 Census.[2] The parish includes the small hamlet of Addington, to the east.
Community[]
Nether Kellet is one of the Thankful Villages - only 53 of which are known. These villages and parishes sent men to fight in the Great War, 1914–1918, and all of them came back alive. Nether Kellet sent 21. Their near neighbour, Arkholme, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the east, sent by far the most, 59 men, all of whom returned. It is remarkable to think that two small villages, geographically so close to one another, escaped unscathed from such a conflagration. Furthermore, Nether Kellet was doubly thankful,[3] as 16 villagers served in World War II, 1939–1945, without loss of life.
Geography[]
The village is located south of Over Kellet, north of Halton, west of Aughton and east of Bolton-le-Sands.
In Literature[]
Not far away, off Dunald Mill Lane and little known today beyond caving circles, lies Dunold Mill-Hole. (now Dunald Mill Hole), subject of a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836). The size of this cave is somewhat exaggerated in the accompanying plate.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Nether Kellet Parish (E04005196)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Jon Kelly (11 November 2011). "Thankful villages: The places where everyone came back from the wars". BBC News. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
External links[]
Media related to Nether Kellet at Wikimedia Commons
- Villages in Lancashire
- Civil parishes in Lancashire
- Geography of the City of Lancaster
- Lancashire geography stubs