Nether Kellet

Nether Kellet
Village and civil parish
Nether Kellet Village Hall
Village Green
Nether Kellet is located in the City of Lancaster district
Nether Kellet
Nether Kellet
Location in the City of Lancaster district
Nether Kellet is located in Lancashire
Nether Kellet
Nether Kellet
Location within Lancashire
Population663 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD504681
Civil parish
  • Nether Kellet
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARNFORTH
Postcode districtLA6
Dialling code01524
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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Lancashire
54°06′25″N 2°45′32″W / 54.107°N 2.759°W / 54.107; -2.759

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] and again to 738 at the 2021 census.[3] 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,[4] as 16 villagers served in World War II, 1939–1945, without loss of life.

Nether Kellet's Anglican Church of St Mark is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Holy Trinity, Bolton-le-Sands.[5][6][7] Nether Kellet Congregational Church is part of the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.[8]

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 poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836). The accompanying plate, from a painting by George Pickering, shows a number of ramblers with a dog climbing on rocks beside a waterfall.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Nether Kellet Parish (E04005196)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ^ "UK Census (2021)". Office for National Statistics - Census 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  4. ^ Jon Kelly (11 November 2011). "Thankful villages: The places where everyone came back from the wars". BBC News. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Bolton-le-Sands Holy Trinity (map)" (PDF). Diocese of Blackburn. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Holy Trinity Bolton-le-Sands with St Mark's Nether Kellet". Parish of Holy Trinity Bolton-le-Sands. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Nether Kellet St Mark". National Churches Trust. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Nether Kellet Congregational Church". Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1835). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836. Fisher, Son & Co.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1835). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836. Fisher, Son & Co.

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