Nether Kellet
| Nether Kellet | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 The green, Nether Kellet | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD504681 |
| Location: | 54°6’25"N, 2°45’32"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 646 (2001) |
| Post town: | Carnforth |
| Postcode: | LA6 |
| Dialling code: | 01524 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Lancaster |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Morecambe and Lunesdale |
Nether Kellet is a village in Lancashire, a few miles south of Carnforth. It had a population of 646 recorded in the 2001 census. The parish of Nether Kellet includes the small hamlet of Addington, to the east.
The village is located south of Over Kellet, north of Halton, west of Aughton and east of Bolton-le-Sands.
Community
Nether Kellet is one of the Thankful Villages; those villages which sent men to fight in the Great War of 1914-1918, and which saw them all return alive. Nether Kellet sent 21 men. Their near neighbour, Arkholme, 5 miles to the east, sent 59 men, all of whom returned. These two neighbouring villages, alone in all Lancashire, escaped unscathed from such a slaughter as the Great War.
Nether Kellet was doubly thankful,[1] as 16 villagers served in Second World War, 1939-1945, without loss of life. By coincidence, Arkholme too was Twice Thankful, receiving back all its sons in both wars; there are very few villages in the land which did.
References
- ↑ Jon Kelly (11 November 2011). "Thankful villages: The places where everyone came back from the wars". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15671943. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
Outside links
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