Nether Kellet is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the City of Lancaster

City of Lancaster

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 in Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

England

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, a few miles south of Carnforth

Carnforth

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. It had a population of 646 recorded in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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. The parish includes the small hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 of Addington, to the east.

Community

Nether Kellet is one of the Thankful Villages

Thankful Villages

Thankful Villages are settlements in both England and Wales from which all their then members of the armed forces survived World War I. The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s...

 - only 52 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 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, as 16 villagers served in World War II

World War II

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, 1939-1945, without loss of life.

Geography

The village is located south of Over Kellet

Over Kellet

Over Kellet is a village and civil parish near Carnforth in the English county of Lancashire. The parish, which is in the City of Lancaster, includes the village of Capernwray, at its northern end, and has a population of 778...

, north of Halton, west of Aughton and east of Bolton-le-Sands

Bolton-le-Sands

Bolton-le-Sands is a large village and civil parish of the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The parish had a population of 4,098 recorded in the 2001 census,...

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