Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KELLET (NETHER)

KELLET (NETHER), a township in Bolton-le-Sands parish, Lancashire; 5 miles N by E of Lancaster. Acres, 2, 018. Real property, £2, 659. Pop., 284. Houses, 54. Dunald-Mill-Hole here is a curious stalactitic cavern, forming the commencement of a natural tunnel, which extends nearly 3 miles to the vicinity of Carnforth. A stream turns a mill adjacent to the cavern, and then traverses the tunnel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolton le Sands AP/CP       Nether Kellet Tn/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: KELLET     |     KELLET NETHER     |     NETHER KELLET
Place: Nether Kellet

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