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5 days ago · HOUSES OF BENEDICTINE MONKS 1. ABBEY AND CATHEDRAL PRIORY OF ELY. Etheldreda, daughter of Anna, King of the East Angles, was married to Tonbert, ruler of the South Girvii, who bestowed upon her the district afterwards known as the Isle of Ely, and on his death in 955 she retired to this remote spot with a few friends to devote herself to religious meditation.
4 days ago · Ely Cathedral, Anglican cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, U.K. The Romanesque cathedral can trace its origins to the 7th century, though the present building dates only as far back as 1083. It is celebrated for its beauty and its history, and it is a major tourist attraction. The cathedral sails above the marshes of the Isle of Ely ...
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds By T D Atkinson, Ethel M Hampson, E T Long, C A F Meekings, Edward Miller, H B Wells and G M G Woodgate/ Edited by R B Pugh.
4 days ago · After Culy's followers broke with his increasingly radical teachings in 1699, (fn. 1) leadership of the group around Isleham fell to the Isleham elder Robert Moody, a member since 1693; (fn. 2) Isleham produced c. 34 out of c. 75 new members admitted, 1696-1700. (fn. 3) After some setbacks a new covenant was drawn up late in 1706, half the 50 ...
3 days ago · The Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser was founded in 1845. The new Wisbech & Fenland Museum building opened in 1847 and continues to collect, care for and interpret the natural and cultural heritage of Wisbech and the surrounding area.
3 days ago · ADMIRAL ARTHUR PHILLIP 1738-1814. Founder and First Governor of Australia. West Country Gentleman. Arthur Phillip was born in London on 11th October 1738, the son of Jacob Phillip, a language teacher from Frankfurt, and Elizabeth, née Breach, who had remarried after the death of her previous husband, Captain John Herbert, RN.
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