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Isle of Ely. / 52.400°N 0.2583°E / 52.400; 0.2583. The Isle of Ely ( / ˈiːli /) is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county .
The Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order was made on 14 February 1964, and placed before the House of Commons on 9 March 1964. The amalgamation was opposed by Sir Harry Legge-Bourke, MP for the Isle of Ely, noting that his constituents "in general were in favour of continuing with an independent county council with which they were entirely ...
Ely ( / ˈiːli / ⓘ EE-lee) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Cambridge, 24 miles (39 km) south east of Peterborough and 80 miles (130 km) from London. As of the 2021 census, Ely is recorded as having a population of 19,200 (rounded to ...
The Isle of Ely consists of a hill about 7 miles (11 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide that rises above the surrounding fens (low-lying lands that were partly covered by water). The Isle of Ely is the highest point in these fenlands and was formerly an island surrounded by marshes and swamps; it could be reached only by boat or causeway.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Other former counties: Avon · Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely · Cleveland · East Suffolk · Hereford and Worcester · Hexhamshire · Humberside · Huntingdon and Peterborough · Isle of Ely · Parts of Holland · Parts of Kesteven · Parts of Lindsey · Soke of Peterborough · West Suffolk
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The Isle of Ely is the northernmost part of Cambridgeshire, taking its name from the city or bishopric of Ely . The Isle of Ely takes up the whole northern half of the county, comprising the hundreds of Wisbech, Witchford (North & South) and Ely. This land is quite distinct from the southern part of the county, characterised by its flatness ...
T D Atkinson. Ethel M Hampson. E T Long. C A F Meekings. Edward Miller. H B Wells. G M G Woodgate, 'The Liberty of Ely: Introduction', in 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, (London, 2002) pp. 1-3.
