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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 .
- Administrative county, (within Cambridgeshire)
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
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The “Isle of Ely” is so called because it was only accessible by boat until the waterlogged Fens were drained in the 17th century. Still susceptible to flooding today, it was these watery surrounds that gave Ely its original name the ‘Isle of Eels’, a translation of the Anglo Saxon word ‘Eilig’. It was an Anglo Saxon princess, Saint ...
Whilst near-by Cambridge was the headquarters of the Eastern Association, (fn. 1) Ely was the home-town of Cromwell himself, who was in residence here (fn. 2) between 1636 and 1640: on Palace Green the New Model Army took shape. (fn. 3) Ely, however, was also the episcopal seat of 'The Laud of East Anglia', Bishop Wren, and was thus a centre of ...
Equally important is the fact that the liberty of Ely is 'thought to have been very ancient'. (fn. 5) Coke traced back the bishop's peculiar powers in the Isle only to the time of Henry I; (fn. 6) but at the end of the 18th century the Rev. Mr. Warren could state with some certainty that the original of these powers lay in St. Etheldreda's ...
The Medieval Liberty of Ely. The franchises enjoyed in the Isle of Ely by the bishops and monks during the Middle Ages included three main groups of privileges. In the first place, the Isle, like the rest of the church's lands, was an administrative immunity. The bishop, the prior and their successors, said a charter of Edward III in 1343 ...
6 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 ...
