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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 . Etymology. Its name has been said to mean "island of eels ", a reference to the creatures that were often caught in the local rivers for food.
- Administrative county, (within Cambridgeshire)
Isle of Ely, historic region of England, part of the administrative and historic county of Cambridgeshire. 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).
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7 min read. The ancient city of Ely occupies the largest island in the Cambridgeshire Fens. The “Isle of Ely” is so called because it was only accessible by boat until the waterlogged Fens were drained in the 17th century.
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Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. In 1974 it became part of an enlarged Cambridgeshire . Formation. Map of the historical administrative boundaries in modern Cambridgeshire.
Nov 8, 2021 · Norman. Hereward the Wake: the Anglo-Saxon rebel who became William the Conqueror's nemesis. Matt Lewis tells the story of Hereward the Wake, a shadowy rebel whose uprising against William the Conqueror in 1070 earned him a reputation as the archetypal English freedom fighter. Published: November 8, 2021 at 12:56 PM. Listen to this article:
Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, [1] modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/ [2]) ( c. 1035 – c. 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England.
Ely. The extent of the episcopal and conventual interests here has been based on the parish boundaries as existing in 1932, which are probably manorial in origin. The common interests of bishop and convent in the cathedral precincts (the present parish of 'Ely College') have been omitted, the area (35 acres) being too small to be shown.