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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)
Primary sources. Several primary sources exist for Hereward's life, but the accuracy of their information is difficult to evaluate. They are the version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle written at Peterborough Abbey (the "E manuscript" or Peterborough Chronicle), the Domesday Book, the Liber Eliensis (Latin 'Book of Ely') and, much the most detailed, the Gesta Herewardi.
- c.1072 (aged 36-37)
- Hereward the Outlaw and Hereward the Exile
- English Anti-Norman rebellion
- c.1035, Lincolnshire
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 ...
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).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 8, 2021 · 1071 | The Siege of Ely ends as Hereward is betrayed by the monks and forced to flee. William makes two attempts to assault the Isle of Ely, both hampered by the treacherous marshes and Hereward’s cunning. 1075 | Ralph, Earl of East Anglia, Roger, Earl of Hereford, and Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland try to co-ordinate a revolt but fail ...
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In 1086 Domesday Book (fn. 26) recorded Ely as assessed at 10 hides, with land for 20 plough-teams: 5 hides were in the demesne, with 5 plough-teams and capacity for a sixth. There were 40 villeins, each holding 15 acres; they shared the 14 plough-teams. There were 28 cottars and 20 serfs.
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. 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 .
