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Ely railway station, on the Fen Line, is a major railway hub, with the Cambridge to Ely section opening in 1845. Five major railway lines — excluding the former Ely and St Ives Railway — emanate from this hub: north to King's Lynn , northwest to Peterborough , east to Norwich , southeast to Ipswich and south to Cambridge and London. [ 201 ]
1648 map by J Blaeu of Cambridgeshire with the Isle of Ely. Until the 17th century, the area was an island surrounded by a large area of fenland, a type of swamp.It was coveted as an area easy to defend, and was controlled in the very early medieval period by the Gyrwas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe.
Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, [1] is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral can trace its origin to the abbey founded in Ely in 672 by St Æthelthryth (also called Etheldreda).
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, borders shown in red, covered the area of the current districts of Fenland, East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire, and the City of Cambridge. The Local Government Act 1888 created four small neighbouring administrative counties in the east of England: Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely , Huntingdonshire , and the ...
Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England Ely Rural District, a former district surrounding Ely, Cambridgeshire on the west and north; Isle of Ely, a historic region and former county around the city of Ely; Diocese of Ely, a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury; Ely Place, a road in London
East Cambridgeshire (locally known as East Cambs) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England.Its council is based in the city of Ely.The district also contains the towns of Littleport and Soham and surrounding rural areas, including parts of the Fens.
King's Ely (renamed from "The King's School" in March 2012) [1] [2] is a cathedral school and now an all through co-educational fee-charging day and boarding school in the city of Ely in England. It was founded in 970 AD, making it one of the oldest schools in the world .
Ely, Cambridgeshire has 182 listed buildings. Notable buildings Name Image Grade Notes Location Infirmary I Former 11th-century infirmary now four private dwellings consisting of St John's Farmhouse, Barn to south-west, Barn to north and Dovecote to St John's Farm Monastery barn and storehouse I Built c. 1575, the barn and storehouse of the monastery is located to the south of Ely Porta. [6 ...