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Ely

For other places with the same name, see Ely (disambiguation).
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Ely (United Kingdom)

Ely (United Kingdom)

Ely shown within the United Kingdom
Population 15,102
OS grid referenceTL535799
District East Cambridgeshire
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town London
Postcode district CB6, CB7
Dialling code 023 92
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
European Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire
Coordinates: Ely (pronounced ['iːli], rhyming with "freely") is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire in the east of England and 14 miles (23 km) north north-east of Cambridge.

Ely has been informally accounted a city by virtue of being the seat of a diocese, its status was confirmed by Royal Charter in 1974; at that time the parish council of the single civil parish that makes up Ely was formed during a reorganisation of local government. With a population of 15,102 in 2001, Ely is the third smallest city in England (after Wells (Somerset) and the City of London) and the sixth smallest in the United Kingdom (with St David's, Bangor, and Armagh also smaller).

The city is very attractive retaining many historic buildings with its winding shopping throughfares. There is a market on Thursday and Saturday each week. Ely is on the River Great Ouse and was a significant port until the 18th century when the Fens were drained and Ely was not an "island" anymore. The river is a popular boating area with a large marina. The University of Cambridge rowing team has a boathouse on the bank of the river and train here for the annual Boat Race against Oxford University.

The 1944 Boat Race was raced on the River Great Ouse near Ely, the only time it has not been held on the River Thames. The race was won by Oxford despite Cambridge being ahead early in the contest.

Ely railway station, situated on the Fen Line, is a major train hub with direct trains to Cambridge, London King's Cross, London Liverpool Street, Stansted Airport, King's Lynn, Ipswich, March, Peterborough, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Thetford and Norwich.

Main article: Diocese of Ely.
Ely is the nearest cathedral city to Cambridge. Cambridge does not have its own cathedral and is within the Diocese of Ely. The diocese covers 1507 square miles/3900 square kilometres and holds 610,000 people (1995) and 341 churches; it includes the county of Cambridgeshire (except for three parishes in the south which are in the diocese of Chelmsford) the western part of Norfolk, a few parishes in Peterborough and Essex and one in Bedfordshire.

History

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Ely Cathedral, often considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
It is said that Ely derives its name from 'eel' and '-y' or '-ey' meaning island, i.e. an island where there were a lot of eels. This may be true due to the position of Ely, an island in low lying fens, which were historically very marshy and rich in eels.

The city's origins lay in the foundation of an abbey in 673AD, a mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village of Cratendune on the Isle of Ely, under the protection of St Ethelreda, daughter of King Anna. The abbey was destroyed in 870 by Danish invaders and not rebuilt for over a hundred years. The site was one of the last holdouts in England to the rule of William I: Hereward the Wake did not surrender until 1071.

Main article Ely Cathedral.
The magnificent cathedral of Ely, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is known as the "Ship of the Fens" for the distant views of its towers that dominate the low-lying wetlands called The Fens. The diocese of Ely was created in 1108, out of the see of Lincoln. The cathedral was started by William I in 1083 and completed in 1351, despite the collapse of the main tower in 1322, which was rebuilt as an octagonal tower. The bishopric of Ely was founded in 1109. The city took part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

Oliver Cromwell lived in Ely for several years after inheriting the position of local tax collector in 1636. His former home dates to the 16th century and is now used by the Tourist Information Office as well as being a museum with rooms displayed as they would have been in Cromwell's time.

Historical documents relating to Ely, including Church of England parish registers, court records, maps and photographs, are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at the County Record Office Cambridge.

Ely City F.C. are a football club that were were established in 1885 and joined the Eastern Counties Football League in 1960. In the 1997-98 season, they reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase. For the 2007-08 season, they are members of the Eastern Counties Football League Division One.

They play at the Unwin Sports Ground, in the shadow of Ely Cathedral. Its picturesque views were featured in David Bauckham's book Dugouts. [1]

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Ely Cathedral and Palace Green

Ely on a winter morning

The Cathedral viewed from The Gallery

The Market Place, Ely

Lots of produce at the French market

A stall on the French market

Eel day parade down Fore Hill

Oliver Cromwell House, tourist information and museum.

The river quayside (Quai D'Orsay)

The River Great Ouse, Ely

The quayside and river Great Ouse

Canal boats moored on the river

View from St Mary's churchyard

Ely Cathedral taken from the park

The Gallery and 14th century Porta at dusk

Looking back towards the riverside Cutter Inn


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Places with city status in the United Kingdom
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Places with City status in Scotland
Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness Stirling
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Places with City status in Wales
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Places with City status in Northern Ireland
Belfast Derry Armagh Newry Lisburn




References

1. ^ Bauckham, David (2006). Dugouts. New Holland. ISBN 1-8453-7478-9. 
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