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Ely
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Ely Cathedral is often considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World
Ely is located in Cambridgeshire
Ely

 Ely shown within Cambridgeshire
Population 15,102 
OS grid reference TL535799
District East Cambridgeshire
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ELY
Postcode district CB6, CB7
Dialling code 01353
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire
.Ely (pronounced /ˈiːli/ ( listen) EE-lee) is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England.^ Ely, Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ely (pronounced /ˈiːli/, rhyming with "freely") is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
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 ^ Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL. Tel: 01353-667735.
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 ^ History of the See of Ely • King's Handbook to the Cathedrals of England .
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 .It is 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Cambridge.^ About 12 miles north of Cambridge.
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 ^ Ely 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 .
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Ely was for a long time informally considered to be a "city" by virtue of being the seat of a diocese. .Its status was confirmed by Royal Charter in 1974, when the parish council of the single civil parish which makes up Ely was formed during a reorganisation of local government.^ The county’s administrative structure was reorganized in 1998 as a result of the recommendations of the Local Government Commission, established under the Local Government Act 1992 to review the structure of local administration in England.
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 ^ On April 1, 1998, following the recommendations of the Local Government Commission, Peterborough City Council, which had previously administered the city in conjunction with Cambridgeshire County Council, was created a unitary authority.
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 ^ In 1965 it was combined with the county of the Isle of Ely, and since the local government reforms of 1974 has included the former county of Huntingdon and Peterborough and a small part of west Suffolk.
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.With a population of 15,102 in 2009[citation needed], Ely is the third smallest city in England after Wells in Somerset and the City of London, and the sixth smallest in the United Kingdom, with St David's, Bangor, and Armagh also being smaller than it.^ 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).
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 ^ Well placed for easy access to the mainline railway station, riverside walks, city amenities and within walking distance of the renowned Kings School, Ely.
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 ^ Architecturally Cambridgeshire is well endowed: Ely Cathedral and the university colleges of Cambridge are among the finest buildings of their kind in England.
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History

.It is commonly said that Ely derives its name from 'eel' and '-y' or '-ey' meaning island.^ Ely is very proud of its connection with eels and it is thought that the name Ely is derived from the Isle of Eels when Ely was surrounded by water and marshland.
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 .This may be true, due to the position of Ely, an island in low-lying fens that were historically very marshy and rich in eels.^ Ely Cathedral, visible from miles around, seems taller than it actually is due to the flat, surrounding Fens; the 14th-century Octagon is its dominating feature.
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 ^ Ely is very proud of its connection with eels and it is thought that the name Ely is derived from the Isle of Eels when Ely was surrounded by water and marshland.
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 ^ This low-lying, flat, windswept, and almost treeless region is known for its extensive area of reclaimed marshland, the Fens, and for the second oldest university in England, the University of Cambridge.
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 It is also known as the Isle of Ely suggesting an island. .It has even been claimed that, during the 11th century, monks of the town used eels as currency to pay their taxes.^ The watery fen provided a plentiful supply of fish, eels and waterfowl, which was often used as rent to pay the Abbot of Ely.
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 .People are said to have walked around on stilts or used boats to get around the Fens and only people of the Fens knew the correct route so they wouldn't drown.^ Fen boatmen used to keep their boats firmly tied up that morning, in the belief that anyone out early that day would see the ghosts of those drowned in the Fen rivers and dykes.
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.The city's origins lay in the foundation of an abbey in 673 AD,[2] 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.^ Under Anglo-Saxon domination the region became a wasteland, except for the settlement of Ely (named by the Saxons Elig, or “eel island”, on account of the large numbers of eels caught locally), where the daughter of one of the kings of East Anglia founded an abbey in the 7th century.
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 ^ Etheldreda, 1 the foundress of the original monastery, and one of the most celebrated of English saints, was the daughter of Anna, King of the East Anglians, who fell in battle with Penda of Mercia in the year 654.
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 ^ Crown and Mitre Tydd St Giles Wisbech Cambridgeshire TE13 5LF England Tel : 01945 870808 Village Inn 8 miles from Wisbech £.

 .The abbey was destroyed in 870 by Danish invaders[3] and not rebuilt for over a hundred years.^ The Benedictine abbeys of Peterborough (known to the Saxons as Medeshamstede ) and Thorney, destroyed by the Danes in the 7th century, were rebuilt.
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 ^ It was destroyed during the great Danish invasion in 870; and in 970 was refounded by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, for Benedictine monks.
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 .The site was one of the last holdouts in England to the rule of William I, its leader Hereward the Wake remaining independent until his surrender in 1071. Following William's defeat of Hereward he commissioned the construction of Ely Castle.^ One of the last remaining undrained portions of the Fens may be seen at Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, a sanctuary for bird and insect life.
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 ^ There are always two sides to a story, and of course I only heard the one last night, seated at the bar of the quirky "Castle Lodge Hotel".
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 ^ It was on this territory that the local rebel Hereward the Wake bravely confronted, and was defeated by, the army of the Norman king, William I in 1071.
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 It was demolished some time in the 13th century.
.Oliver Cromwell lived in Ely for several years after inheriting the position of local tax collector in 1636.[4] 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.^ The Midsummer Fair, which dates from the 16th century, is still held in Cambridge.
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 ^ The site houses more than 180 aircraft and other exhibits, including armoured fighting vehicles and a midget submarine, as well as being home to the American Air Museum.
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 ^ Please click on a title to find more information: For details on how to order a leaflet, please contact the Tourist Information Centre, or use the enquiry form.
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 .Cromwell was one of the Governors of the Thomas Parson's Charity, which dates back to the sixteenth century and was granted a Royal Charter by Charles I. The Original Charter and copies of the Minute Book containing Oliver Cromwell's handwriting and signature have recently been loaned to the Ely Museum.^ To mark the first piece of art a circular bench has been installed around one of the trees outside Oliver Cromwell's House.
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 ^ According to Thomas of Ely, Abbot Richard's church was one of the noblest in the kingdom.
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 ^ Other reminders of Oliver Cromwell include his house in Ely and the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon.
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 The Charity still provides Grants and Housing to deserving local applicants.
.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 in Cambridge.^ Local Results 1-10 of 29 total results for Hairdressers near Ely, Cambridgeshire .
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 ^ Ely - Ely I am a local historian of the Ely and fenland area with extensive records of my own and access to all Cambridge sources - libraries, archives etc.
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 ^ On April 1, 1998, following the recommendations of the Local Government Commission, Peterborough City Council, which had previously administered the city in conjunction with Cambridgeshire County Council, was created a unitary authority.
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Modern times

Ely retains many historic buildings and winding shopping streets. There is a market on Thursday and Saturday each week. .The city is on the River Great Ouse and was a significant port until the 18th century, when the Fens were drained and Ely ceased to be an island.^ Ely Cathedral, visible from miles around, seems taller than it actually is due to the flat, surrounding Fens; the 14th-century Octagon is its dominating feature.
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 ^ Originally a vast waterlogged region of peaty marshland with a few “islands” of firm ground, such as the Isle of Ely, the Fens have now been largely drained and reclaimed, and provide some of the richest agricultural land in England.
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 ^ A walk to the south of Ely takes you along the banks of the River Great Ouse.
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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 trains there for the annual Boat Race against the University of Oxford.^ Sport in the county is dominated by inter-university fixtures between Cambridge and Oxford.
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 ^ On the 26th February, 1944 the third wartime boat race was contested there to avoid the dangers of London and the Thames.
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 ^ The first University Boat Race had been contested at Henley-on-Thames on the 10th June 1829 and later the Adelaide Course became Cambridge University Boat Club's training base.
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 .In 1944 the Boat Race took place on the River Great Ouse near Ely, the only time it has not been held on the River Thames.^ Continuing her flight to Ely, Etheldreda halted for some days at Alfham, near Wintringham, where she founded a church; and near this place occurred the "miracle of her staff."
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 ^ Most of the old county of Huntingdon consisted of gently rolling chalkland interspersed with the valleys of the Great Ouse and Nene rivers, and their tributaries.
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 ^ The first University Boat Race and the first inter-varsity cricket match were held in 1827; both are now annual events.
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 On that occasion the race was won by Oxford.

Ely Cathedral

Main article: Ely Cathedral
Further information: Diocese of Ely
.The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is known as the "Ship of the Fens",[5] a name inspired by the distant views of its towers, which dominate the low-lying wetlands known as The Fens.^ Cambridgeshire consists mainly of a low-lying alluvial tract, a silted-up extension of the North Sea inlet known as The Wash.
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 ^ Manesty - Ely Ann Manesty chr 28/9/1763 Holy Trinity Church, Ely, married George South 28/11/1785 same church.
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 ^ This low-lying, flat, windswept, and almost treeless region is known for its extensive area of reclaimed marshland, the Fens, and for the second oldest university in England, the University of Cambridge.
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 .The diocese of Ely was created in 1108 out of the see of Lincoln, and a year later the bishopric of Ely was founded.^ Ely became a bishopric in 1109, when Cambridgeshire, hitherto in the diocese of Lincoln, was transferred to the new see; the Isle of Ely was granted an independent franchise.
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 The cathedral was started by William I in 1083. In 1322 it suffered the collapse of the main tower, which was rebuilt as an octagon. The cathedral was completed in 1351. The city took part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.[citation needed]
.Ely is the nearest cathedral city to Cambridge, which lies within the same diocese but does not have its own cathedral.^ Architecturally Cambridgeshire is well endowed: Ely Cathedral and the university colleges of Cambridge are among the finest buildings of their kind in England.
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 ^ The glaives are in the shape of an octagon, the same as the unique octagon roofline in Ely Cathedral.
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 The Diocese of Ely covers 1507 square miles (3900 square kilometres) and holds 610,000 people (1995) and 341 churches. .It includes most of the county of Cambridgeshire except for most of Peterborough and three parishes in the south which are in the diocese of Chelmsford.^ On April 1, 1998, following the recommendations of the Local Government Commission, Peterborough City Council, which had previously administered the city in conjunction with Cambridgeshire County Council, was created a unitary authority.
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 ^ Cambridgeshire has a county council and five local government district councils: Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, and South Cambridgeshire.
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 .The Diocese of Ely also includes the western part of Norfolk, a few parishes in Peterborough and Essex, and one in Bedfordshire.^ In 1965 it was combined with the county of the Isle of Ely, and since the local government reforms of 1974 has included the former county of Huntingdon and Peterborough and a small part of west Suffolk.
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Transport

.Ely railway station, situated on the Fen Line, is a major train hub with direct trains to Cambridge and London, as well as much of the rest of East Anglia, The Midlands and The North-West.^ The station is situated on the south side of Ely.
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 ^ On Richard's departure for the East, the Bishops of Ely and Durham were entrusted with the government of the kingdom south and north of the Trent.
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 ^ Ely - Travel by train - Ely Station, Station Road, ELY, CB7 4BF. CCTV. Ticket office.
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.The main A10 road skirts the city to the west on its way from London to King's Lynn.^ Littleport offers excellent access to Ely, Newmarket, Cambridge, Kings Lynn and London via road and rail links.

 ^ The county is home to two professional football clubs—Cambridge United FC plays its home games at the city’s Abbey Stadium and Peterborough United FC is based at London Road, Peterborough.
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 ^ Beautifully presented five bedroom detached family home on this sought after Bovis estate located close to the A10 giving excellent access to Cambridge/Kings Lynn and London.
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Proposed southern bypass

Proposed route of the Ely Southern Bypass
Map showing proposed bypass route
.A proposal for an Ely southern bypass of the A142 is included in the major schemes of the Cambridgeshire Local Transport Plan.^ Local Results 1-10 of 29 total results for Hairdressers near Ely, Cambridgeshire .
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 The proposed route would be a single, two lane carriageway and would include 1.9km of new road construction between new roundabout junctions on Stuntney Causeway and Angel Drove.
.The bypass is intended to reduce congestion in Ely, and to avoid the low bridge on the Ely to Kings Lynn railway line, which has the third highest vehicle strike rate in the country.^ Littleport offers excellent access to Ely, Newmarket, Cambridge, Kings Lynn and London via road and rail links.

 ^ Traveler rating: Ranked #5 in Ely, UK Bridge House Bed and Breakfast Traveler rating: not rated Bury House Bed & Breakfast Bed and Breakfast.
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 The scheme has an estimated cost of £15m and an estimated construction date of 2009 - 2011.[6] However, as of July 2009 the proposal is still in the planning stage. A transport model for Ely which assessed the impact of the proposed bypass was released in June 2009.[7]

Sport

.Ely City F.C. is a football club that was 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.^ The county is home to two professional football clubs—Cambridge United FC plays its home games at the city’s Abbey Stadium and Peterborough United FC is based at London Road, Peterborough.
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 ^ Ely's annual Eel Day kicks off the tourist season in Spring with a celebration of the city's eel traditions.
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 For the 2007-08 season, they are members of the Eastern Counties Football League Division One. They play at the Unwin Sports Ground.[8]
.Cambridge University Boat Club also train on the River Great Ouse as part of their pre boat race training.^ The University of Cambridge Library is one of six copyright libraries in Great Britain.
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 ^ The first University Boat Race had been contested at Henley-on-Thames on the 10th June 1829 and later the Adelaide Course became Cambridge University Boat Club's training base.
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 ^ Eels are still caught in the Great River Ouse although only one commercial catcher still remains, Sid Merry.
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Twin cities and towns

Education

.Schools in Ely include The King's School, Ely and Ely Community College.^ Well placed for easy access to the mainline railway station, riverside walks, city amenities and within walking distance of the renowned Kings School, Ely.
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 ^ A deceptively spacious charming and luxuriously presented Victorian home situated close to Ely city centre, cathedral & Kings School.
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 ^ Ely looking for family of Sidney Colen Legge, who was probably born in Ely, and certainly attended the Kings School there.
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People from Ely

.The former RAF hospital based in Ely meant that many children of serving RAF parents were born in the city.^ His parents are John Goodbody b1820 & Mary Wilson b1826 and siblings are Martha b1860 and Mary Ann b1857 - all were born in Ely.
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 These include rugby union player and Rugby World Cup 2003 winning manager with England national rugby union team, Sir Clive Woodward, Australian émigrée actor Guy Pearce, and actor Simon MacCorkindale.
Autogyro world record holder Ken Wallis was also born in Ely. .Other notable people from Ely include The Sisters of Mercy singer Andrew Eldritch, journalist Chris Hunt, and The Dark Knight/Blood Diamond executive producer Kevin De La Noy.^ Other notable natives of the county include Octavia Hill, the pioneer of housing reform and one of the founders of the National Trust, and the economist John Maynard Keynes.
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 ^ Other reminders of Oliver Cromwell include his house in Ely and the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon.
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 Folk singer Boo Hewerdine and crime writer Jim Kelly both currently live in the city.

See also

Gallery


Signpost in Ely
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's 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 seen from the park
The Gallery and 14th century Porta at dusk
Looking back towards the riverside Cutter Inn

References

  1. ^ "Eels could be slipping away from city’s river", Ely Standard Web Editorial, July 13, 2007. Accessed December 12, 2007.
  2. ^ Diocese of Ely website
  3. ^ British History Online
  4. ^ British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660
  5. ^ Ely Cathedral website
  6. ^ "Cambridgeshire LTP 2006–2011". Cambridgeshire County Council. http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8932742C-FF85-4CE5-B08D-2430C3E3D988/0/LTP06P3.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  7. ^ "Ely Masterplan – Issues For Consideration". East Cambridgeshire District Council. 2009-06-15. http://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/docs/agendas/ElyMPGDWorkingParty/ElyMPGDWorkingParty150609ag_J19.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  8. ^ Bauckham, David (2006). Dugouts. New Holland. ISBN 1-8453-7478-9. 

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Ely

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Ely Cathedral is often considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages



Ely shown within the United Kingdom
Population 15,102
OS grid reference TL535799
District East Cambridgeshire
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ELY
Postcode district CB6, CB7
Dialling code 01353
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
European Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire
Coordinates: 52°24′N 0°16′E / 52.4°N 0.26°E / 52.4; 0.26

Ely ( pronunciation (info • help); IPA /'iːli/, rhyming with "freely") is a cathedral city in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire in the east of England and 23 km (14.3 mi) north north-east of Cambridge.

Ely has been called a city for a long time because it has a city. But the Royal Charter making it a city was only issued in 1974. Ely's population was 15,102 in 2001. This means Ely is the third smallest city in England. Only after Wells in Somerset and the City of London) are smaller.

The University of Cambridge rowing team has a boathouse on the bank of the river and train there for the annual Boat Race against the University of Oxford.

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.

 
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