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Ely Castle was in the cathedral city of Ely in Cambridgeshire (grid reference).Its probable site is a mound near the cathedral which is now called Cherry Hill. This was a motte and bailey castle built by William I in 1070 in his conflict with Hereward the Wake to subdue the Isle of Ely.
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 ...
The trees in Abbey Park were planted on Mount Hill in 1779 by James Bentham, a minor canon of Ely. Ely Castle once stood on Mount Hill, which was renamed Cherry Hill following the tree plantings by Bentham. [195] [196] [197] The Chettisham Meadow SSSI is a medieval ridge and furrow grassland about 0.6 miles (1 km) north of the city centre. [198]
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).
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.
The Castle at Wisbech was a stone motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech (historically in the Isle of Ely and now also in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England) on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an earlier timber and turf complex. [1]
Ely Rural District, a former district surrounding Ely, Cambridgeshire on the west and north; Ely Urban District, a former district containing Ely and some surrounding areas; 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
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