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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 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Order was made on 14 February 1964, and placed before the House of Commons on 9 March 1964. The amalgamation was opposed by Sir Harry Legge-Bourke , member of parliament (MP) for the Isle of Ely , noting that his constituents "in general were in favour of continuing with an independent county council with ...
A 1648 drainage map showing the Isle of Ely still surrounded by water Joan Blaeu (1648) Regiones Inundatae. The west of Cambridgeshire is made up of limestones from the Jurassic period, whilst the east Cambridgeshire area consists of Cretaceous (upper Mesozoic) chalks known locally as clunch. [103]
Tornado over the flat fenland countryside around Little Thetford Map showing Isle of Ely surrounded by water Joan Blaeu (1648) Regiones Inundatae. The village, which is at about 16 feet (5 m) above sea-level, sits largely on the Kimmeridge Clay, a Jurassic shallow-water shelf-sea deposit, with an overall south-south-east to south-east dip.
Isle of Ely County Council chose to base itself in March, building County Hall on County Road in 1909 (renamed Fenland Hall in 1974). [11] Between 1965 and 1974, the administrative county covering March was called Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. [13] March Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. District-level ...
Chatteris is a key turning point on the A141 road (known as the Isle of Ely way) [23] and the starting point of the A142 road to Ely and Suffolk (known as Ireton's Way [24]). The town also has important links to Cambridge and the A14 via the B1050 to Bar Hill.
Isle of Dogs; Isle of Elmley (part of Sheppey) Isle of Ely; Isle of Grain; Isle of Harty (part of Sheppey) Isle of Oxney; Isle of Portland; Isle of Purbeck; Kelham Island; Ramsey Island; Spike Island; Stones Island, Carsington Water, Derbyshire; Sunk Island; Isle of Thanet, formerly separated by the Wantsum Channel; The Isle, within tight loop ...
The "Isle" in Newton-in-the-Isle refers to the Isle of Ely. [1]The village is situated on the Silt Fen (also known as the Townland), formed before the Bronze Age. [2] Newton was not listed in the Domesday Book and was probably settled later, with its first mention appearing in 1210.