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Rh KLWY. ELY. ' 1'j |,.-,t tuwn. The Trowhrid. tion nt the Wi ' railway is :i niilos to the N. of th. ' ':i Willctt Hill, in this parish, is a lofty . In. m tin Minima t which is obtained an exten- rid the surround- ing country. The li-!. in the dioc. of Hath anil Vi -Hi," val. n-h is it small . dedicated to St. Martin. T ..>ol for l)oth setcs. John!'.!<. miuart, Ksi|., is l..nl .,t th<- manor. Willctt House is the ]irincii>al i- Hill, about a mile Ir.mi the village, an- the Klworthy ,.i British encampment, and .muli. KI.V Y, a liv. r ri-ing in eo. Denbigh, iicar(iwythi-i-iii, and joining the ' i>h. KLY, a bund, in th" ' amhridge; con- tains the city ut Kly, and the pars, of Downham and Littk']Kirt- Ulc of Kly oom- the hiinds. of North ami South 'Witohford, Man-h, 'J'liorney, Whittlesca, and Wisbeach, including the whole of the land which, in ancient times, rose above the water of the surrounding ma hi It is under the im- mediate jurudir' 1 1 f Kly, who appoints the magistrates. The land i-, extremely j.rodiu live, con- sisting principally of rich black earth and loam, with patches of turf-moor, and is intersected by numerous dykes, or cuts, to carry off the waters of the I ELY, a city, market and assize town, in the hund. of the same name, in ti mbridge, 16 miles from Cambridge by road, or li by rail, and 6" from London by road, or 72J by rail. This city is situ- ated on a considerable eminence in the middle of the county, near the river Ouse, and forms the capital of the division of Cambridge called the Isle of Kly. Its boun- < include 17,480 acres, and, according to th of 1801, contained 1,559 houses, with a population of 7,428 inhabitants, against 6,176 in is.. I. showing an increase of 1,'J.">2 in the decennial period. There are railways to Cambridge, London, Lynn, Huntingdon, ami Peterborough, and water n.iiunimication with Cam- bridge, London, Lynn, and Winbench, by means of the river Ouso and canals. Its name, Ely, is derived from ixoneleg arrtye, signifying an "eel," referring I" the number of eels found in the neighbourhood. The city originated from a church founded by Ethelbert at ( 'ra'- n Field, afterwards removed to the hill on which now stands the city of Ely, and where St. Etheldreda, daughter of Anna, King of the East Angles, founded an abbey mi her retiring In mi the court of F.gfrid, King of N'uthuinbria, to whom she was married after the death of her first husband, Tondberet, an East Anglian noble- man, from whom she had received as her dower the Isle of Klv. Having taken the veil at C'oldingham, she retired hither in > the first abbess, died in 679, and was canonised as a saint. The monastery was de- stroyed during the Danish invasion of 870, and Ely did not regain importance till 970, when ti rcfoundcd by Athi-lwold, llish"p c.f Winchester, who purchased the Isle In m King Eadgar. He tilled his monastery with I'.enidietines, ai. a, Iliillmoth, 1'rior of WinchMtl r, abbot. The i barter of King I was confirmed b 1 Edward the Confessor, and also by the 1'ope. The I- II. r. wanl, the .Saxon champion, agaii. repeated attacks of William the C,,n,|n, n.r, but v length forced to surrender, and moat of the property of thomonast .1 : during the government, how- ever.of the ..Iwin it was ae,. Ely WHS created a bi Henry I. in lli)7, wh pointed liei v. y, l:ihi.p ol l!a!i_-<.r, t.. the new bis!.' nt which time the man. divide.! between the bishopric and the monks, ami a prior railed the lord prior was; appoint. .1 to the government Of 111.' --"liiti'.n i ,,f |-;iy belli ""' I no until the i. : III., who, in;. 'ider ot the P*"' utual church inio a cathedral, by thu title of th. Cathedral Church I 'n.livided Trinity. This e I of gi' lion on acc-.iunt of its antiqui: . laml. 'J'h' j.irt was erected n of William linliis and Henry I., but tid.litii.~ tinually mad" t" tl.e n..t.le ftiuitluv until, M that it presents an almost unbroken series of the from the ( ',, iiiju. blended, and generally so jierfect in their kind, produce no disagreeable i Hi, t l.y their admixture. nave is Norman, an.! red one of tin specimens of that style in England. Tie prin< ij. tnro of the cathedral is the ot-tagnii in the ei litre, built by Alan de Walsinuham, alter the fall of t! J (..Wei-. This ii nil j ii. strm t lire was finished ii. The lantern sunnounting it isnow(1864) being restoi a memorial to the late I >.an 1'uacoclc. Amongst nun other ini].roveiiii nts. a n.w arrangement c.f the ele introduction of new anil ri< hly ornamented subatalls, and the restoration and r. polishing of the- l.eaiitilul p Purbeck marble, have boon The ar. Mr. (i. llasc'vi, unfortunately lost his life durin superintendence of the work. Progress is now i making in the great work ol the nave, begun by the late Jlr Stj -1. man! The cathedral contains the t'.ml.s an 1. lliu;i. Earl of Worcester, belu-aded in 1471, and ol b cock and Goodrich, together with a pait of II cross of the "th century. A fine old gateway of th. : . Ki. hard II. forms the principal cnti.ci:. to t! At the Bishop's palace is preserved a i ] y ot the I Eliensis, representing the Normans and i terms after the siege. '1 'he l.i~h., Jura RtyaUtt, granted th. in by ll>ni i , and i: sequence appointed their own chief p is, but this right was abolished by an Act of the oth and 7th of William IV., . in the king, whoso prerogative it is to appoint n > Jiutiiliiniiii for the Isle of Ely. The cily. which and irregularly built, cliietly ot ston. 1,400 houses, two churches, und (iv. e!i piinc-ipally of one long street, is lighted with gas, and '. jiavi 'd. In the centre of the town is t place, containing : liange ami both belonging to the Com-Exehange, Fair.-, and < .Mark .-steli now come up to the town. The townhall is a s; building, containing e., nit-rooms, a chapel, and an marv,with i institute, i in 1MJ, ] taining li.lKMI rolafiu 'I h. re arc a savings-bank and IM pri ati- l.ank-.. 1'ait of the townspeople are i-mj in the mannla. lure of earthinwan and toi and in mills for the working of hemp, llax, and. '. I. 'in,' hurning is also carried on, and them are hi id ill th- I the jx-ac-e ..I the 1 thejustins ot the- Norlolk i -ireuit. 'J'hi- town seat 1 Hire for the corporatioi Level. ...1. The ill y is in the; Hiinli:. with a jmrt of Siilli.il . namely, Kly, II fold, and Sudbury. Th. . haptc i and C canons, 4 arc iide.i. on, a. han. . 11. .r. and 1 i canon-.. Nc-nly .'ni livingi arc' in the i l.i.-h..p. wh" and holds tl. ..lllsivc of th. Jih. ol the c-dhge, will- ..f St. Mai at i Trinity. The li'. 'h are p. ip. t. . 1 l.iy. and in the patron, c.f the d. an and chapter. The- latter Yhurc i. i iy the ehapel i.! ' and adjoins the cathedlal on 'the- S. si-i I' 1'iiilt by tbi) sub-prior Alan in tin .vard 1 1., and it
 * beauty, i.i one of the most remarkable i-dilicc -s in luig-