Ely, Isle of (or Cambridgeshire Fens) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ely, Isle of (or Cambridgeshire Fens)

Ely, Isle of (or Cambridgeshire Fens), liberty, N. Cambridgeshire, 227,326 ac., pop. 63,328; called "isle" because it is cut off from the rest of the co. by the river Ouse; is now drained, and very fertile.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units:	Cambridgeshire Ancient County
Place:	Ely

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