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Ely, Isle of
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Ely, Isle of, region, Cambridgeshire, E central England. Ely Ely, town (1991 pop. 9,006), Cambridgeshire, E central England. It is a market town for the surrounding rich farming area and has food-processing industries. Tourism is also important.
..... Click the link for more information.  is the chief town. The region has extensive fens, drained and devoted to the cultivation of sugar beets and vegetables. Pigs and poultry are raised. The name Isle comes from the high ground amid the fens; Ely supposedly refers to the eels formerly in the waters.
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Byline: Andy Wright IWAS born into a family of harness makers in the Fenland village of Littleport, part of the Isle of Ely.
MAN OF THE PEOPLE; ' He contributed from his own pocket - how things ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
Freud also entered politics in 1973, when he won the Isle of Ely constituency for the Liberals.
FREUD SLIPS AWAY; Veteran MP and broadcaster dies at 84 by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
He embarked on a political career in 1973, when he upset the odds to win the Isle of Ely constituency for the Liberals, remaining in Parliament until 1987.
OBITUARY; Sir Clement Freud by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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