Isle of Ely

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Ely, Isle of,

region, Cambridgeshire, E central England. ElyEly,
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. Secluded in the Fens, it was the site of the last serious resistance to William I in 1071.
..... 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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He became Liberal MP for the Isle of Ely in 1973, holding the seat for 10 years.

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Which political party was represented by Clement Freud when he became the MP for the Isle of Ely in 1973?

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Two lovely black eyes for Mr Heath and the Tories, this was the verdict of the voters in the rural Conservative strongholds of Ripon and Isle of Ely.

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Which English nobleman, based in the Isle of Ely, led an unsuccessful rebellion against William the Conqueror in 1070?

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He was based on the Isle of Ely as he opposed William the Conqueror.

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IN 1973, I fought a by-election for the parliamentary seat of the Isle of Ely, the contest occasioned by the death of the sitting Member.

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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.

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His political career began in 1973, when he won the Isle of Ely constituency for the Liberals.

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Upon her husband's death she withdrew to the Isle of Ely to live a life of prayer and continence but, five years later, her relatives convinced her to leave Ely and marry Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria and patron of the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, which, of course, brought AEthelthryth to the attention of the Venerable Bede.

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ANSWERS: 1 The Isle of Ely; 2 Gladiator; 3 Foxtrot and Tango; 4 Upper case or capital letters; 5 A dime; 6 The Simplon Tunnel; 7 Uranium; 8 The Zugspitze; 9 Millwall; 10 Leda.

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IWAS born into a family of harness makers in the Fenland village of Littleport, part of the Isle of Ely. Life was quiet with the only excitement coming from the occasional Saturday hop in Fenland village halls and a love of horses and dogs.

MAN OF THE PEOPLE; ' He contributed from his own pocket - how things have changed - to maintain offices in the constituency': For more than 30 years, Clement Freud's racing companion was Andy Wright. In this first of three memoirs, Wright recalls his first meeting with the man who was to become a close friend, and their early forays to the racetrack

Freud also entered politics in 1973, when he won the Isle of Ely constituency for the Liberals.