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The Fens were drained beginning in 1626 using a network of canals designed by Dutch experts. Many
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An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Sixth and
Seventh Years of His late Majesty, for extinguishing the Secular Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Ely in certain Liberties in the Counties of York, Nottingham, and
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the following year. The subsidiary titles of the dukedom were Baron of
Snowdon, in the County of Caernarvon; Viscount of Launceston, in the County of Cornwall; Earl of Eltham, in the County of Kent; and Marquess of the Isle of Ely. The
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and parts of the Fens were flooded to prevent
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within the liberty, who also headed the government of the city of Ely.
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Victoria County History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
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1136:"Cambridgeshire History & the Isle of Ely Timeline"
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1164:. Visit Ely. Archived from
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618:Liberty of Ely Act 1837
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527:Liberty of Ely Act 1837
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200:(within Cambridgeshire)
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148: ⢠Origin
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843:Whittlesey St Mary
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224:County Hall
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1399:Categories
1287:"No. 9050"
1267:"No. 6741"
1247:"No. 6494"
1215:12 January
1120:12 January
1043:References
1037:Coprolites
1022:George III
823:Doddington
809:Littleport
794:Chettisham
761:Chapelries
725:(the only
719:Whittlesey
639:Under the
558:Cambridge.
553:Long title
320:See also:
205:Government
109:Population
1231:The Times
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902:Wilburton
898:Wentworth
876:Haddenham
854:Eldernell
819:Chatteris
776:Parishes
677:going to
434:King John
425:in 1144.
403:civil war
316:Etymology
1172:10 March
1146:25 April
1008:gazetted
995:George I
916:Wisbech
889:Thetford
884:Stretham
804:Stuntney
773:Hundred
630:justices
564:Citation
446:Crowland
409:and the
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