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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. Secluded in the Fens, it was the site of the last serious resistance to William I in 1071. Ely Cathedral, one of the largest in England, is on the site of an abbey founded by St. Ætheldreda in 673 and destroyed by Danes in 870.

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Isle of Ely

Isle of Ely region, Cambridgeshire, E central England. Ely 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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Ely, UK, USA 1. UK (England): formerly Elge and Elyg ‘District where Eels may be found’ from the Old English æl ‘eel’ and gē ‘district’.2. USA (Minnesota): renamed from the original Florence after Samuel P. Ely who helped to develop the mining of iron ore.3. USA (Nevada): probably named after John Ely who helped to develop the gold and copper mining in the area.

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