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Ely Ancient city of Ely occupies the largest island in the Cambridgeshire Fens, the Isle of Ely is so called because it was only accessible by boat until the waterlogged Fens were drained in the 17th century. Still susceptible to flooding today, it was these watery surrounds that gave Ely its original name the Isle of Eels; a translation of the Anglo Saxon word Eilig