What, in Cambridgeshire, is known as 'the ship of the fens'?
"with a separate level crossing. West of the hamlet there is also a loop line, the Adelaide Loop, that the B3182 crosses on a bridge. Queen Adelaide is in the Church of England parish of Ely Cathedral, which is away by road, so in 1883 a chapel of ease was built in the hamlet. It was dedicated to St Etheldreda, who was a 7th-century East Anglian princess and Abbess of Ely. More recently the chapel has been deconsecrated and converted into a private house. Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire Queen Adelaide is a hamlet on the River Great Ouse in the Fens"
"to Middle Farm, between the railway and the River Cam, opposite the ferry to Upware. In birth order: Waterbeach Waterbeach is a large village on the edge of The Fens, north of Cambridge in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Waterbeach is on the Car Dyke, a Roman waterway whose course can be traced as far as Lincoln. Recent archaeological investigations have found extensive evidence of Roman settlement at the southern end of the village. Waterbeach appears in the Domesday Book as Utbech. In the 12th century, the Knights Templar were at Denny Abbey to the north of the"
"Waterbeach Waterbeach is a large village on the edge of The Fens, north of Cambridge in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Waterbeach is on the Car Dyke, a Roman waterway whose course can be traced as far as Lincoln. Recent archaeological investigations have found extensive evidence of Roman settlement at the southern end of the village. Waterbeach appears in the Domesday Book as Utbech. In the 12th century, the Knights Templar were at Denny Abbey to the north of the village. The parish contains a number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments including: Denny Abbey (which houses the Farmland Museum),"
"their location, are highly significant landmarks and landscape elements. Among these is Chichester, which can be seen for many miles across a landscape of open fields and is the only one of England’s cathedrals that is visible from the sea. The grey spire of Norwich rises serenely from its surrounding city, to be a focus of the Norwich School of landscape painters. Ely, on a small hill, dominates the rural countryside and its appearance in times of flood causes it to be known as ""The Ship of the Fens"". The three spires of Lichfield are known as ""The Ladies of"
"northern approach to the original river crossing for entering Cambridge. The first crossing was as a ford and this was built up as causeways by the Romans. Eventually a bridge was built across the Cam, giving Cambridge its name. The hilltop on the northwest bank helped protect the crossing point and ensured that Cambridge became a major inland port. The area around the river became the site for coaching inns, factories, merchants' houses, and warehouses, making use of the river’s resources and the trade at the crossing point. When the Fens were drained in the 17th century, the river was"
"The Fens The Fens, also known as the , are a coastal plain in eastern England. This natural marshy region supported a rich ecology and numerous species, as well as absorbing storms. But most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a system of drainage channels and man-made rivers (dykes and drains) and automated pumping stations. There have been unintended consequences to this reclamation, as the land level has continued to sink and the dykes must be built higher to protect it from flooding. A ""fen"" is the local"
"contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. Local government is divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, which, since 1998, forms a separate unitary authority. Under the county council, there are five district councils, Cambridge City Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and Fenland District Council. Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of Flag Fen in Fengate, one of the earliest-known Neolithic permanent settlements in the United Kingdom, compared in importance to Balbridie in Aberdeen, Scotland. Must Farm quarry, at Whittlesey has been described as 'Britain's Pompeii due to its"
"that event. Most English counties have nicknames for their people, such as a ""Tyke"" from Yorkshire and a ""Yellowbelly"" from Lincolnshire. The traditional nicknames for people from Cambridgeshire are ""Cambridgeshire Camel"" or ""Cambridgeshire Crane"", referring to the wildfowl that were once abundant in the fens. The term ""Fenners"" was often applied to those who come from the flat country to the north of Cambridge. Since the late 20th century, this term is considered to be derogatory and has been discouraged in use. Original historical documents relating to Cambridgeshire are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies. Large areas of the"
"the 1950s. Upware retains the Five Miles from Anywhere Inn by the river. The village faces the larger settlement of Soham across a flat expanse of agricultural land, once flooded, and still called Soham Mere. Wicken, Cambridgeshire Wicken is a small village on the edge of The Fens near Soham in East Cambridgeshire, ten miles north east of Cambridge and five miles south of Ely. It is the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve. Wicken parish consists principally of fenland covering in eastern Cambridgeshire. Its western border largely follows the course of the River Cam, and its southern border"
"Coe Fen Coe Fen is a semi-rural meadowland area to the east of the River Cam in the south of the city of Cambridge, England. It lies at the back of Peterhouse (one of the University of Cambridge colleges) to the north, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and The Leys School to the south. The fen is straddled by the Fen Causeway (A1134 road) across the Cam. There is also a footbridge at the back of The Leys School to the south and Crusoe Bridge is just north of the Fen Causeway Bridge. The area is very bucolic considering its closeness to"
"Wicken, Cambridgeshire Wicken is a small village on the edge of The Fens near Soham in East Cambridgeshire, ten miles north east of Cambridge and five miles south of Ely. It is the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve. Wicken parish consists principally of fenland covering in eastern Cambridgeshire. Its western border largely follows the course of the River Cam, and its southern border separating it from Burwell follows the winding Wicken Lode, which flows into Reach Lode just before the latter meets the Cam. A fenland waterway forms its eastern border with Soham parish. Since at least the"
"Fens and Anglian system The Fens and Anglian system is a collection of rivers in East Anglia in England that are navigable and for which the Environment Agency is the navigation authority. Many of the rivers drain The Fens between Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. These comprise River Glen, Great Ouse, River Nene, and River Welland. The Environment Agency is organising the Fens Waterways Link a major construction project to link these rivers for navigation. The first stage is the South Forty-Foot Drain. Two East Anglian rivers in the grouping are physically separate from the Fens network. These are the River Ancholme"
"county of Cambridgeshire. The poem takes its name from the opening line ""Flen, flyys and freris"" meaning ""fleas, flies and friars"". The famous line reads ""Non sunt in coeli, quia gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk."" meaning ""They [the friars] are not in heaven, since ..."" followed by words that when decoded, taking in account the alphabet of the time (where u and v were interchangeable, as were i and j, and uu represented w), read ""fvccant vvivys of heli"", a Latin/English mix that means ""...they fuck the wives of Ely (a city near Cambridge)."" The poem also contains the lines ""Fratres"
"Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire Queen Adelaide is a hamlet on the River Great Ouse in the Fens about northeast of Ely, Cambridgeshire , England. The hamlet is named after a pub, which in turn was named after Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of King William IV. The hamlet did not exist until the 19th century, when the railways reached Ely and the pub was built. The B1382 road is Queen Adelaide's main street. South of the hamlet is a junction of three railways: the Fen, Breckland and Ely to Peterborough railway lines. Each of the three lines crosses the hamlet's main street"
"Lode, Cambridgeshire Lode is a small village in East Cambridgeshire on the southern edge of The Fens. It lies just north of the B1102 between Quy and Swaffham Bulbeck, to the north east of Cambridge. It has the highest number of startups per capita of any area in the United Kingdom. The village's name is derived from its location at the southern end of Bottisham Lode that links it to the River Cam. A lode is an artificial water channel used to drain the Fens, thought to be of Roman origin. Lode also has the smaller hamlet settlement of Long"
"with an additional transept at the western end. The total length is , and the nave at over long remains one of the longest in Britain. The west tower is high. The unique Octagon 'Lantern Tower' is wide and is high. Internally, from the floor to the central roof boss the lantern is high. It is known locally as ""the ship of the Fens"", because of its prominent position above the surrounding flat landscape. Having a pre-Norman history spanning 400 years and a re-foundation in 970, Ely over the course of the next hundred years had become one of England's"
"century, large areas of England and particularly in East Anglia were permanently under water, and today's fens are what remains. There was in consequence a large inland fishing industry, that gradually died out over five hundred years. Another possibility is that the name is associated with the early textile industry, a ""perche"" being a frame used for drying cloth, whilst it was also a term used in stage coaches, but this was probably too late to influence the origin of the name. A coat of arms associated with the name has the blazon of a red field charged with a"
"the 17th century. The Fens continue to be drained to this day. Wicken Fen, one of Britain's oldest nature reserves, is two miles () south-east of the village. Little Thetford is in the Littleport and Downham Internal Drainage board, which itself is part of the Ely Group of Internal Drainage Boards. Stretham and Prickwillow local museums preserve examples of steam-driven and diesel-driven pumping stations, respectively. The Little Thetford pumping station is just inside the eastern boundary of the village. With an average annual rainfall of , Cambridgeshire is one of the driest counties in the British Isles. Protected from the"
"in North Lincolnshire which connects to the Humber estuary, and the River Stour which is in Suffolk. The Environment Agency supervises craft registration for these rivers. Fens and Anglian system The Fens and Anglian system is a collection of rivers in East Anglia in England that are navigable and for which the Environment Agency is the navigation authority. Many of the rivers drain The Fens between Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. These comprise River Glen, Great Ouse, River Nene, and River Welland. The Environment Agency is organising the Fens Waterways Link a major construction project to link these rivers for navigation. The"
"Chatteris Chatteris is a civil parish and one of the four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely. The town is in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. The parish of Chatteris is large, covering 6,099 hectares, and for much of its history was a raised island in the low-lying wetland of the Fens. Mentioned in the ""Domesday Book"" of 1086, the town has evidence of settlement from the Neolithic period. After several fires in the 18th and 19th centuries, the majority of the town's housing dates from the"
"Wisbech Wisbech ( ) is a Fenland market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. It had a population of 31,573 in 2011. The town lies in the far north-east of the county, bordering Norfolk and only 5 miles (8 km) south of Lincolnshire. The tidal River Nene running through the town centre is spanned by two bridges. Before the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974 Wisbech was a municipal borough. Wisbece was recorded in the 1086 ""Domesday"". The name Wisbech is believed to mean ""on the back of the (River) Ouse"","
"the big flood this year an amphibious tank breached the parapet. A Home Guard Bren gun carrier breached the parapet. St Ives Bridge St Ives Bridge is a 15th-century bridge crossing the River Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. It is noted for being one of only four bridges in England to incorporate a chapel (the others being at Rotherham, Wakefield, and Bradford-on-Avon). Prior to the first bridge here there was a ford across the Ouse, probably dating back several thousand years. The river was at that time wider and shallower until locks were added to make it navigable."
"Fen Ditton Fen Ditton is a village on the northeast edge of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. The parish covers an area of . Fen Ditton lies on the east bank of the River Cam, on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe, and close to junction 34 of the A14. The nearest railway station is Cambridge North; Waterbeach station is several kilometres north of the village. The site has been occupied since at least neolithic times, and stone tools have been found on the meadows between the village and the river. The name was first recorded in around 950 as ""Dittone"","
"– in most places no more than 10 m above sea level. As a result of drainage and the subsequent shrinkage of the peat fens, many parts of the Fens now lie below mean sea level. Although one writer in the 17th century described the Fenland as entirely above sea level (in contrast to the Netherlands), the area now includes the lowest land in the United Kingdom. Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire, is around 2.75 metres below sea level. Within the Fens are a few hills, which have historically been called ""islands"", as they remained dry when the low-lying fens around"
"Rampton, Cambridgeshire Rampton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated on the edge of The Fens six miles to the north of Cambridge, it is a relatively small village of only around 400 people but has a thriving community. The edge of the Fens were well-populated during Roman times and Rampton was no exception. The settlement apparently vanished after the Roman era and reappeared around the area of the present church in Anglo Saxon times. The earthwork remains of a castle, known as Giant's Hill, are located to the east of the village by the church. Construction of the castle"
"settlement in Cambridgeshire, it is also the northern-most, and last, parish in the Diocese of Ely, this is enhanced by the fact that the traditional county and diocesan bound is Eau Dyke, to the north of the village. Eau dyke is the only natural watercourse in the village, as it follows the course of the old Cat River. Across the southern boundary of the village runs a part of the North Level Main Drain, the drain is a vital part to the draining and continuing existence of the Fens, the drain then joins the River Nene at Foul Anchor, after"
"floods by drainage banks and pumps. With the support of this drainage system, the Fenland has become a major arable agricultural region in Britain for grains and vegetables. The Fens are particularly fertile, containing around half of the grade 1 agricultural land in England. The Fens have been referred to as the ""Holy Land of the English"" because of the former monasteries, now churches and cathedrals, of Crowland, Ely, Peterborough, Ramsey and Thorney. Other significant settlements in the Fens include Boston, Cambridge, Spalding, and Wisbech. The Fens are very low-lying compared with the chalk and limestone uplands that surround them"
"it is possible. Cambridgeshire Lodes The Cambridgeshire Lodes are a series of man-made waterways, believed to be Roman in origin, located in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Bottisham, Swaffham Bulbeck, Reach, Burwell, Wicken and Monks Lodes all connect to the River Cam, while Soham Lode connects to the River Great Ouse. All have been navigable historically, but some are no longer officially navigable. Bottisham Lode was navigated throughout the 19th century, and although the flood gates at its mouth were replaced in 2001, it carries a """"No unauthorised vessels"""" notice. Swaffham Bulbeck Lode has been rendered unnavigable by the removal"
"""Coe Fen"", sheep on ""Sheep's Green"", hence the names). By the 19th century, the fen had become very boggy and was partially drained to help avoid disease. Today, the land is a semi-natural area. Hodson’s Folly is a small stone shelter in the classical style near the bridge between Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen. The summerhouse was built in 1887 by John Hodson, who later became a Pembroke College butler, to keep watch on his daughter when she swam in the river. The site has been in the ownership of Cambridge City Council since 1936. It was attacked by vandals"
"Lower Greensand is partly capped by glacial deposits forming the highest point in East Cambridgeshire, rising to above sea level in Ely. The low-lying fens surrounding the island of Ely were formed, prior to the 17th century, by alternate fresh-water and sea-water incursions. Major rivers in the region, including the Witham, Welland, Nene and Great Ouse, drain an area of some —five times larger than the fens—into the basin that forms the fens. Defoe in 1774 described the fens as ""the sink of no less than thirteen Counties"". On 23 November of that year, Church of England cleric and Christian"
"was controlled by the great monasteries in the area but fell into disrepute after the dissolution. By the 1600s the general drainage situation was so bad that King Charles I invited Cornelius Vermuyden, the Dutch engineer, to devise a scheme to drain the Great Fen. The Great Fen, lying between the Wash and Cambridge, is more popularly known as the Bedford Level after Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, who owned a large part of it. It covers some 300,000 acres in the historical counties of Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and much of it lies below sea"
"more than a decade from around 1880. Rampton, Cambridgeshire Rampton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated on the edge of The Fens six miles to the north of Cambridge, it is a relatively small village of only around 400 people but has a thriving community. The edge of the Fens were well-populated during Roman times and Rampton was no exception. The settlement apparently vanished after the Roman era and reappeared around the area of the present church in Anglo Saxon times. The earthwork remains of a castle, known as Giant's Hill, are located to the east of the village"
"Cambridgeshire Lodes The Cambridgeshire Lodes are a series of man-made waterways, believed to be Roman in origin, located in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Bottisham, Swaffham Bulbeck, Reach, Burwell, Wicken and Monks Lodes all connect to the River Cam, while Soham Lode connects to the River Great Ouse. All have been navigable historically, but some are no longer officially navigable. Bottisham Lode was navigated throughout the 19th century, and although the flood gates at its mouth were replaced in 2001, it carries a """"No unauthorised vessels"""" notice. Swaffham Bulbeck Lode has been rendered unnavigable by the removal of the lower"