Ely. -- Island and Isle. -- St. Augustine. -- St. Etheldreda, Life, Death, Burial, St. Audrey's Fair. -- Danish Sack of Ely. -- Alfred's College. -- Abbey Restored. -- Brithnoth, Song of Maldon. -- Battle of Assundun. -- Canute at Ely. -- Edward the Confessor. -- Alfred the Etheling. -- Camp of Refuge, Hereward, Norman Conquest, Tabula Eliensis, Nomenclature, Norman Minster. -- Bishops of Ely, Rule over Isle. -- Ely Place, Ely House 303 CHAPTER XV Bishop Northwold. -- Presbytery Dedicated. -- Barons at Ely. -- Fall of Tower, Alan of Walsingham, Octagon. -- Queen Philippa. -- Lady Chapel, John of Wisbech, Bishop Goodrich. -- Bishop Alcock. -- Bishop West. -- Styles of Architecture. -- Monastic Industries. -- Mediaeval Account Books. -- Clothing and Food of Monks. -- Benedictine Rule. -- Dissolution of Abbey. -- Bishop Thirlby. -- Bishop Wren. -- Bishop Gunning. -- Bishop Turner 324 CHAPTER XVI Approach to Ely. -- The Park. -- Walpole Gate. -- Crauden Chapel. -- Western Tower, Galilee. -- Nave. -- Baptistery. -- Roof. -- Prior's Door. -- Cloisters. -- Owen's Cross. -- Octagon. -- Alan's Grave. -- Transepts. -- St. Edmund's Chapel. -- Choir Stalls. -- Presbytery. -- Norman Piers. -- Reredos. -- Candlesticks 344 CHAPTER XVII Monuments. -- West's Chapel. -- Alcock's Chapel. -- Northwold Cenotaph. -- Bassevi. -- Shrine of Etheldreda. -- Lady Chapel. -- View from Tower. -- Triforium. -- Exterior of Minster. -- Palace, "Duties" of Goodrich. -- St. Mary's. -- St. Cross. -- Cromwell's House. -- Cromwell at Ely. -- St. John's Farm. -- Theological College. -- Waterworks. -- Basket-making 366 CHAPTER XVIII Boundary of Fens. -- Roman Works, Car Dyke, Sea Wall, Causeway. -- Archipelago. -- Littleport, Agrarian Riots. -- Denver Sluice. -- Roslyn Pit. -- Fenland Abbeys, Chatteris, Ramsey, Peterborough, Thorney, Crowland 386 CHAPTER XIX Draining of Fens -- Monastic Works, Morton's Learn. -- Diversion of Ouse. -- Local Government, Jurats, Discontent. -- Jacobean polemics. -- First Drainage Company. -- Rising of Fen-men. -- Second Company, Huguenot Labourers. -- Third Company, Earl of Bedford, Vermuyden. -- Old River. -- Cromwell. -- Fourth Company, Prisoner Slaves, New River, Denver Sluice. -- Later Developments 398 CHAPTER XX Coveney. -- Manea. -- Doddington. -- March, Angel Roof. -- Whittlesea. -- Old Course of Ouse, Well Stream. -- Upwell, Outwell. -- Emneth. -- Elm. -- The Marshland -- West Walton. -- Walsoken. -- Walpole. -- Cross Keys. -- Leverington. -- Tydd. -- Wisbech, Church, Trade, Castle, Catholic Prisoners, Clarkson. -- The Wash. -- King John. 409 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS