The antiquities of England and Wales . Part Bedford , HIRE. ^«.-» ifi^ i tnn^^ art OF Essxx 01, JC J 7 -j a fT ^jo Souths I CAMBRIDGESHIRE ^ S an inland county. Prior to the arrival of the Romans it was included in the an-cient divifion of the Iceni; and, after their conqueft, in the third province of FlaviaCa;farienfis, which reached from the Thames to the Humber. During the Heptarchy,it belonged to the kingdom of the Eaft Angles, the fixth kingdom, which began in575, and ended in 792, having had 14 kings; and it is now included in the Nor-folk circuit, the diocefe of Ely, and pr
The antiquities of England and Wales . Part Bedford , HIRE. ^«.-» ifi^ i tnn^^ art OF Essxx 01, JC J 7 -j a fT ^jo Souths I CAMBRIDGESHIRE ^ S an inland county. Prior to the arrival of the Romans it was included in the an-cient divifion of the Iceni; and, after their conqueft, in the third province of FlaviaCa;farienfis, which reached from the Thames to the Humber. During the Heptarchy,it belonged to the kingdom of the Eaft Angles, the fixth kingdom, which began in575, and ended in 792, having had 14 kings; and it is now included in the Nor-folk circuit, the diocefe of Ely, and province of Canterbury. It is bounded on theweft by Huntingdonlhire and Bedfordfliire; on the eaft by Norfolk and Suffolk; onthe fouth by Hertfordfhire and Effex; and on the north by Lincolnftiire. It is about40 miles in length from north to fouth, and 25 in breadth from eaft to weft, and is130 miles in circumference, containing near 570,000 acres. It has about 17,403houfes, 140,000 inhabitants, is divided into 17 hundreds, in which are one city,Ely; 8 market towns; v
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