Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire







































































Queen Adelaide

Former church, now a private dwelling - geograph.org.uk - 472991.jpg
Former chapel of St Etheldreda


Queen Adelaide is located in Cambridgeshire

Queen Adelaide

Queen Adelaide



Location within Cambridgeshire

OS grid reference TL565814
Civil parish
  • City of Ely
District
  • East Cambridgeshire
Shire county
  • Cambridgeshire
Region
  • East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Ely
Postcode district CB7
Dialling code 01353
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England

EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
  • South East Cambridgeshire


List of places

UK

England

Cambridgeshire


52°24′35″N 0°18′08″E / 52.4098°N 0.3022°E / 52.4098; 0.3022Coordinates: 52°24′35″N 0°18′08″E / 52.4098°N 0.3022°E / 52.4098; 0.3022

Queen Adelaide is a hamlet on the River Great Ouse in the Fens about 1 12 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Ely, Cambridgeshire , England.




Queen Adelaide sign in the hamlet


The hamlet is named after a pub,[1] 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 with a separate level crossing. West of the hamlet there is also a loop line, the Adelaide Loop,[1] that the B3182 crosses on a bridge.


Queen Adelaide is in the Church of England parish of Ely Cathedral, which is 2 miles (3 km) away by road, so in 1883 a chapel of ease was built in the hamlet. It was dedicated to St Etheldreda,[2] 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.



References





  1. ^ ab Pugh 1953, pp. 28–33.


  2. ^ Pugh 1953, pp. 82–86.




Sources



  • Pugh, RB (editor); Atkinson, TD; Hampson, Ethel M; Long, ET; Meekings, CAF; Miller, Edward; Wells, HB; Woodgate, GMG (1953). A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Victoria County History. 4: City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds. London: Oxford University Press for the University of London Institute of Historical Research. pp. 28–33, 45–47, 82–86.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link).mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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