Ely Urban District

52°24′04″N 0°15′47″E / 52.40098°N 0.26318°E / 52.40098; 0.26318

Ely
Local Board District (1850-1894)
Urban District (1894-1974)

Shire Hall, Lynn Road: Council's meeting place 1850 to 1940s
Area
  191116,742 acres (67.8 km2)
  196114,659 acres (59.3 km2)
Population
  18918,017
  19719,165
History
  Created15 July 1850 (Local Board District)
31 December 1894 (Urban District)
  Abolished31 March 1974
  Succeeded byEast Cambridgeshire

The city of Ely formed a local government district in the Isle of Ely and Cambridgeshire from 1850 to 1974. It was administered as a local board district from 1850 to 1894, and as an urban district from 1894 to 1974. Unusually for somewhere which claimed city status, Ely was not a municipal borough.