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.