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Also known as Littleport, Cambridgeshire

Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about north-east of Ely and south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen and Mare Fen. It is served by Littleport railway station. There are two primary schools, Millfield Primary and Littleport Community, and a secondary, Vista Academy. The Littleport riots of 1816 influenced the passage of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

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Place details

Locality
East Cambridgeshire
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
7,935
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Littleport
UK place.population
9,168
UK place.population_ref
(2021)
UK place.area_total_km2
2.417
UK place.shire_district
East Cambridgeshire
UK place.shire_county
Cambridgeshire
UK place.london_distance_mi
67.4
UK place.london_direction
S
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
UK place.post_town
ELY
UK place.postcode_district
CB6
UK place.postcode_area
CB
UK place.dial_code
01353
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL568868
UK place.static_image_name
St George's Church, Littleport - geograph.org.uk - 112543.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St George's Church

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • World War II
  • Governance
  • Economy
  • Little Ouse
  • Climate
  • Demography
  • Notable people
  • Local folklore and legends
  • Black dog hauntings
  • Cultural reference
  • Gallery
  • Notes and references
  • External links

Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about north-east of Ely and south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen and Mare Fen. It is served by Littleport railway station. There are two primary schools, Millfield Primary and Littleport Community, and a secondary, Vista Academy. The Littleport riots of 1816 influenced the passage of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

==History== With an Old English name of Litelport, the village was worth 17,000 eels a year to the Abbots of Ely in 1086.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Littleport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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