The Norse raid on Ely in 870, reachable by boat through the Fenland waterways, demonstrated how river and fen access made inland monasteries just as vulnerable as coastal ones to Viking attack.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near Cambridgeshire