The siege of Ely was the last major armed resistance to the Norman Conquest. Hereward the Wake used the fenland marshes around Ely as an impregnable base, holding out for years after the Conquest. William I finally took the island by constructing a causeway through the fens — reportedly with the help of monks who showed the Normans a secret path. The fall of Ely ended organised English resistance, though Hereward's ultimate fate remains unknown.
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