a municipal borough, market town, and river-port of England, county of Cambridge, in the Isle of Ely, on the River Nene, 10 miles from its mouth in the Wash, and 43 miles N. from Cambridge. The Nene is here crossed by a handsome stone bridge of one arch, 72 feet span, connecting the town with the suburb called New Walsoken, on the opposite bank of the river. The central and main portion of the town lies in an angle between the Nene and the Wisbeach Canal, which extends in a S.E. direction to the river Ouse. The town is irregularly laid out, but has of late been much improved, and the streets are well paved and lighted with gas. A handsome crescent was erected in 1816 in the centre of the town, on ground formerly occupied by the castle. The parish church of St Peter is a fine old structure in the Norman and decorated English styles, with two naves and a fine tower, and contains several monuments. There are also a chapel of ease, and places of worship for Independents, Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics. The other principal buildings of the town are the town hall, corn exchange, assembly rooms, house of correction, and theatre. There are also a free grammar school, public library, reading rooms, public baths, and several literary and scientific societies in the town. The chief branches of industry are ship and boat building, rope-making, iron founding, brewing and malting. The trade of the port is considerable. At 31st December 1838, 75 vessels, of in all 11,700 tons, were registered as belonging to the port; and during that year there entered 610 sailing vessels of 53,180 tons, and 22 steam vessels of 7774 tons; and left 259 sailing vessels of 14,526 tons, and 3 steam vessels of 1037 tons. Pop. (1851) 10,694.