"Hereward the Wake, last of the English, ever watchful of his ilk and stalwart sentinel against the Norman menace, which threatened all the sanctity and prosperity of England.

Pause to remember Hereward, Folk hero of the Fens and his brave army of adherents who stood valiantly against insurmountable odds in defence of their own land, their own institutions and their own folk on the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror. We will remember them."