Welcome to the Visit Ely Shop
A warm welcome awaits you in the gift shop of Oliver Cromwell's House, where you can feast your eyes on our wide range of local related gifts. Whether you are looking for a traditional gift or that unusual gift for the one person you never know what to buy for, we are sure we can fill your needs. Enjoy a unique shopping experience 7 days a week in our atmospheric building and select some of your treats straight out of Mrs Cromwell's Pantry! Alternatively, enquire about our hamper baskets, where we can create an Ely focused gift to suit all tastes and budgets.
Looking to visit Ely and the District - then why not use our 'phone in' shop to purchase tickets for our walking tours, events or gift vouchers. We also offer a wide selection of maps & guides to help you plan your visit in advance. And finally, take the opportunity to purchase locally produced crafts & gifts
Our friendly staff is on hand to take your call and post any of the available products to your home address. All credit card payments accepted but unfortunately not American Express. Minimum order for credit cards £5 including postage/handling fee. Cheques accepted and payable to East Cambridgeshire District Council.
Postage fees apply.
Postage of tickets will be charged at £1.00 per transaction (not per ticket).
We aim to deliver ordered goods within 5 working days.
| All tickets for events and Ely Guided City walks are available from Ely Tourist Information Centre and can be pre booked and paid for over the phone. Our What's On pages feature a list of the upcoming events and walk. |
Gifts, maps and souvenirs - order now by phone on +44 (0)1353 662062
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EXPLORE ELY AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE
MAPS
ELY MAP
Map and guide to the historic city of Ely and surrounding area including attractions and local history.
£1.00 (UK postage and packaging £2)
WALKING CLOSE TO THE ISLE OF ELY
Twelve varied and interesting circular walks in the countryside close to the Isle of Ely. Including Soham, Stretham, Mepal, Witchford, Prickwillow, Pymoor, Aldreth, Haddenham and Wicken Fen with simple but detailed instructions and clear concise maps.
£2.99 (UK postage and packaging £1.75)
ELY & NEWMARKET (Mildenhall & Soham) Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 226
The essential map for Walkers, Off Road Cyclists, Horse riders and all involved in outdoor activities.
£7.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
CAMBRIDGE & NEWMARKET (Saffron Walden) Ordnance Survey Landranger Map 154
An all purpose map packed full of information to help you really get to know an area.
£6.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
ELY & WISBECH (Downham Market) Ordnance Survey Landranger Map 143
An all purpose map packed full of information to help you really get to know an area.
£6.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
ELY, HADDENHAM AND LITTLEPORT - PAST AND PRESENT MAP
Discover the landscapes of the past: 1824 to present day. Matching excerpts of Ordnance Survey maps from the Old Series, Revised New Series, Popular edition and current 1:50,000 mapping.
£4.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
BOOKS
ELY PITKIN CITY GUIDE
A guide to Ely, a city steeped in history with a magnificent cathedral and Oliver Cromwell’s House. Explore the city and the riverside using the illustrated walk.
£4.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
CAMBRIDGE PITKIN CITY GUIDE
Use the guide to explore Cambridge, a city whose rich history is all around you. The guide includes street map, walks, places to visit, museums and information.
£4.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
ELY CATHEDRAL SOUVENIR GUIDE
A 52 page full colour souvenir guidebook written by Canon Dr. Peter Sills about this magnificent Cathedral
£4.99 (UK postage and packaging £2.25)
DVDS AND CDS
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE FENS: PART I
Memories of Cambridgeshire as it used to be from 1912 to the eve of the Second World War
£9.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE FENS: PART 2
1939: another devastating war threatens Britain. Look back at how WWII and the post-war years shaped life in Cambridgeshire from the 1940s to the ‘60s.
£9.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
BOOKS
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE by TREVOR BEVIS
A Comprehensive guide to the dramatic story of endeavour, disappointment and success which resulted in the drainage of the Fens.
£4.20 (UK postage and packaging £2)
PRISONER OF THE FENS by TREVOR BEVIS
A true story of Scottish and Dutch prisoners-of-war brought to the Fens to work on the drainage scheme.
£2.70 (UK postage and packaging £2)
FLOODED FENS by TREVOR BEVIS
Floods and the stoical determinedness of the Fen and Marsh people and hazardous nature of their work (1236 – 1947)
£4.80 (UK postage and packaging £2)
THE RIVER MAKERS by TREVOR BEVIS
The drainage story centres upon embattled legions of men valiantly attempting to control unforgiving forces of nature, confining free ranging waters to a system of dykes, sluices, washland and drains.
£4.20 (UK postage and packaging £2)
THE CONQUEROR versus ELY by TREVOR BEVIS
This little book attempts to lift recorded facts to an acceptably believable level and explains what happened in the Fens more than 900 years ago.
£3.00 (UK postage and packaging £2)
HEREWARD Outlaw and Hero by PETER REX
A detailed account of Hereward’s family descent, his life and resistance to the Norman Conquest.
£2.75 (UK postage and packaging £1.75)
HEREWARD of the Fens by MARK STEINHARDT, paperback 52 pages
Working with the earliest accounts, the writer Mark Steinhardt, tells Hereward’s story-from legend to history and back to legend. Then he tells the story of the text themselves. How have they survived? How much is really true?
£4.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
HAUNTED ELY, by Margaret Haynes and Vivienne Doughty
A fascinating account of ghostly experiences in Ely told by two Blue Badge Guides who organised Ghost Tours in the city.
£7.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE CIVIL WAR
BOOKS
CROMWELL TO CROMWELL by John Schofield
Reformation to Civil War. Following on from his Biography of Thomas Cromwell,
John Schofield examines how the English character and the way it perceived royal
rule changed between the time of Thomas Cromwell and that of his great-great-grandnephew Oliver
Hard Back: £20.00 (UK postage and packaging £3.50) or Paper Back £12.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
CROMWELL’S ELY by REG HOLMES
Oliver Cromwell’s earlier life and later military and parliamentary activity has been written about in abundance. Very little has been written detailing Cromwell’s life in Ely, so this is a welcome publication.
£4.99 (UK postage and packaging £2.50)
GOD’S ENGLISHMAN by Christopher Hill
Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution. This is not a conventional biography, but a number of brilliant interpretive essays, analysing the forces which Cromwell helped to create, and which created him.
£16.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
OLIVER CROMWELL by Peter Gaunt
This illustrated biography provides a concise and accessible introduction to Oliver Cromwell’s life and career. The text draws upon extensive and up-to-date research as well as contemporary speeches and letters, both personal and political, and gives an insight into the hopes and fears, goals and aspirations of this powerful and exceptional man.
£12.95 (UK postage and packaging £2)
PORTRAITS of the PARLIAMENTARY OFFICERS of the GREAT CIVIL WAR;
These facsimiles are of a rare series published in 1647, with New Brief Biographical Notices of their Lives and Actions.
£4.50 (UK postage and packaging £2)
SOLDIER’S BIBLE by Prior Publications
A reprint in facsimile of the soldier’s pocket bible Oliver Cromwell issued to the soldiers in the New Model Army.
£3.50 (UK postage and packaging £1.75)
COLONEL JOHN PICKERING’S REGIMENT OF FOOT 1644 – 1645 BY Glenn Foard
This book traces the history of one of the original infantry regiments of parliament’s New Model Army through two of the most turbulent years of English history.
£6.00 (UK postage and packaging £2)
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR AT FIRST HAND, paperback 290 pages
Tristram Hunt’s vivid history draws on Cromwell’s correspondence, Levellers’ tracts, bawdy songs, a Cavalier officer’s journal and a Roundhead wife’s memoir, among many others, to resurrect the lost voices from a time when the world was turned upside down.
£10.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
THE GREAT REBELLION by Ivan Roots, paperback 336 pages
This publication is a concise history of the English Civil War (1642-60), examining its causes, course and consequences. Ivan Roots is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Exeter and a former President of the Cromwell Association.
£12.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)
STUART ENGLAND Pitkin Guide
A detailed and illustrated account of life in Stuart England.
£4.99
CIVIL WAR Pitkin Guide
Covering the period 1642 – 51 this illustrated guide gives a comprehensive account of the Civil War.
£4.99
BRITAIN’S KINGS AND QUEENS OF BRITAIN Pitkin Guide
An illustrated publication dating from Alfred the Great in the ninth century to Queen Elizabeth II
£4.99
CROMWELL'S TALKING HEAD by Gareth Calway
A terrified grave robber comes across the mummified head of England’s greatest revolutionary – Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell’s Head proceeds to tell the intruder his life story: a tale of tyrannical kings, civil war and heads chopped off. In Cromwell’s case, over two years after his death!
£7.50 (UK postage and packaging £2)
SLIMY STUARTS (HORRIBLE HISTORIES) by Terry Deary
A history of the Stuarts with all the nasty bits left in! An informative and enjoyable read for children and adults alike.
£5.99 (UK postage and packaging £2)