Schools Resources

We are passionate about our beautiful Cathedral and its history, and we want everyone to be able to learn more about it, whether you are able to travel to us or not.

We have created some useful videos to support you in teaching about St Etheldreda as well as Hereward the Wake and the siege of Ely in 1071.

Etheldreda

Princess. Queen. Abbess. Saint. Follow Etheldreda from East Anglia to Fenland, from Northumbria and then to Ely where she established the first monastery here in 673AD. What was it like to be a Saxon princess? What choices did she have? How did she manage to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a Nun? Discover the extraordinary journey of Ely’s patron saint, Etheldreda, from Saxon Princess to Saint in this film commissioned by Ely Cathedral to celebrate 1350 years since the founding of the first monastery on the Isle of Ely. Written and performed by Time Will Tell Theatre.

Sanctuary

Told through the stories of Edyth and Byrtha, two Saxon refugees from the harrying of the north, this film explores what it was like to live through the fall of the Isle of Ely to the Normans in 1071. It was created in partnership with The Clewer Initiative and Time Will Tell Theatre to highlight the treacherous journeys of refugees and the dangers that these people face on their journeys.