Place:Walsingham, Norfolk, England

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NameWalsingham
Alt namesLittle Walsinghamsource: Wikipedia
New Walsinghamsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTown
Located inNorfolk, England
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Walsingham is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses. Walsingham is northwest of Norwich.

The civil parish includes Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham, together with Egmere (a depopulated medieval village at ), and has an area of 18.98 km². At the 2011 census, it had a population of 819.

The village's name means 'Homestead/village of Waels' people'.

Walsingham is a major centre of pilgrimage. In 1061, according to the Walsingham legend, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Richeldis de Faverches, had a vision of the Virgin Mary in which she was instructed to build a replica of the house of the Holy Family in Nazareth in honour of the Annunciation. When it was built, the Holy House in Walsingham was panelled with wood and contained a wooden statue of an enthroned Virgin Mary with the child Jesus seated on her lap. Among its relics was a phial reputedly of the Virgin's milk. Walsingham became one of northern Europe's great places of pilgrimage and remained so through the remainder of the Middle Ages, with a revival in the 20th century.

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