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Walsingham (/ ˈ w ɔː l s ɪ ŋ əm /) 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. [1] [2] Walsingham is 27 miles (43 kilometres) northwest of Norwich.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, [3] informally known as the Slipper Chapel or the Chapel of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, is a Catholic basilica in Houghton Saint Giles, Norfolk, England. Built in 1340, it was the last chapel on the pilgrim route to Walsingham .
Our Lady of Walsingham is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus venerated by Catholics and High Church Anglicans associated with the Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches, a pious English noblewoman, in 1061 in the village of Walsingham in Norfolk, England. Lady Richeldis had a structure built named "The Holy House" in Walsingham which later ...
According to Walsingham, the knight died soon after he was "knocked on the head by a rustic who was one of his own serfs". [15] The rebels then entered Norwich and wreaked havoc, destroying property and killing prominent citizens. Other houses and church properties within the county (such as at Yarmouth) were attacked by the rebels at this time ...
The National Pilgrimage (also known as The National) is an annual pilgrimage to the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in the village of Little Walsingham in the English county of Norfolk. The first pilgrimage took place in 1923 in the parish church of St Mary and All Saints, Little Walsingham.
dependent on Norwich; founded c.1100-1119 (during the reign of Henry I) by Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich; lack of evidence for a conventual church infers [1] that the monks officiated at the parochial church of St Mary which was granted to the priory; granted to the Dean and Prebendary of Norwich The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Aldeby ...
The story of Brown's destruction of the organ was told in a play, The Walsingham Organ, in 2002 by the Eastern Angles Theatre Company. [10] George Ratcliffe Woodward playing the euphonium outside Little Walsingham vicarage. The 1862 organ had been built by Mark Noble of Norwich. [13] It does not appear to have been immediately replaced.
The town is served by North Walsham railway station, on the Bittern Line between Norwich, Cromer and Sheringham. Services run generally hourly in both directions and are operated by Greater Anglia. The main road through the town is the A149. The town is also located on the B1145, [4] a route that runs between King's Lynn and Mundesley.