Walsingham, Norfolk, England
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Walsingham Abbey
In 1061, Walsingham became a major centre of pilgrimage when a Saxon noblewoman, Richeldis de Faverches, had a vision of the Virgin Mary. It remained one of Europe's greatest pilgrimage sites through most of the Middle Ages.
According to Coxe, two springs appeared on the site. 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 of the Virgin's milk.
Pictured left is the eastern end of the Priory church and a relocated Norman arch courtesy of Richard Croft.
Walsingham Abbey,
Common Place,
Walsingham,
NR22 6BP.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
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Walsingham is a village (actually two conjoined villages: Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham) in Norfolk, England.
It lies 5.5 miles north of Fakenham.
Pictured left is the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham courtesy of Stephen Parkinson. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
