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Walsingham is a civil parish in the North Norfolk district, in Norfolk, England, notable for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. The parish also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses. Walsingham lies 27 miles (43 kilometres) northwest of Norwich and approximately 26 miles (42 kilometres) north-east of King's Lynn.
The civil parish includes Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham, together with Egmere, a depopulated medieval village). It has an area of 18.98 square kilometres (7.33 square miles). At the 2011 census, it had a population of 819.
Walsingham is a historically significant Christian pilgrimage site, renowned for its devotion to Our Lady of Walsingham. According to tradition, in 1061, the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Richeldis de Faverches experienced a Marian vision in which the Virgin Mary commissioned her to build a replica of the Holy Family's house in Nazareth in commemoration of the Annunciation. The Holy House in Walsingham, first constructed in the 11th century, was paneled with wood and housed a wooden statue of the enthroned Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus on her lap. Among its relics was a phial reputed to contain the Virgin's milk. Walsingham became one of England's most prominent pilgrimage sites, thriving throughout the Middle Ages as a centre of Marian devotion until the English Reformation in 1538, when the shrine was dismantled. After centuries of decline, pilgrimage to Walsingham saw a revival in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly with the restoration of the Catholic and Anglican shrines in the 20th century.
Walsingham is mentioned several times in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is recorded as Walsingham (Walsingaham) and “another Walsingham” (alia Walsingaham), which Martin interprets as the current villages of Great and Little Walsingham, held by Reginald fitzIvo, of 19, and 24 households, and valued at £6, and 100s (£5), respectively; a Great Walsingham (Walsingaham magna) held by Peter de Valognes, of 7 households and valued at 40s; and a Walsingham (Galsingaham) listed as a berewick of the King’s manor of Fakenham, of 11 households, all in the hundred of North Greenhoe.
The Augustinian Priory of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was established in Walsingham around 1153, funded by Geoffrey de Faverches, son of Lady Richeldis, who had originally founded the Holy House shrine. The priory became a major centre of pilgrimage, growing in prominence throughout the medieval period.
The Anglo-Saxon Chapel and the Holy House, originally founded during the reign of Edward the Confessor, was granted to the Augustinians Canons a century later and incorporated into the priory complex, further reinforcing Walsingham's status as a focal point of religious devotion, particularly in Marian pilgrimage.
Pilgrims from across the British Isles and continental Europe, including members of royalty, travelled to Walsingham, which remained one of the most significant pilgrimage sites until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1538, leading to the destruction of the priory. To this day, the main pilgrimage route through Newmarket, Brandon, and Fakenham, remains known as the Palmers' Way, a historic path followed by pilgrims for centuries.
In 1537 while the last Prior, Richard Vowell, was paying obsequious respect to Thomas Cromwell, the Sub-Prior, Nicholas Mileham, was charged with conspiring to rebel against the suppression of the lesser monasteries and, on flimsy evidence, was convicted of high treason and hanged outside the Priory walls. Eleven people in all, including two lay choristers who had been instrumental in organising the revolt were hanged, drawn, and quartered.
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Walsingham
Walsingham is a civil parish in the North Norfolk district, in Norfolk, England, notable for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. The parish also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses. Walsingham lies 27 miles (43 kilometres) northwest of Norwich and approximately 26 miles (42 kilometres) north-east of King's Lynn.
The civil parish includes Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham, together with Egmere, a depopulated medieval village). It has an area of 18.98 square kilometres (7.33 square miles). At the 2011 census, it had a population of 819.
Walsingham is a historically significant Christian pilgrimage site, renowned for its devotion to Our Lady of Walsingham. According to tradition, in 1061, the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Richeldis de Faverches experienced a Marian vision in which the Virgin Mary commissioned her to build a replica of the Holy Family's house in Nazareth in commemoration of the Annunciation. The Holy House in Walsingham, first constructed in the 11th century, was paneled with wood and housed a wooden statue of the enthroned Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus on her lap. Among its relics was a phial reputed to contain the Virgin's milk. Walsingham became one of England's most prominent pilgrimage sites, thriving throughout the Middle Ages as a centre of Marian devotion until the English Reformation in 1538, when the shrine was dismantled. After centuries of decline, pilgrimage to Walsingham saw a revival in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly with the restoration of the Catholic and Anglican shrines in the 20th century.
Walsingham is mentioned several times in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is recorded as Walsingham (Walsingaham) and “another Walsingham” (alia Walsingaham), which Martin interprets as the current villages of Great and Little Walsingham, held by Reginald fitzIvo, of 19, and 24 households, and valued at £6, and 100s (£5), respectively; a Great Walsingham (Walsingaham magna) held by Peter de Valognes, of 7 households and valued at 40s; and a Walsingham (Galsingaham) listed as a berewick of the King’s manor of Fakenham, of 11 households, all in the hundred of North Greenhoe.
The Augustinian Priory of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was established in Walsingham around 1153, funded by Geoffrey de Faverches, son of Lady Richeldis, who had originally founded the Holy House shrine. The priory became a major centre of pilgrimage, growing in prominence throughout the medieval period.
The Anglo-Saxon Chapel and the Holy House, originally founded during the reign of Edward the Confessor, was granted to the Augustinians Canons a century later and incorporated into the priory complex, further reinforcing Walsingham's status as a focal point of religious devotion, particularly in Marian pilgrimage.
Pilgrims from across the British Isles and continental Europe, including members of royalty, travelled to Walsingham, which remained one of the most significant pilgrimage sites until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1538, leading to the destruction of the priory. To this day, the main pilgrimage route through Newmarket, Brandon, and Fakenham, remains known as the Palmers' Way, a historic path followed by pilgrims for centuries.
In 1537 while the last Prior, Richard Vowell, was paying obsequious respect to Thomas Cromwell, the Sub-Prior, Nicholas Mileham, was charged with conspiring to rebel against the suppression of the lesser monasteries and, on flimsy evidence, was convicted of high treason and hanged outside the Priory walls. Eleven people in all, including two lay choristers who had been instrumental in organising the revolt were hanged, drawn, and quartered.
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