Walsingham

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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...

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