Walsingham
Also known as Walsingham, Norfolk
Walsingham is a civil parish in North 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 northwest of Norwich and approximately north-east of King's Lynn.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Walsingham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_district
- North Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Walsingham
- UK place.population
- 819
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 18.98
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF934368
- UK place.london_distance
- 118 miles
- UK place.post_town
- WALSINGHAM
- UK place.postcode_area
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Article
28 sectionsContents
- History
- 20th century revival
- List of Christian sites
- Little Walsingham
- Shrine
- Churches
- Monastic ruins
- Great Walsingham
- Churches
- Church ruin
- Houghton
- Shrine
- Church
- Egmere
- Church ruin
- Nearby
- Binham
- King's Lynn
- Geography
- Governance
- Transport
- Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
- Public transport
- Listed buildings
- Other places named Walsingham
- See also
- References
- External links
Walsingham is a civil parish in North 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 northwest of Norwich and approximately 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 . At the 2011 census, it had a population of 819.
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