A church has stood on the site since at least the 12th century, but the present building, which sprang from the ruins of an earlier one, dates from 1454. It is more extensive in length and height than the earlier building and is one of the finest mediaeval churches in East Anglia. Its tower has […]
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Walsingham 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. Walsingham is 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Norwich. The civil parish includes Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham, together with Egmere (a depopulated medieval […]
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is a Church of England shrine church built in 1938 in Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Walsingham is the site of the reputed Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches in 1061. The Virgin Mary is, therefore, venerated at the shrine with the title of Our Lady of Walsingham. The […]
Castle Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Nar some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Swaffham. It is 15 miles (24 km) east of the town of King’s Lynn, 33 miles (53 km) west of the city of […]
Baconsthorpe Castle, historically known as Baconsthorpe Hall, is a ruined, fortified manor house near the village of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England. It was established in the 15th century on a former manor hall site, probably by John Heydon I and his father, William. John was an ambitious lawyer with many enemies and built a tall, fortified […]
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England. The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km2 (6.30 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 2,451, reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 census. Wells is 15 miles (24 km) to the east of the resort of Hunstanton, 20 miles […]
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