Walsingham

Walsingham is a civil parish in the district, in , England, notable for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. The parish also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses.
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  • Type: Village with 785 residents
  • Description: civil parish in North Norfolk, Norfolk, England
  • Also known as: “Little Walsingham”, “New Walsingham”, and “Walsingham, Norfolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham and Walsingham Priory.

Church
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The Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady, at Walsingham, is actually located one mile outside Walsingham, at Houghton Saint Giles, Norfolk, England.

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, originally established in the 12th century, was a monastery of Augustinian Canons regular in Walsingham, Norfolk, England. Also known as the Augustinian Priory of The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it became a significant…

Church
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The is a shrine church, built in 1938 in Walsingham, Norfolk, England. It was established as part of the revival of pilgrimage devotion led by Father Alfred Hope Patten in the 1920s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghton St Giles and East Barsham.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in the English county of . The village has also been referred to as Houghton-le-Dale or Houghton-in-the-Hole.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the English county of . is located 3 miles north of and 23.8 miles west of .

Village
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is a village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 79.

Walsingham

Latitude
52.8942° or 52° 53′ 39″ north
Longitude
0.8734° or 0° 52′ 24″ east
Population
785
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Open location code
9F42VVVF+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29284053
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7295693
Wiki­data ID
Q739666
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Walsingham” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Walsingham”
  • Cebuano: “Walsingham”
  • Chinese: “沃爾辛厄姆”
  • Dutch: “Walsingham”
  • French: “Walsingham”
  • German: “Walsingham”
  • Irish: “Walsingham”
  • Italian: “Walsingham”
  • Japanese: “ウォルシンガム (イングランド)”
  • Ladin: “Walsingham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walsingham”
  • Norwegian: “Walsingham”
  • Persian: “والسینگام”
  • Polish: “Walsingham”
  • Portuguese: “Walsingham”
  • Russian: “Уолсингем (деревня)”
  • Russian: “Уолсингем”
  • Spanish: “Walsingham”
  • Swedish: “Walsingham”
  • Turkish: “Walsingham”
  • Welsh: “Walsingham”
  • “Walsingham”

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