Know About Walsingham : Walsingham is a village (actually two conjoined villages: Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham-the "Great" referring to its age, rather than its size) and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is famed for its religious shrines in honour of the Virgin Mary and is a major pilgrimage centre. It also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses. The civil parish, which includes the two Walsinghams, together with the depopulated medieval village of Egmere(grid ref: TF 897 374), has an area of 18.98 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 864 in 397 households. For the purposes of local government the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. Walsingham became a major centre of pilgrimage in the 11th century. In 1061, according to the Walsingham legend, a Saxon noblewoman, Richeldis de Faverches, had a vision of the Virgin Mary in which she was instructed to build a replica of the house of the Holy Family in Nazareth in honour of the Annunciation

Walsingham Local Attractions : Binham Priory (4.3 Miles) - The Thursford Collection (4.3 Miles) - Fakenham Museum (4.7 Miles) - Langham Glass (9.8 Miles) - Letheringsett Watermill (11.4 Miles) - All Saints Church (11.5 Miles) - Beans Boat Trips (11.5 Miles) - Glandford Shell Museum (12.2 Miles) - Glandford Watermill (12.2 Miles) - Bircham Gallery (12.5 Miles) - Bircham Windmill (12.6 Miles) - Cley Windmill (14.1 Miles) - Litcham Village Museum (14.9 Miles).