Norfolk: Little Walsingham

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Little (or New) Walsingham is about 4 miles N. of Fakenham.
It is a small town, which developed because of the Anglican and Roman Catholic shrines. A reference to "Walsingham" will usually mean this place.
See also Great Walsingham.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church History

Web Sites

Church of St Mary: Pictures of the church.
Walsingham Shrines and Village: History, Anglican and Roman Catholic shrines, tourist information, etc.
Our Lady of Walsingham: History and description of the Anglican Shrine.
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham: History, description, pictuers, etc.
The Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady, Walsingham: History, shrines, maps, pictures, etc.
The Roman Catholic Shrine: Pictures.

Published Works

Barnes, John: St Mary's Church, Walsingham.
[Walsingham?, The Church, 1982]
Bond, H. A.: The Walsingham story through 900 years, 1061-1961: a tribute for the 9th centenary of the shrine.
[Walsingham, Norfolk: Greenhoe Press, 1960]
Box, Hubert S.: The Story of Walsingham's Shrine: a brief history.
[Walsingham, The Guardians of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, 1978]
Dickinson, John Compton: The shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
[Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1956]
Fisher, Claude: Walsingham, a place of pilgrimage for all people.
[ISBN 0950889407, Walsingham: Salutation Press, 1983]
Fisher, Claude: Walsingham lives on.
[ISBN 085183289X, London: Catholic Truth Society, 1979]
Gillett, H. M.: Walsingham: the history of a famous shrine.
[London, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1950]
Gurney, Anne and Gurney, John: Walsingham: a place for pilgrimage.
[Walsingham, Walsingham Estate Co., 1976]
Hawkes, John E.: Methodism in Walsingham in the 19th century.
[ISBN 0950216747, 1998]
Linnell, Charles L.S.: A Short Guide to St. Mary's, Little Walsingham with St. Giles', Houghton and St. Peter's, Great Walsingham.
[Fakenham, Lancaster Press, 1965?]
Martin, A.R.: The Greyfriars of Walsingham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.25, 1934/5]
Pyle-Bridges, Dominic: Guide to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Walsingham, England's Nazareth.
[London, League of Anglican Loyalists, 1981]
Warner, James Lee: Little Walsingham Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.6, 1864]

Description and Travel

Web Sites

Little Walsingham: History, shrines, pictures, maps, tourist information, etc.
Little Walsingham: Description and pictures.
Walsingham Memories: Pictures, families, etc.
England's Nazareth: History, description and pictures.

Published Works

Gilbert, Father: What to see in Walsingham: an historical guide book.
[Walsingham, Greyfriars, 1948]
Jepson, F.M.: Guide to Little Walsingham, Great Walsingham and Houghton-in-the-Hole.
[London, Jarrold & Sons, 1900?]
Landale, Scilla: Walk around and discover Walsingham.
[ISBN 0951941801, Walsingham, 1992]
Lingwood, Lemmon: The illustrated guide to Wells-next-the-Sea, including Holkham, Walsingham, Fakenham, and Districts: containing full description of Lord Nelson's birthplace.
[London: Jarrold, (18-?)]
Smith, Charles: A pocket guide to Walsingham.
[ISBN 026467135X, London, Mowbray, 1988]
Walsingham and District History Society: The Walsingham Millennium Book: interviews and recollections.
[Walsingham, Walsingham and District History Society, 2001]

Gazetteers and Directories

Genealogy

Family History: Surnames being researched.

History

Burtt, Joseph: On certain guilds formerly existing in the town of Little Walsingham.
[London, Published at the office of the Archaeological Institute, 1851]
Cobb, Peter G. (editor): Walsingham.
[ISBN 1872971008, White Tree Books, 1990]
Fears, Howard: A Norfolk community in decline: a social and economic history of Victorian Walsingham.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1999]
Goodrich, Percival John: Walsingham: its history and its shrines.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1937]
Rollings, Peter: Walsingham in times past.
[ISBN 0861570464, Chorley, Countryside Publications, 1981]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Great Walsingham

Maps

Plan of Little Walsingham

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

Walsingham Workhouse: The workhouse was in Great Snoring.

Schools

Walsingham Primary School: Information about the school.

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