Shrine of our Lady at Walsingham - Norfolk
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Simple wooden cross's around the outdoor area for worship at the Lady Chapel in Walsingham, This is visited by Pilgrims from all over the world.
Waymark Code: WM78TV
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/20/2009
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Walsingham, in north Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
has been a place of pilgrimage since medieval times,
when travel to Rome and Compostella
was virtually impossible. The original
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, founded in 1061,
was destroyed at the Reformation.
Many barren years passed until the Slipper Chapel,
a 14th century wayside pilgrim chapel,
was restored and pilgrimage to Walsingham began once more.
In 1934, the English Bishops named the Slipper Chapel
the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady.
Many thousands of people have visited the Shrine -
some come out of a spiritual need for the atmosphere of peace
that seems to emanate from the Chapels,
some for aesthetic reasons,
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