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Extract from the Little Walsingham Travel Guides:
For centuries
LITTLE WALSINGHAM
, five miles south of Wells, rivalled Canterbury as the foremost pilgrimage site in England. In 1061 the Lady of the Manor, Richeldis de Faverches, was prompted to build a replica of the
Santa Casa
(Mary's home in Nazareth) here - inspired, it is said, by visions of the Virgin Mary. Whatever the reason for her actions, it brought instant fame and fortune to this little Norfolk village. By the fourteenth century, both the Augustinians and the Franciscans had established themselves here and every English king since Henry III had visited the place, walking barefoot for the last mile. Henry...
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