A pilgrim path that offers a wonderful long-distance route, on
footpaths and quiet lanes, across the glorious east of England.
London to Walsingham Camino guidebook is a full colour guide to
walking the re-established pilgrimage route from the Church of St
Magnus the Martyr, with its shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham to the
Anglican and Catholic shrines at Walsingham in Norfolk. The
experience of walking the route is described in this illustrated
book with the step by step walking directions and gpx files being
downloaded from the Trailblazer website. The whole 177.8 mile
pilgrimage could be accomplished by a fit walker in a fortnight or
less. But maybe you want to walk for fewer miles each day, or just
at weekends, or on odd days when you have the time and energy. This
guide caters for multiple approaches. Walsingham was England’s
Nazareth. A fantastical tale brought pilgrims – kings,
queens, and commoners alike – to Walsingham in the Middle
Ages. In 1061 a Walsingham noblewoman, Lady Richeldis de Faverches,
had a vision in which the Virgin Mary transported her soul to
Nazareth and showed her the house where the Holy Family once lived,
and in which the Annunciation of Archangel Gabriel, foretelling
Jesus’s birth, occurred. She was told to build a replica of the
house in Walsingham, and did so. The Holy House, initially a simple
wooden structure, later richly decorated with gold and precious
jewels, became a shrine and attracted pilgrims to Walsingham from
all over Europe. Numerous kings travelled as pilgrims to
Walsingham. Walsingham was by far the most important pilgrim shrine
in England until Henry VIII outlawed pilgrimage and the veneration
of saints in 1538. It was much more popular than Canterbury. Not
only that: in the whole of the Christian world it was eclipsed by
just three other places: Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago de
Compostela. Those places have enjoyed an unbroken tradition
of pilgrimage and veneration stretching back a millennium or more.
Not Walsingham. It reverted to being just a village in Norfolk once
the pilgrims stopped coming. The road from London ceased to be the
most important route in England, and faded into obscurity. For 400
years, no pilgrims walked to Walsingham. Since the 1930s, when both
Catholic and Anglican shrines were re-established here, Walsingham
has undergone a revival. It draws around 300,000 pilgrims each
year, but hardly any of them walk much more than the final Holy
Mile, and only a few church and other groups trace the full route
from London. The London to Walsingham Camino guidebook is part of
an attempt to change that: to re-establish a walking route which,
while being as true to the original way as possible, takes account
of the modern realities on the ground. A pilgrim path that offers a
wonderful long-distance route, on footpaths and quiet lanes, across
the glorious east of England. A truly pleasurable and uplifting
walking experience.
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