Little Walsingham

Walsingham () is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval monastic houses. Walsingham is 27 miles northwest of Norwich.

The civil parish includes Little Walsingham and Great Walsingham, together with Egmere, and has an area of 18.98 km². At the 2011 census, it had a population of 819.The village's name means 'Homestead/village of Waels' people'.Walsingham is a major centre of pilgrimage. In 1061, according to the Walsingham legend, an Anglo-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.