Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Little Walsingham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Walsingham (Little, or New), market town and par. with ry. sta., Norfolk, on river Stiffkey, 4½ miles N. of Fakenham and 31 NE. of King's Lynn, 860 ac., pop. 1016; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday. In the grounds of Walsingham Abbey are the ruins of an Augustinian priory of 12th century, and a little S. are the remains of a Franciscan convent founded about 1350. The shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham was long famous, and attracted many distinguished pilgrims, one of the last of whom was Henry VIII.