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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Little Walsingham Holy WellCountry: England County: Norfolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Little Walsingham
Map Ref: TF93603678 Landranger Map Number: 132
Latitude: 52.893597N Longitude: 0.876529E
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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There are two medieval healing wells, now described as wishing wells and a medicinal bath at Walsingham Priory, recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 359067, the most recent entry being from 1971, reading: "Both the bath and the wells are now in excellent condition, indicating that the former has certainly been restored and the others probably have. They are set in a small ornamental garden access to which is gained through a re-erected Norman doorway at TF93413680."
The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this Abbey and shrines - see their entry for Walsingham, Norfolk, which includes a brief history, directions for finding the shrines and information about how this site became a place of pilgrimage - "For many twentieth-century [and 21st!] pilgrims the annual pilgrimage to Walsingham is a highlight of the Christian year". The Journal includes a list of reference sources for more information.
Whilst there is no specific entry for these wells on Historic England, see Historic England List ID 1004055, Ruins and site of Walsingham Priory for the scheduling information; the location of the wells are marked on their map (use the grid reference below in their 'map search' feature). Also see The History of Pilgrimage.
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