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"WALSINGHAM, (LITTLE) or NEW WALSINGHAM, is, notwithstanding its appellation, more populous, and equally as ancient, as its neighbour, Old Walsingham, being a neat market-town, with 1,155 inhabitants, and pleasantly seated in the picturesque valley of the Stiffkey river, 5 miles S. by E. of Wells, 5½ miles N. by E. of Fakenham, 27 miles N.W. of Norwich, and 113 miles N.E. by N. of London. It has a small market on Friday; a large fair on the 2nd Monday after Whit-Mondy (sic); and hiring sessions on the Fridays before and after Michaelmas-day. It formerly had a market also on Tuesday. Its parish contains only 868A. 1R. of land; of which, 46A are woodland. The Rev. D.H. Lee-Warner owns the greater part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, which, with Old Walsingham, was held by the Earls of Clare. . . . The parish CHURCH (St. Mary,) is a large and interesting cruciform structure. The benefice is a donative, with Great Walsingham annexed to it, . . . The Rev. D.H. Lee-Warner is patron, and the Rev. H.J. Lee-Warner, M.A., incumbent. . . . In the town is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1794 at the cost of £800; and also an Independent Chapel. . . . The FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, at Little Walsingham, was founded in 1639, by Richd. Bond . . . . A National School has lately been erected here, by Mr. Lee-Warner." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pamela Littlefair]
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See also Great Walsingham and Houghton St Giles.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is here.
- Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Mary
- Pictures of the church.
- Barnes, John
- St Mary's Church, Walsingham.
[Walsingham, The Church, 1982] - Lee-Warner, James
- Little Walsingham Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.6, 1864] - Linnell, Charles L.S.
- A Short Guide to St Mary's, Little Walsingham with St Giles', Houghton and St Peter's, Great Walsingham.
[Fakenham, Lancaster Press, 1960s]
- The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Description, history, pictures, etc.
- The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Archives of the Anglican Shrine, with publications, reminiscences, pictures, etc
- The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Description and pictures.
- The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history and pictures.
- The Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is at Houghton St Giles
- Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation
- Description and pictures.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Methodist Church
- Description and pictures.
- Hawkes, John E.
- Methodism in Walsingham in the 19th century.
[ISBN 0950216747, 1998]
- Russian Orthodox Church in Walsingham (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history and pictures, including the Church of the Transfiguration at Great Walsingham, and the Chapel of St Seraphim and the Chapel of the Mother of God at Little Walsingham.
- Russian Orthodox Chapel of St Seraphim
- Description and pictures.
- Martin, A.R.
- The Greyfriars of Walsingham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.25, 1934/5]
The Walsingham Shrines and Pilgrimage
- Bond, H.A.
- The Walsingham story through 900 years, 1061-1961: a tribute for the 9th centenary of the shrine.
[Walsingham, Norfolk, Greenhoe Press, 1960] - Box, Hubert S.
- The Story of Walsingham's Shrine: a brief history.
[Walsingham, The Guardians of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, 1978] - Dickinson, John Compton
- The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
[Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1956] - Fisher, Claude
- Walsingham, a place of pilgrimage for all people.
[ISBN 0950889407, Walsingham, Salutation Press, 1983] - Fisher, Claude
- Walsingham lives on.
[ISBN 085183289X, London, Catholic Truth Society, 1979] - Gillett, H.M.
- Walsingham: the history of a famous shrine.
[London, Burns, Oates and Washbourne, 1950] - Gurney, Anne and Gurney, John
- Walsingham: a place for pilgrimage.
[Walsingham, Walsingham Estate Co., 1976] - Pyle-Bridges, Dominic
- Guide to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Walsingham, England's Nazareth.
[London, League of Anglican Loyalists, 1981]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- St Mary: Baptisms 1813-1880
- Circuit Register Transcripts
- Wesleyan Methodists: Baptisms
- Independant Free Methodists: Baptisms 1835
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Little Walsingham was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Little Walsingham
- History, shrines, pictures, maps, tourist information, etc.
- Little Walsingham (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history, organisations, pictures, etc.
- Little Walsingham (this is a link to an archived copy)
- History, shrines, etc.
- Little Walsingham
- Description and pictures.
- Walsingham Memories
- Pictures, families, etc.
- England's Nazareth (this is a link to an archived copy)
- History, description and pictures.
- Little Walsingham Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Gilbert, Father
- What to see in Walsingham: an historical guide book.
[Walsingham, Greyfriars, 1948] - Jepson, F.M.
- Guide to Little Walsingham, Great Walsingham and Houghton-in-the-Hole.
[London, Jarrold and Sons, 1900s] - Landale, Scilla
- Walk around and discover Walsingham.
[ISBN 0951941801, Walsingham, 1992] - Lingwood, Lemmon
- The illustrated guide to Wells-next-the-Sea, including Holkham, Walsingham, Fakenham, and Districts: containing full description of Lord Nelson's birthplace.
[London, Jarrold, (18-?)] - Smith, Charles
- A pocket guide to Walsingham.
[ISBN 026467135X, London, Mowbray, 1988] - Walsingham and District History Society
- The Walsingham Millennium Book: interviews and recollections.
[Walsingham, Walsingham and District History Society, 2001]
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Little Walsingham (New Walsingham) to another place.
- Family History
- Surnames being researched.
Little Walsingham is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Burtt, Joseph
- On certain guilds formerly existing in the town of Little Walsingham.
[London, Published at the Office of the Archaeological Institute, 1851] - Cobb, Peter G. (editor)
- Walsingham.
[ISBN 1872971008, White Tree Books, 1990] - Fears, Howard
- A Norfolk community in decline: a social and economic history of Victorian Walsingham.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1999] - Goodrich, Percival John
- Walsingham: its history and its shrines.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1937] - Rollings, Peter
- Walsingham in times past.
[ISBN 0861570464, Chorley, Countryside Publications, 1981]
- Inclosure
- See Great Walsingham
- Little Walsingham (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Plan of the town.
- Little Walsingham
- Plan of the town.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF934369 (Lat/Lon: 52.894717, 0.87324), Little Walsingham (New Walsingham) which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Little Walsingham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1841 and 1851 Censuses
- "The Return for Little Walsingham includes 50 persons in 1841, and 51 in 1851, in the House of Correction."
- 1861 Census
- "The decrease of population in Little Walsingham parish is attributed partly to the removal of inmates from the Bridewell to Swaffham, Wymondham, and Norwich, partly to the breaking up of schools, and partly to the migration of labourers."