Walsingham Priory

13th-Century east-end of Walsingham Priory dominating the site
Page from the 'Walsingham Bible', one of only two books that have survived from the monastic library of Walsingham Priory. Decorative Initial 'H' from the Book of Exodus. Chester Beatty Library[1]

Walsingham Priory was a monastery of Augustinian Canons regular in Walsingham, Norfolk, England seized by the crown at the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII.

The priory is perhaps best known for having housed a Marian shrine with a replica of the house of the Holy Family in Nazareth. Walsingham Abbey Grounds and the Shirehall Museum are opened to the public.

  1. ^ Walsingham Bible. Chester Beatty Library.