Link to the Show / Show NotesOn a map, East Barsham is a hamlet between Fakenham and the village of Little Walsingham. Most people drive past this little church on their way to the village of Walsingham.However, from a religious perspective, it is incredibly important, medievally, as the edge of Our Lady's Land. Pilgrims would have come here to hear Mass, before entering the'sacred area'of Walsingham.The healthy would have walked down to the village, via the'holy mile', and the sick would have been carried to the hospice in the next village of Houghton St. Giles. The church is incredibly important in the history of England.King Henry VIII would have heard Mass here, with his Queen, Catherine of Aragon, on the occasions of his stay at East Barsham Manor, journeying to the Shrine of Our Lady to pray for an heir to his throne.
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