Walsingham is a pretty village 5 miles from Wells-on-Sea. It possesses a noble church in the Perpendicular style, an ancient town pump, and two wishing wells, which were formerly believed to possess miraculous powers, for the legend is that they sprang from the ground at command of the Virgin. Walsingham was an important place for many centuries, for it contained the famous shrine of the Virgin, or, as it was called, "Our Lady of Walsingham." This far-famed chapel of the Virgin was founded by Ricoldie, the mother of Geoffrey de Faverches. When Geoffrey set out on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, he granted to God and St. Mary, and to Edwy, his clerk, the chapel which his mother Ricoldie had built at Walsingham, with other possessions, requesting him to found a priory there. It became one of the richest in the world. From the very commencement there was an unceasing flow of pilgrims from all nations to it. Several kings and queens of England, and among them Henry VIII., paid their devotions there. Erasmus, who visited the priory in 1511, derided its enormous wealth. Parts of the road leading to this priory are known to this day as the "Walsingham Way" and the "Palmer's Way." It is said more pilgrims came to Walsingham than to the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket at Canterbury. The monks taught the people that the "Milky Way" pointed to the shrine. Hence the Norfolk people called it the "Walsingham Way." This shrine was destroyed at the dissolution of monasteries in 1539. [Illustration: _Rev. W. Martin, Walsingham._ EAST WINDOW OF THE PRIORY AT WALSINGHAM.] CHEDDAR CAVES, CHEDDAR, SOMERSET =How to get there.=--Train from Paddington. Great Western Railway. =Nearest Station.=--Cheddar. =Distance from London.=--134 miles. =Average Time.=--Varies between 4-1/4 to 5-1/4 hours. 1st 2nd 3rd =Fares.=--Single 21s. 4d. 13s. 4d. 10s. 8d. Return 37s. 4d. 23s. 4d. ... =Accommodation Obtainable.=--"Cliff Hotel," etc.