Bromholm Priory (not open to the public) stands on a farm at Bacton, the lofty stone-dressed chapter-house walls next to a tower adapted last century for military use as a pill box. Andy Bull in Norfolk’s Pilgrim Routes: A history of paths, places and people maps 12 pilgrim routes and discusses the rediscovery of a rich network of paths between holy places which all lead, of course, to Walsingham (Amberley, £15.99 (£14.40); 978-1-3981-2421-9)
A history of paths, places and people by Andy Bull
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