Houghton St Giles, Norfolk

Description
Houghton-in-the-Dale or Houghton St Giles, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Stiffkey, 1 mile SSW from New Walsingham station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, New Walsingham (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1564; population of the civil parish, 177; of the ecclesiastical, with Little Walsingham, 1113. The manor belongs to the Lee-Wamer family. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Little Walsingham, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £173 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1879. A small ancient chapel on the W side of the parish belonged to Walsingham Abbey. This chapel is commonly called the " Shoe Chapel." It was here that the pilgrims to Walsingham left their shoes when making the pilgrimage barefoot. It was restored in 1894 as a chapel in connection with a religious community.