The next station on the Pilgrimage is the Shrine - I should really make that plural as there are now, as at Walsingham, both Catholic and Anglican ones - of Our Lady of Willesden. Indeed there were two statues in the original shrine in the thirteenth century.
My post from last year made some additions to the previous ones, and they can all be accessed at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Willesden
It also, because of one of the articles I linked to, includes what little I could find about the devotion to Our Lady of Crooms Hill or Crome’s Hill close to Greenwich.
The medieval Willesden shrine, and even more that at Crooms Hill, appears to have had a largely, but not exclusively, local following, and Our Lady of Willesden was, apparently, especially popular with ladies from London. That may be that it was far enough out of the city be be a pilgrimage, but not so far as to be too arduous or take up a lot of time and preparation. This may, of course, reflect a lack of evidence. The modern revivals appear also to have their main appeal to the local community rather than drawing upon a wider area.
May Our Lady of Willesden pray for the Papal Conclave and for the election of a wise and holy Pope
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