Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Saturday, 16 May 2026

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Jesmond


The Pilgrimage now heads to Jesmond, which is now an affluent northern suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, and to the remains of a Norman shrine chapel which still attracts pilgrims..  

My post from last year, again with links to earlier ones on this pilgrimage site, can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Jesmond

In addition both the Wikipedia article at Jesmond and the illustrated one from Historiette at St Mary's Chapel Jesmond give a ‘foundation myth’ about an apparition of the Virgin and Child which led to the building of the chapel at Jesmond. I have not seen a more fully documented account but am sharing it as the only explanation of the pilgrimage tradition to Jesmond I have seen.


The ruins of Jesmond Chapel

Image: Co-Curate

May Our Lady of Jesmond intercede for us and our intentions

Jesu mercy, Mary pray

  


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