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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