Pilgrimage was popular throughout medieval England until it was supressed at the Reformation. This book explains how it originated, what it involved, and what it meant to those who practiced it. Normally, it is imagined in terms of long journeys to famous places in England or Christendom. In fact, most pilgrimages were short ones, made to hundreds of nearby shrines and images. This study breaks new ground by exploring the subject through these local journeys and reveals the places that most people visited for most of the time. It shows who went, where and why they went, and what they experienced when they got there.