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After the Middle Ages, pilgrimage to Santiago declined. It wasn't until the late 20th century when there was a revival in pilgrim study and publications written about St James and the Camino. Constance Storrs was one such academic who researched and wrote about 12th century pilgrimage from the British Isles to Santiago de Compostela. Indeed, she was the first person to be consulted when the CSJ was founded in 1983, and we still hold an annual lecture in her name. And with the dissemination of media like the film The Way, the Camino entered the public consciousness in around 2010, with new films, documentaries, and books being produced about it all the time. As such, the number of pilgrims being recorded at the Pilgrim Office in Santiago has gone from a few hundred each year to over 300,000 in the space of just a few decades... At that time, the CSJ was the only UK body offering either practical or educational information on the various pilgrim roads to Santiago. Our volunteers wrote..

Also known as: Confraternity of Saint James, Confraternity of Saint James Ltd, CSJ UK, THE CONFRATERNITY OF SAINT JAMES, The Confraternity of Saint James Ltd

Registration numbers: 04096721 (CH), 1091140 (W), 4096721 (W)

Primary location: London United Kingdom