Downham Market
Downham Market, in some cases just referred to as Downham, is a market community and also civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the side of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, about 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and also 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil church has an area of 5.2 km ² and also in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 houses. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and also West Norfolk. It belongs to South West Norfolk legislative constituency. It was a farming centre, creating as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge across the Ouse. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was famous for its butter market as well as additionally organized a noteworthy equine fair. The marketplace is currently held Fridays and Saturdays on the town hall car park. Notable structures in the community include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, and Victorian clock tower, built in 1878. The community is additionally called the area where Charles I concealed after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community completed a regrowth task on the Market Place, relocating the market to the town hall car park. The decorative community indicator shows the crown and also arrows of St Edmund with horses to reveal the value of the equine fairs in the community's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a previous station house in 2016.
