Downham Market
Downham Market, in some cases merely 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, roughly 11 miles southern of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich as well as 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has an area of 5.2 kilometres ² and also in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 homes. For the functions of city government, the parish drops within the district of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It belongs to South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. It was a farming centre, establishing as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge across the Ouse. During the Middle Ages, it was renowned for its butter market and additionally held a remarkable steed fair. The marketplace is now held Fridays and Saturdays on the town hall parking lot. Significant structures in the town include its mediaeval parish church, devoted to St Edmund, as well as Victorian clock tower, constructed in 1878. The town is also called the location where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community completed a regrowth task on the Market Place, moving the market to the town hall car park. The attractive town indicator illustrates the crown and arrowheads of St Edmund with equines to show the importance of the equine fairs in the town's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a previous station house in 2016.