Downham Market
Downham Market, occasionally merely described as Downham, is a market town and 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 as well as 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has an area of 5.2 km ² and also in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the objectives of city government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and also West Norfolk. It belongs to South West Norfolk parliamentary 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 notable steed fair. The market is now held Fridays and also Saturdays on the town hall parking area. Significant structures in the town include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, and Victorian clock tower, created in 1878. The town is also referred to as the area where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town finished a regrowth job on the marketplace Place, moving the marketplace to the town hall parking area. The attractive community indication portrays the crown as well as arrows of St Edmund with steeds to reveal the importance of the horse fairs in the town's background. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened in a former station house in 2016.
