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Downham Market
Downham Market, often simply described as Downham, is a market town and also civil parish in Norfolk, England. It rests on the edge 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 kilometres ² and in the 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. For the functions of local government, the parish falls within the area of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It becomes part of South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. It was a farming centre, creating as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge throughout the Ouse. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was well known for its butter market and likewise held a noteworthy steed fair. The market is currently held Fridays and also Saturdays on the city center parking lot. Significant buildings in the town include its mediaeval parish church, committed to St Edmund, and also Victorian clock tower, constructed in 1878. The community is also known as the area where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the town completed a regeneration task on the Market Place, moving the marketplace to the town hall parking lot. The ornamental town sign illustrates the crown and also arrowheads of St Edmund with equines to reveal the significance of the horse fairs in the town's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a former fire station in 2016.
