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Downham Market
Downham Market, occasionally simply described as Downham, is a market community as well as civil parish in Norfolk, England. It rests on the side of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, around 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich as well as 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 households. For the objectives of local government, the parish drops within the district of King's Lynn as well as West Norfolk. It belongs to South West Norfolk legislative constituency. It was an agricultural centre, developing as a market for the fruit and vegetables of the Fens with a bridge throughout the Ouse. During the Middle Ages, it was famous for its butter market and also hosted a significant equine fair. The market is currently held Fridays and also Saturdays on the town hall parking lot. Notable structures in the community include its mediaeval parish church, dedicated to St Edmund, and Victorian clock tower, created in 1878. The town is also referred to as the place where Charles I hid after the Battle of Naseby. In 2004 the community finished a regrowth project on the Market Place, relocating the marketplace to the town hall parking lot. The attractive town sign shows the crown and arrows of St Edmund with equines to reveal the significance of the equine fairs in the community's history. A heritage centre, Discover Downham, opened up in a previous fire station in 2016.