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"DOWNHAM MARKET is a neat and clean market-town, consisting principally of two long and well-built streets, pleasantly seated on the eastern acclivity of the vale of the Great Ouse, overlooking the marshes and fens, and distant more than half a mile from the river; 11½ miles S. of Lynn, 13½ miles W. by S. of Swaffham, 13 miles E.S.E. of Wisbech, and 84 miles N. by E. of London. . . . It has increased its population since the year 1801, from 1,512 to 2,953 souls, and comprises in its parish about 2,500 acres of land, lying in several manors; and belonging to Robt. Fellowes, Esq., E.R. Pratt, Esq., Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., and a number of smaller owners. . . . Downham CHURCH, dedicated to St. Edmund, is a neat edifice, standing on rising ground, approached on one side by a flight of brick steps, and on the other by a gradual ascent, ornamented with a row of lime trees. It has a nave, with aisles, (62 feet long, and 45 broad,) built of rag-stone, and covered with lead, and has at the west end a square tower, with five bells. . . . The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6 13s. 4d., and now having a yearly rent charge of about £500, awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1841. William Francks, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. John Richd. Thackeray, M.A., of Hadley, Hertfordshire, is incumbent. In the town are four dissenting CHAPELS, belonging to the Particular Baptists, the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and the Society of Friends." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Downham Market is also known as Downham.
It is also the name of the civil registration district and the poor law union,
so a reference to Downham could mean this parish, or this area of Norfolk.
In 1896 it was divided into two civil parishes, the rural part called Downham West, and the urban called Downham Market.
See also Downham in Wymondham.
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- F.A. Bird Downham Mills Ltd
- History of F.A. Bird Downham Mills Ltd, flour and provender millers.
[Downham Market, The Company, 1960s]
[Two page typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library]
- Downham Market
- Transcriptions of memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St Edmund, the war memorial, and the Churchside and King's Walk cemeteries.
This is a link to an archived copy. - King's Walk Cemetery
- Description and pictures.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- Downham Union Workhouse was in this parish.
- 1841: Downham Market and Downham Union Workhouse: Surname List
- 1861: Downham Market and Downham Union Workhouse: Surname List
- 1861: Downham Union Workhouse: Surname List
- 1871: Downham Market and Downham Union Workhouse: Surname List
- 1881: Downham Union Workhouse
- 1891: Downham Market: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891: Downham Union Workhouse: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Zion Chapel(London Rd), Downham Market, Particular Baptist |
| Zion Chapel(Priory Rd), Downham Market, Strict Baptist |
| Cemetery(Rouse's Ln), Downham Market, Cemetery |
| Churchside Cemetery, Downham Market, Cemetery |
| King's Walk Cemetery, Downham Market, Cemetery |
| Quaker Burial Ground, Downham Market, Cemetery |
| St Dominic's, Downham Market, Roman Catholic |
| Meeting House, Downham Market, Society of Friends |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Fincham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund.
- Church of St Edmund
- Services, detailed church guide book, town history, pictures, memorials inside the church, rectors, etc.
- Church of St Edmund
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Edmund
- Services, map, etc.
- Roman Catholic Church of St Dominic
- Description and pictures.
- St Dominic Catholic Church
- St Dominic's.
[Downham Market, 1980s]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Downham Market Salvation Army Church
- Description, location, picture, etc.
- Whybrow, Martin
- Going places, meeting places: a brief account of the Salvation Army and the Society of Friends in Downham Market.
[Downham Market, Salvation Army, 2003]
- Church of St Edmund
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Marriages 1725-1812 (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
- Primitive Methodist Circuit
- Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1829-1880
- Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1826-1866 and 1866-1890, with indexes.
[Transcripts in Norwich Local Studies Library]
- United Methodist Circuit
- Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1850-1880
- Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1850-1899
[Transcript in Norwich Local Studies Library]
- Wesleyan Methodist Circuit
- Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1814-1880
- Bodle, A.N.; and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick
- Norfolk Nonconformist Registers. No.3: Downham Market Wesleyan Methodist births and baptisms 1814-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1986] - Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1837-1869, 1870-1886, and 1886-1903, with indexes.
[Transcripts in Norwich Local Studies Library] - Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1872-1894 [sic], with index.
[Transcript in Norwich Local Studies Library]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Downham Market was in Downham Registration District.
- Downham Market
- Description, history and pictures.
- Downham Market
- Photographs and postcards.
- Bullen, Mike
- Around Downham Market: Downham Market, Denver, Hilgay and Southery.
[ISBN 0752410938, Chalford Publishing Company, Archive Photographs Series, 1998]
[ISBN 1845881115, Nonsuch Publishing, Pocket Images, 2005]
- Downham Market Community Site
- News, events, pictures, businesses, etc.
- Downham Market Town Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, history, organisations, churches, schools, pictures, etc.
- Downham Market Bexwell Road Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Downham Market Cowgate Street Tower Mill
- Description and history.
- Downham Market Denver Road Post Mill
- Description.
- Downham Market Howdale Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Downham Market Lynn Road Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Downham Market Mill Hill Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Downham Market Steam Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Salter's Lode Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1791: Universal British Directory
- 1839: Pigot's Directory of Norfolk
- 1831: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1900: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1908: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Downham Market to another place.
Downham Market is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Downham Market and District Amenity Society
- A History of Downham Market.
[Downham Market, The Society, 1990s] - Shaw, Christopher
- Denver, Downham Market and Bexwell, Welney, West Dereham: a brief history for local and family historians.
[Printed by Spindrift Print and Publishing, Series: Downham Market and around Book 2, 2009] - Wortley, John Dixon
- Downham Market: its church (St Edmund) and history.
[Norwich, Goose and Son, 1924]
- Drainage
- See Stoke Ferry, Welney and Wimbotsham
- Inclosure
- See Wimbotsham
- Land Tax
- Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1791.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF610030 (Lat/Lon: 52.600936, 0.375848), Downham Market which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Care of the poor in Downham Market (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Charities, bequests, the workhouse, account books, board of guardians, etc.
After 1834 Downham Market became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.
- Downham Union
- Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before 1834, etc.
- Downham Union and Workhouse
- Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
- Downham Union and Workhouse
- Description and pictures.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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DMkt - Downham Market
DWest - Downham West
There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1841 and 1851 Censuses
- "The return for Downham Market Parish includes 114 persons in 1841, and 222 in 1851, in the Union Workhouse. For the Town of Downham see page 72."
Page 72 shows that, in 1851, the town of Downham had 585 inhabited houses, and a population of 2867. - 1891 Census
- The total number of families in Downham Market and Downham West was 688.
- 1901 Census
- Downham West: "Including Salter's Lode."
- 1911 Census
- Out of the population of 2497 in the town of Downham Market, 154 were in 3 large establishments or institutions. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1912 says: "The population in 1911 was 2,497, including 9 officers and 75 inmates in the workhouse."
- Downham Market Family History Society
- Meetings, etc.
- Downham Market and District Heritage Society
- Description, heritage centre, membership, meetings, etc.
- Downham Market Lecture Society
- Lectures and classes.