STOWMARKET, a town in the hundred of Stow and county of Suffolk, seventy-six miles from London. It stands on the river Orwell, and has also a canal. It is a place of small trade, with a market on Thursday. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1761, in 1811 to 2006, in 1821 to 2252, and in 1831 to 2672.