a town in the hundred of Clackclose, in the county of Norfolk, eighty-four miles from London, and situated on the borders of Cambridgeshire. The river Ouse, which receives the Cam, runs near it. It has markets on Mondays and Saturdays. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1512, in 1811 to 1771, in 1821 to 2044, and in 1831 to 2198.

DOWNTON, a town in the hundred of the same name, in the county of Wilts, ninety miles from London. There was a castle here in former times. It has some trade in making paper, and in linen goods. It is an ancient burgage tenure borough belonging to the Earl of Radnor, and one of those recently disfranchised. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 2426, in 1811 to 2624, in 1821 to 3114, and in 1831 to 3652.