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DOWNHAM

Volume 8 · 78 words · 1860 Edition

a market-town of England, county of Norfolk, on the right bank of the Ouse, which is here crossed by a stone bridge, 11 miles S. of Lynn. Pop. (1851) 2867. The town is situated on an acclivity, the summit of which is occupied by the parish church, an ancient Gothic edifice, with a low embattled square tower surmounted with a spire. The market is held on Saturday, and is noted for its supply of fish and wild fowl.