DOWNHAM, (Norfolk) 71 cm. 89 mm. from London, has its name from its hilly situation, though the common name is Downham- Market, from its being a Mt. which is on S. and of so ancient a date, that it was confirmed by Edw. the Conf. It has an ugly bridge over the Great-Ouse, where it crosses from Marshland-Ouse, and a port for barges. The Fair here is June 22. The manor bel. anciently to the abbey of Ramsey in Huntingdonshire; but after the Diss. came to Sir Francis Gawdy, from whom it went by marriage to Sir Will. Newport, alias Hatton, whose daughter carried it by marriage to Robert Rich Earl of Warwick. It has since been in the possession of Sir Tho. Hare, Bt. and we suppose it to be now in his heirs.