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Downham
Downham may refer to: Places ;in England * Downham, Cambridgeshire, a civil parish **Little Downham *Downham, Essex *Downham, Lancashire *Downham, London, a district of south east London **Downham Estate, housing estate in Downham, London *Downham, a common name of Downham Market, Norfolk *Downham West, Norfolk *Downham, South Norfolk * Downham, Northumberland People with the surname *George Downham (1560-1634), bishop of Derry *Jenny Downham Jenny Downham (born 1964) is a British novelist and an ex-actress who has published four books. Career Her debut novel, '' Before I Die'', is the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukaemi ..., British novelist * John Downham (1571-1652), English clergyman * William Downham (1511–1577), bishop of Chester * E. E. Downham (1839-1921), American politician Other uses * Downham (1795 cricketer), an English cricketer * HMS Downham, a minesweeper {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham Market
Downham Market, sometimes simply referred to as Downham, is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and 30 miles north of Cambridge. The civil parish has an area of 1 E6 m², 5.2 km² and in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census had a population of 9,994 in 4,637 households. It was an agricultural centre, developing as a market for the produce of the Fens with a bridge across the Ouse. During the Middle Ages, it was famed for its butter market and also hosted a notable horse fair. The market is now held Fridays and Saturdays. Notable buildings in the town include its Middle Ages, medieval parish church, dedicated to Edmund the Martyr, St Edmund, and the Victorian era, Victorian clock tower, constructed in 1878. The town is also known as the place where Charles I of England, Charles I hid after the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Downham
William Downham (c. 1511 — 1577), otherwise known as William Downman, was Bishop of Chester early in the reign of Elizabeth I, having previously served as her domestic chaplain. Early life and priesthood Generally said to have been a native of Norfolk, Downham was probably born in 1511. He is first recorded as one of the Brothers of Penitence, a small Augustinian order based at Ashridge on the border of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. When the order's collegiate church fell victim to the Dissolution in 1539, he was pensioned and obtained admission to Exeter College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1541 and becoming a Fellow of Magdalen College in 1543. Five years later, he was appointed Rector of Datchworth, but, probably on account of having married during the reign of Edward VI, he was deprived of the parish following Queen Mary’s accession. His wife’s death may have been the circumstance that allowed his appointment to the vicarage of Edlesborough, near Ashridge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham, London
Downham is a district of South East Greater London, London, England, mainly within the London Borough of Lewisham. and partly within London Borough of Bromley. Downham was named in honour of Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham, Lord Downham, who was chairman of the London County Council between 1919 and 1920. The Prime Meridian passes just to the west of Downham. British Film-maker Luna Carmoon was raised in the area and made her first two shorts and her debut feature Hoard in the area. She refers to them as her Downham Trilogy'. History Origins of the Downham Estate Before 1920, the area had no houses, apart from a shooting range close to Rangefield Road and areas of farmland in the period around 1890. Some belonged to Holloway Farm and others to Shroffolds Farm. Following the First World War, local boroughs like Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, Deptford and Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, Bermondsey as well as the London County Council [LCC] felt it was essential to redu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Downham
Situated in the east of Cambridgeshire, the village of Little Downham is located north of the city of Ely. The Parish of Downham comprises Little Downham and Pymoor. It has an approximate population of 2660 with approximately 35 miles for footpaths around the parish. The population was measured at the 2021 Census as 3,028. It was one of only two sites in Cambridgeshire to be covered by the Survey of English Dialects. History In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is called ''Duneham''. At the time the Fens were mostly flooded, and the village is on a small rise of solid ground (visible today), so there may have been 'dunes' there. In a map from 1648 (above), 'Downham' is shown at the north-west edge of the Isle of Ely, hence its historic name of 'Downham-in-the-Isle'. Church The village's church, dedicated to St Leonard, dates back to the 12th century, though it has been considerably modified since and restored multiple times. Kelly's Directory, a British business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham, Lancashire
Downham is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is in the Ribble Valley district and at the United Kingdom 2001 census had a population of 156. The 2011 Census includes neighbouring Twiston giving a total for both parishes of 214. The village is on the north side of Pendle Hill off the A59 road about from Clitheroe. Much of the parish, including the village is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Rimington, Twiston, Worston, Chatburn and Sawley, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth. History The manor was originally granted to the de Dinelay family in the fourteenth century by Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. It ceased to be a part of the Honour of Clitheroe in 1558 when it was purchased by the Assheton family. It still remains in Assheton ownership today but was reincorporated into the Honour of Clitheroe in 1945 when Ralph Assheton, later 1st B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham (1795 Cricketer)
Downham may refer to: Places ;in England * Downham, Cambridgeshire, a civil parish **Little Downham *Downham, Essex *Downham, Lancashire *Downham, London, a district of south east London **Downham Estate, housing estate in Downham, London *Downham, a common name of Downham Market, Norfolk *Downham West, Norfolk *Downham, South Norfolk * Downham, Northumberland People with the surname *George Downham (1560-1634), bishop of Derry *Jenny Downham, British novelist * John Downham (1571-1652), English clergyman *William Downham William Downham (c. 1511 — 1577), otherwise known as William Downman, was Bishop of Chester early in the reign of Elizabeth I, having previously served as her domestic chaplain. Early life and priesthood Generally said to have been a nat ... (1511–1577), bishop of Chester * E. E. Downham (1839-1921), American politician Other uses * Downham (1795 cricketer), an English cricketer * HMS Downham, a minesweeper {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham Estate
The Downham Estate is a London County Council cottage estate in Downham, south east London. It is in the London Borough of Lewisham The Downham Estate provides an example of the programme of building council housing occurring in Britain between the First and Second The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of U ... World Wars. The estate was constructed between 1924 and 1930 to plans by the LCC architect George Topham Forrest. One of the first houses to be completed was ceremonially opened in 1927 by King George V. Among other similar developments around London (for example Becontree), it was developed to help alleviate the chronic shortage of housing in London, partly brought about by the complete cessation of building during World War I. It was intended to show what coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham West
Downham West is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk The parish is west of Norwich, south-south-west of King's Lynn and north of London. The nearest town is Downham Market which is north east of the parish. The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The parish of Downham West, in the 2001 census, has a population of 285, rising marginally to 286 at the Census 2011. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Description West Downham is a small Fenland parish in the west of the county of Norfolk. There is no village called West Downham within the parish, only a small hamlet which is called Salters Lode. The hamlet is strung out along the A1122 road that hugs the drains and the course of the Great Ouse river, and consist of a few isolated farms standing out in the Fen. The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham, Essex
Downham is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Hanningfield, in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England. It is located approximately south of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Rayleigh; however, the closest two towns are Billericay, west-south-west, and Wickford, south-east. In 1931, the parish had a population of 833. History There is evidence of Roman remains in the village suggesting it was originally of pre-Saxon origin, though it is not in the Domesday Book of 1086. The hilltop parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. The oldest section of the church is a 10ft by 11ft square redbrick tower from the late 15th or early 16th century. However, Christians have been recorded as worshipping on the site for over one thousand years. The nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham (born 1964) is a British novelist and an ex-actress who has published four books. Career Her debut novel, '' Before I Die'', is the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukaemia for four years. The book won the 2008 Branford Boase Award. It was short listed for the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year and nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize. In 2012 it was adapted into a film called ''Now Is Good'' and starred Dakota Fanning. Downham's second novel, '' You Against Me'', was published in December 2010. The book is a novel about family, loyalty, and the choices which we have to make. Her third novel, '' Unbecoming'', published in 2015, is a story of three generations of women and the uncovering of family secrets. Her fourth, ''Furious Thing'', published in October 2019, was shortlisted in the children's book category ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Downham
George Downame (—1634), otherwise known as George Downham, was an author of influential philosophical and religious works who served as Bishop of Derry during the early years of the Plantation of Ulster. He is said to have been a chaplain to both Elizabeth I and James I. Early life and education George Downame was a son of William Downame, Bishop of Chester, and an elder brother of John Downame. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in November 1581, graduated B.A. in 1584/5, obtained the further degree of B.D. in 1595, and was made D.D. in 1601. In the early 1580s he was, although a bishop's son, briefly a "zealous espouser of puritan principles" and it was only after "mature study" that he "heartily embraced episcopy". Career to 1601 Downame was elected a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1587 and shortly afterwards was chosen to be Professor of Logic at the University. Thomas Fuller considered "no man was then and there better skilled in Aristotle or a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Downham
John Downame (Downham) (1571–1652) was an English Puritan clergyman and theologian in London, who came to prominence in the 1640s, when he worked closely with the Westminster Assembly. He is now remembered for his writings. Life He was the younger son of William Downham, bishop of Chester, and younger brother of George Downame. He was born in Chester, and received his education at The King's School, Chester and Christ's College, Cambridge, as a member of which he subsequently proceeded B.D. On 4 August 1599 he was instituted to the vicarage of St Olave, Jewry, which he exchanged, 5 March 1601, for the rectory of St Margaret, Lothbury, then recently vacated by his brother George, but resigned in June 1618. He would seem to have lived unbeneficed until 30 November 1630, when he became rector of All-Hallows-the-Great, a living he held till his death. He was the first, says Thomas Fuller, who preached the Tuesday lectures in St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange. In 1640 he combined w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
