Downham noun1 •Ellipsis of Downham Market: a market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.The train carrying the body of King George VI from Wolferton to London approaching Downham, Norfolk, on February 11, headed by the standard class "7" 4-6-2 engine No. 70000, "Britannia" — 1952
