Norfolk: Downham West

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Downham West is about 16 miles S. of King's Lynn.
It is also known as West Downham.
It is a civil parish (not an ecclesiastical parish), created in 1896 from the western, rural, part of Downham Market.
It contained only a small hamlet called Salter's Lode.
See also Denver, Downham Market, Stow Bardolph and Wimbotsham.

Cemeteries

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Census

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Church Directories

There is no parish church.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1896 and 1930 (and for the census in 1901), Downham West was in Downham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Downham West and Salter's Lode: Description and history.
Salter's Lode Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Pigot's, Kelly's and White's Directories 1830-1933

Historical Geography

Downham West is in Clackclose Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
Description of Clackclose Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1896 Downham West became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.

Schools

Salter's Lode: Salter's Lode School Log book 1936-1959.
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Voting Registers

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