Saint Edmund, Downham Market, Norfolk

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Should you have any further Vintage Pictures of Downham Market
which you would like added to this website, please contact Fr. James Mather


St Edmund's, c.1890.  Note:  details of the 1872-3 refurbishment:
uncanopied pulpit, no Rood Screen, and pinnacled High Altar Reredos.
St Edmund's, c.1890. Note: details of the 1872-3 refurbishment: uncanopied pulpit, no Rood Screen, and pinnacled High Altar Reredos.

St Edmund's, c.1914.  Note:  details of the 1912-13 refurbishment: 
new canopied Pulpit and Rood Screen, different High Altar Reredos.
St Edmund's, c.1914. Note: details of the 1912-13 refurbishment: new canopied Pulpit and Rood Screen, different High Altar Reredos.

Cannon Square, with St Edmund's overlooking, c 1906
Cannon Square, with St Edmund's overlooking, c 1906

The view along the Church Avenue, c.1903.  (We still have the right-hand row of lime trees, pollarded in 2006 to help keep them going.)
The view along the Church Avenue, c.1903. (We still have the right-hand row of lime trees, pollarded in 2006 to help keep them going.)

The old Rectory (demolished 1962) and garden, c.1900.
The old Rectory (demolished 1962) and garden, c.1900.

The (old) Market Place and Town Hall, c.1950.  Note :  the clock's original
 dark colour, the old pump, and the Town Hall's roof cupola.
The (old) Market Place and Town Hall, c.1950. Note : the clock's original dark colour, the old pump, and the Town Hall's roof cupola.

High Street, looking north from the Priory Road junction, c.1905.
High Street, looking north from the Priory Road junction, c.1905.

Salamaca House, Ryston End (Court House on the left) c.1920.
Salamaca House, Ryston End (Court House on the left) c.1920.

The Union Workhouse (1836-1968) c.1907.
The Union Workhouse (1836-1968) c.1907.