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Downham (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Downham Hall, once the home of the Selwins, is now a girls' boarding school; the diplomat and poet, Matthew Prior, lived here in the 18th century. |
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| Downham (preferred,C,V)
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| Dona (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Duna (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Essex (county) (P) |
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Downham (inhabited place) (P) |
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