Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a town as well as civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it eastern to west, roughly 13 miles (21 km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) east from Gainsborough and 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-west from Grimsby. The community is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse and being close to the epicentre of a 2008 earthquake. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,904. Market Rasen is a small market community on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The community rests on the main road between Lincoln and also Grimsby, the A46 as well as gets on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network. The place-name 'Market Rasen' is first proved in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa and also Resne. The name stems from the Old English ræsn definition 'plank', as well as is believed to refer to a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Initially "Rasen", as it is recognized locally, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The town centre has an uniform 19th-century redbrick appearance of generally Georgian and also Victorian design, centred on a market area with a middle ages church, restored in the 19th century. The River Rase flows with the community and is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge as well as Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is a public auction of products and also produce, and on the initial Tuesday of on a monthly basis, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's community fire as well as police headquarters opened December 2005. It is among the initial purpose-built consolidated fire and also police stations in the UK. In 2011 it was just one of the communities picked for the Portas Evaluation of sectarian retailing business.
