Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a community and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase goes through it east to west, about 13 miles (21 km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) eastern from Gainsborough and also 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-west from Grimsby. The town is known 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 town on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The town pushes the highway in between Lincoln as well as Grimsby, the A46 and also is on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network. The place-name 'Market Rasen' is first attested 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', and is believed to refer to a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Initially "Rasen", as it is known in your area, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The town centre has an uniform 19th-century redbrick look of generally Georgian as well as Victorian design, centred on a market location with a middle ages church, recovered in the 19th century. The River Rase moves through the community and is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is an auction of goods and generate, and on the initial Tuesday of every month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's area fire as well as police headquarters opened up December 2005. It is among the very first purpose-built consolidated fire as well as police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was among the communities selected for the Portas Testimonial of sectarian selling company.