Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a community and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, around 13 miles (21 km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) eastern from Gainsborough and 16 miles (26 km) south-west from Grimsby. The community is known for Market Rasen Racecourse as well as 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 tiny market town on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The town pushes the highway in between Lincoln and 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 originates from the Old English ræsn meaning 'slab', and also is believed to describe a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Originally "Rasen", as it is understood in your area, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The community centre has a homogeneous 19th-century redbrick look of generally Georgian as well as Victorian architecture, centred on a market area with a middle ages church, recovered in the 19th century. The River Rase flows with the town and also 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 products and also create, and on the very first Tuesday of each month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's area fire and police station opened up December 2005. It is among the initial purpose-built mixed fire and also police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was one of the communities selected for the Portas Testimonial of small-town retailing business.
