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, about 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) eastern from Gainsborough and 16 miles (26 km) south-west from Grimsby. The town is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse and also 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 little market community on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The community pushes the highway between Lincoln and also Grimsby, the A46 and is on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network. The place-name 'Market Rasen' is first testified in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa and also Resne. The name originates from the Old English ræsn meaning 'plank', as well as is believed to refer to 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 an uniform 19th-century redbrick appearance of mostly Georgian as well as Victorian style, centred on a market area with a middle ages church, restored in the 19th century. The River Rase moves via the community and is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and also Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and also Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is an auction of products and also generate, and on the very first Tuesday of every month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's community fire and also police station opened up December 2005. It is among the very first purpose-built combined fire and police stations in the UK. In 2011 it was one of the communities chosen for the Portas Review of small-town retailing organisation.
