Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a community as well as civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it eastern to west, around 13 miles (21 km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 kilometres) east from Gainsborough and also 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-west from Grimsby. The community 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 tiny market community on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The community pushes the highway in between Lincoln and 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 confirmed in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa and also Resne. The name originates from the Old English ræsn definition 'plank', and also is thought 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 and Victorian style, centred on a market location with a middle ages church, recovered in the 19th century. The River Rase moves through the town and is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and also Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is an auction of goods and produce, as well as on the first Tuesday of each month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's area fire as well as police station opened up December 2005. It is one of the very first purpose-built consolidated fire and also police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was among the towns picked for the Portas Testimonial of sectarian selling company.
