Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a town and also civil parish within the West Lindsey area of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase goes through it eastern to west, about 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 kilometres) eastern from Gainsborough and also 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 quake. 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 community lies on the main road in 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 confirmed in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa and also Resne. The name derives from the Old English ræsn meaning 'plank', and also is believed to describe a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Initially "Rasen", as it is recognized in your area, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". The town centre has an uniform 19th-century redbrick appearance of mainly Georgian as well as Victorian design, centred on a market location with a medieval church, brought back in the 19th century. The River Rase flows via 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 items as well as create, and on the first Tuesday of on a monthly basis, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a nation market. Market Rasen's area fire and police headquarters opened December 2005. It is just one of the initial purpose-built mixed fire as well as police stations in the UK. In 2011 it was one of the communities selected for the Portas Review of small-town selling business.