Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a community and also civil parish within the West Lindsey area of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase goes through it east to west, around 13 miles (21 kilometres) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) east 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 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 community rests on the highway in between Lincoln and Grimsby, the A46 and gets 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 looks like Rase, Rasa and Resne. The name originates from the Old English ræsn meaning 'plank', and is thought 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 community centre has an uniform 19th-century redbrick look of primarily Georgian and also Victorian style, centred on a market place with a medieval church, restored in the 19th century. The River Rase streams through the town 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 a public auction of items and also generate, and also on the very first Tuesday of on a monthly basis, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a country market. Market Rasen's area fire and also police headquarters opened up December 2005. It is among the very first purpose-built consolidated fire and also police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was among the communities picked for the Portas Review of sectarian retailing company.
