Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a community and civil parish within the West Lindsey area 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 as well as 16 miles (26 km) south-west from Grimsby. The community is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse and 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 small market town on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The community rests on the main road between Lincoln and Grimsby, the A46 as well as gets 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 as well as Resne. The name derives from the Old English ræsn significance 'plank', as well as is thought to describe a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation. Initially "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 primarily Georgian and Victorian design, centred on a market place with a medieval church, recovered in the 19th century. The River Rase streams through the town and also is crossed by Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge as well as Crane Bridge. Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and also Saturdays. On each Tuesday there is an auction of goods and create, and on the very first Tuesday of every month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a country market. Market Rasen's community fire as well as police headquarters opened up December 2005. It is one of the first purpose-built combined fire and police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was just one of the towns selected for the Portas Testimonial of sectarian retailing service.
