Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a community as well as civil parish within the West Lindsey area of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase goes through it eastern to west, about 13 miles (21 km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29 km) eastern from Gainsborough as well as 16 miles (26 km) south-west from Grimsby. The community is understood for Market Rasen Racecourse as well as 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 community on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The town lies on the highway 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 stems from the Old English ræsn significance 'plank', and is thought 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 town centre has an uniform 19th-century redbrick look of primarily Georgian and Victorian architecture, centred on a market area with a medieval church, brought back in the 19th century. The River Rase flows 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 products as well as create, and also on the first Tuesday of each month, a farmers' market. Every Friday the Women's Institute holds a country market. Market Rasen's neighborhood fire as well as police station opened December 2005. It is one of the very first purpose-built consolidated fire as well as police headquarters in the UK. In 2011 it was among the communities picked for the Portas Evaluation of sectarian selling service.
