๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Market Rasen is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately 13 miles (21ย km) north-east from Lincoln, 18 miles (29ย km) east from Gainsborough, 14 miles (23 km) west of Louth and 16 miles (26ย km) south-west from Grimsby. It lies on the main road between Lincoln and Grimsby, the A46 and is on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network.
The town is known for Market Rasen Racecourse.
History The place-name 'Market Rasen' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rase, Rasa, and Resne. The name derives from the Old English rรฆsn meaning 'plank', and is thought to refer to a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation.
Originally "Rasen", as it is known locally, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen".
In the 19thย century, touring theatrical companies performed in theatres in the town. David Grose opened 'a very neat and comfortable theatre' in 1834. In May 1844, the Giffords performed in the town.
The Corn Exchange was designed by Henry Goddard and completed in 1854.
Market Rasen's community fire and police station opened in December 2005.
Geography The River Rase flows through the town and crosses Waterloo Street at Crane Bridge.
In 2011, it was one of the towns chosen for the Portas Review of small-town retailing businesses.
Education Market Rasen's secondary school is De Aston School, a co-educational 11โ18 former comprehensive school now an academy member with approximately 1,300 pupils, including day pupils and formerly boarders. It was founded in 1863 as a small grammar school as part of a legal settlement following a court case involving funds from the medieval charity of Thomas de Aston, a 13th-century monk.
The main primary school is the Market Rasen Church of England Primary School.
February 2008 earthquake On 27 February 2008, a significant earthquake had its epicentre approximately 2.5 miles (4.0ย km) north-west of Market Rasen, near the neighbouring parish of Middle Rasen. The earthquake, which according to the British Geological Survey measured 5.2 on the Richter Scale, struck at a depth of 11.6 miles (18.7ย km) and was felt across much of the UK from Edinburgh to Plymouth, and as far away as Bangor in Northern Ireland and Haarlem in the Netherlands. The 10-second quake was the largest recorded example in the United Kingdom since the 1984 Llลทn Peninsula earthquake struck North Wales, measuring 5.4. There were no recorded local injuries and only one recorded injury elsewhere in the UK, in South Yorkshire, when a chimney was dislodged from a house roof, falling down through the house's roof and landing on the male resident, who was in bed at the time, causing a broken pelvis.
Media: Local Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from the nearby Belmont TV transmitter.
The town newspaper is the weekly Market Rasen Mail, which was founded in 1856.
Local radio stations are BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire on 102.2 FM, DAB radio station, Lincs FM and County Linx Radio, a community online station.
Market Rasen has a population of over 3,904 people. Market Rasen also forms part of the wider West Lindsey District which has a population of over 95,667 people. It is also a part of the larger Lincolnshire County. Market Rasen is situated 29 km east of Gainsborough.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Market Rasen has links with:
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Locations Near: Market Rasen -0.31048,53.3817
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Antipodal to: Market Rasen 179.69,-53.382
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