Market Rasen
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Market Rasen is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey
district of Lincolnshire
, England
. It lies on the River Rase 13.8 miles (22 km) northeast of Lincoln
, 18 miles (29 km) east of Gainsborough
and 16.3 miles (26 km) southwest of Grimsby
. According to the 2001 census
, it has a population of 3,200.
. The town lies on the main road between Lincoln
and Grimsby
, the A46
, and is also on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network
.
The town centre has a homogeneous 19th century red brick appearance of mainly Georgian
and Victorian architecture
, centred around an active market place dominated by a medieval church albeit much "restored" in the 19th century.
The town is known for its racecourse
, as well as its rugby and golf clubs.
The River Rase flows through the town and can be crossed via Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and Crane Bridge. The town apparently takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon
version of this name, meaning "plank".
Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Additionally, on each Tuesday there is an auction
of goods and produce, and on the first Tuesday of every month there is a farmers' market
. Also every Friday, the WI holds a "country market".
Market Rasen is twinned with the town of Mamers
, in the Sarthe
region of Pays de la Loire
, France
.
Market Rasen's community fire and police station (opened December, 2005) is one of the first purpose built combined fire and police station
s in the UK. The former police station was built in 1849 and was the third oldest police station still in operational use in the country.
The town has its own newspaper, the weekly Market Rasen Mail
, which was founded in 1856. It is published by Johnston Press
.
and Middle Rasen
, and is now by far the largest of the three.
is De Aston School
, a rural co-educational 11-18 comprehensive
with approximately 1,300 pupils, both day pupils and 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. Until recently, the school's foundation governors also owned the chapel at the site of the charity's almshouses at Spital-on-the-Street, a few miles away to the west.
Located within the Market Rasen area are several primary schools: Market Rasen Church of England
, Middle Rasen School and Pre-school, and others at Osgodby, Faldingworth and Legsby. Market Rasen Church of England Primary School is near to the centre of the town. It was built in the 1930s and was a secondary school until 1974, when the primary school moved to the site. The school logo is the Wagtail. Each of the classes are named after British birds such as the Wren, Robin and Kestrel. The school currently has 266 pupils ranging from 4–11 years old.
Middle Rasen school is within 1 miles (1.6 km) of Market Rasen town centre. It is a village school with four classes and around 90 pupils, and provides for out of school film and drama clubs, and traditional sports activities.
Middle Rasen Nursery, although independent, is situated on the site of the school to provide progression to full time education. The nursery site also provides out of school hours care for children attending Middle Rasen School.
, struck at 00:56 47.8s at a depth of 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) 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 biggest recorded example in the United Kingdom
since the 1984 Lleyn Peninsula earthquake
struck North Wales
, measuring 5.4M.
West Lindsey
West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...
district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It lies on the River Rase 13.8 miles (22 km) northeast of Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, 18 miles (29 km) east of Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...
and 16.3 miles (26 km) southwest of Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
. According to the 2001 census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, it has a population of 3,200.
Description
Market Rasen is a small market town on the edge of the Lincolnshire WoldsLincolnshire Wolds
The Lincolnshire Wolds is a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent...
. The town lies on the main road between Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
and Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
, the A46
A46 road
The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...
, and is also on National Cycle Route 1 (part of EuroVelo 12) of the National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle routes in the United Kingdom.The National Cycle Network was created by the charity Sustrans , and aided by a £42.5 million National Lottery grant. In 2005 it was used for over 230 million trips.Many routes hope to minimise contact with motor...
.
The town centre has a homogeneous 19th century red brick appearance of mainly Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
and Victorian architecture
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
, centred around an active market place dominated by a medieval church albeit much "restored" in the 19th century.
The town is known for its racecourse
Market Rasen Racecourse
Market Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England.The course is a right-handed oval with a circumference of around one-and-a-quarter miles...
, as well as its rugby and golf clubs.
The River Rase flows through the town and can be crossed via Jameson Bridge, Caistor Road Bridge and Crane Bridge. The town apparently takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
version of this name, meaning "plank".
Market days are Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Additionally, on each Tuesday there is an auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
of goods and produce, and on the first Tuesday of every month there is a farmers' market
Farmers' market
A farmers' market consists of individual vendors—mostly farmers—who set up booths, tables or stands, outdoors or indoors, to sell produce, meat products, fruits and sometimes prepared foods and beverages...
. Also every Friday, the WI holds a "country market".
Market Rasen is twinned with the town of Mamers
Mamers
Mamers is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.The neighboring communes are: Commerveil, Saint-Longis, Saint-Rémy-des-Monts, Origny-le-Roux, Suré....
, in the Sarthe
Sarthe
Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...
region of Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire is one of the 27 regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful so-called "balancing metropolises" ¹...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Market Rasen's community fire and police station (opened December, 2005) is one of the first purpose built combined fire and police station
Police station
A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...
s in the UK. The former police station was built in 1849 and was the third oldest police station still in operational use in the country.
The town has its own newspaper, the weekly Market Rasen Mail
Market Rasen Mail
Market Rasen Mail is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England and the surrounding area.It was founded in 1856 by Richard Hackett , the son of a local farmer. At the age of 18, Richard Hacket was working as an apprentice to a printer in Queen Street, Market Rasen...
, which was founded in 1856. It is published by Johnston Press
Johnston Press
Johnston Press plc is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its flagship titles are The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post; it also operates many other newspapers around the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man. It is the second-largest publisher...
.
History
Originally, "Rasen", as it is known locally, was called "East Rasen" and also "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen". With the coming of the railway in 1848 Little Rasen quickly outgrew its neighbours WestWest Rasen
West Rasen is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about west of Market Rasen.The parish church is a grade I listed building dedicated to All Saints, dating from the 11th century, and built from ironstone....
and Middle Rasen
Middle Rasen
Middle Rasen is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, located about west of the town of Market Rasen...
, and is now by far the largest of the three.
Education
The only secondary schoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
is De Aston School
De Aston School
De Aston School is a voluntary controlled, mixed comprehensive school in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England with a sixth form college and boarding house. The school has a broad Christian ethos but accommodates those of other faiths or no faith.-Admissions:...
, a rural co-educational 11-18 comprehensive
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
with approximately 1,300 pupils, both day pupils and boarders. It was founded in 1863 as a small grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
as part of a legal settlement following a court case involving funds from the medieval charity of Thomas de Aston, a 13th century monk. Until recently, the school's foundation governors also owned the chapel at the site of the charity's almshouses at Spital-on-the-Street, a few miles away to the west.
Located within the Market Rasen area are several primary schools: Market Rasen Church of England
Christian school
A Christian school is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization.The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country, according to the religious, educational, and political cultures...
, Middle Rasen School and Pre-school, and others at Osgodby, Faldingworth and Legsby. Market Rasen Church of England Primary School is near to the centre of the town. It was built in the 1930s and was a secondary school until 1974, when the primary school moved to the site. The school logo is the Wagtail. Each of the classes are named after British birds such as the Wren, Robin and Kestrel. The school currently has 266 pupils ranging from 4–11 years old.
Middle Rasen school is within 1 miles (1.6 km) of Market Rasen town centre. It is a village school with four classes and around 90 pupils, and provides for out of school film and drama clubs, and traditional sports activities.
Middle Rasen Nursery, although independent, is situated on the site of the school to provide progression to full time education. The nursery site also provides out of school hours care for children attending Middle Rasen School.
February 2008 earthquake
On 27 February 2008, a significant earthquake occurred, centred on the neighbouring parish of Middle Rasen, approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Market Rasen. The earthquake, which according to the British Geological Survey measured 5.2 on the Richter ScaleRichter magnitude scale
The expression Richter magnitude scale refers to a number of ways to assign a single number to quantify the energy contained in an earthquake....
, struck at 00:56 47.8s at a depth of 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) and was felt across much of the UK from Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
to Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
and as far away as Bangor
Bangor, County Down
Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status...
in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
and Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
The 10-second quake was the biggest recorded example in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
since the 1984 Lleyn Peninsula earthquake
1984 Lleyn Peninsula earthquake
The 1984 Llŷn Peninsula earthquake struck the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-west Wales on 19 July 1984 at 06:56 UTC . It measured 5.4 on the Richter scale, and is the largest known onshore earthquake to occur in the UK since instrumental measurements began. The effects were felt throughout...
struck North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
, measuring 5.4M.
Notable people
- Bernie TaupinBernie TaupinBernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...
, Elton JohnElton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
's lyricist, married in the town in 1971. It is reported that Elton Johns song 'Saturday Nights Alright (for Fighting)' was written by Bernie following his experiences and knowledge of local public house The Aston Arms. - Rod TempertonRod TempertonRodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton is an English songwriter, record producer and musician most famous for writing a number of songs performed by Michael Jackson, including the title track of Jackson's Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time.-Biography:As Temperton remembers music was in his bones...
, a De Aston pupil, wrote the title track on the second biggest selling album.
See also
- Market Rasen railway stationMarket Rasen railway stationMarket Rasen railway station serves the town of Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, England. It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, with the opening of the line, in 1848. The station was substantial structure with an overall roof below which all the usual station facilities...
- Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction RailwayGreat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction RailwayThe Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway was an early British railway company which existed between 1845 and 1847 with the intention of providing rail services between Grimsby, New Holland and Gainsborough in the county of Lincolnshire...
- Market Rasen RacecourseMarket Rasen RacecourseMarket Rasen Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the town of Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, England.The course is a right-handed oval with a circumference of around one-and-a-quarter miles...