Market Rasen

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 ræsn meaning 'plank', and is thought to refer to a plank bridge. The river name 'Rase' is a back-formation.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.381.

Originally "Rasen", as it is known locally, was called "East Rasen", "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen".

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In the 19th 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.{{cite book|title= Treading the Boards |author= Neil R Wright|publisher= SLHA|year= 2016|page= 203}}

The Corn Exchange was designed by Henry Goddard and completed in 1854.{{NHLE|desc=Corn Exchange|num=1309121|access-date=10 June 2023}}

Market Rasen's community fire and police station opened in December 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/work-begins-on-joint-police-and-fire-station-in-lincolnshire/|title=Work begins on joint police and fire station in Lincolnshire|date=6 May 2005|publisher=Police Professional|access-date=10 June 2023}}

Market Rasen is served by a railway station which opened in 1848. {{cite web|url=https://www.marketrasenheritagetour.co.uk/stories/railway/|title= How the railway opened up new horizons.|publisher=Market Rasen Heritage Tour|access-date=1 April 2024}}

The River Rase flows through the town and crosses Waterloo Street at Crane Bridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-02/Part%201%20Strategic%20Flood%20Risk%20Assessment%20July%202009%20Main%20Text.pdf|page=71|title=West Lindsey Strategic Flood Risk Assessment|publisher=West Lindsey Council|date=1 July 2009|access-date=10 June 2023}}

In 2011, it was one of the towns chosen for the Portas Review of small-town retailing businesses.[http://www.maryportas.com/portaspilots/ Portas Pilots] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220072335/http://www.maryportas.com/portaspilots/ |date=20 December 2012 }}

Market Rasen's secondary school is De Aston School, a co-educational 11–18 former comprehensive school now an academy member with approximately 1,300 pupils, including day pupils and formerly boarders.{{Cite web |title=De Aston School - GOV.UK |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136491 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Market Rasen De Aston School - GOV.UK |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/120663 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=De Aston School - Heritage |url=https://deastonschool.co.uk/school/heritage/heritage.html |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=deastonschool.co.uk}}

The main primary school is the Market Rasen Church of England Primary School.{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/120577|title=The Market Rasen Church of England Primary School|publisher=Gov.uk|access-date=10 June 2023}}

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On 27 February 2008, a significant earthquake had its epicentre approximately {{convert|2.5|mi|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 {{convert|11.6|mi|km}}

[http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/market_rasen_27022008.htm Seismic Alert: Market Rasen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302190223/http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/market_rasen_27022008.htm |date=2 March 2008 }}, British Geological Survey, 27 February 2008 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.

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The 10-second quake was the largest recorded example in the United Kingdom since the 1984 Llŷn Peninsula earthquake struck North Wales, measuring 5.4.

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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.

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. {{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Belmont|title=Belmont (Lincolnshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=4 October 2023}}

The town newspaper is the weekly Market Rasen Mail, which was founded in 1856.Market Rasen Mail (2011), ‘Mail delivered centenary news’, 4 May, page 4.

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire on 102.2 FM, DAB radio station, Hits Radio Lincolnshire and County Linx Radio, a community online station.{{Cite web |url=https://lincolnshire.org/radio-lincolnshire-find-your-local-station/|title=Radio Lincolnshire - Find Your Local Station |access-date=4 October 2023}}

• The evangelist Ann Carr was born here in 1783
• Bernie Taupin, lyricist and long-term collaborator with Elton John spent his teenage years here
• Philip Oakes{{cite news|last=18 December 2005|first=31 January 1928-|title=Philip Oakes|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/philip-oakes-86q6qz0zfs0|access-date=28 December 2020|issn=0140-0460}} journalist, author and poet died here in 2005
• Jim Broadbent, actor grew up in nearby Holton cum Beckering
• Rod Temperton, hit songwriter for Michael Jackson was at school here
• Philippa Lowthorpe, television director was at school here
• Gordon White, co-founder of Hanson plc grew up here
• Simon Marsden, photographer & baronet lived in the Lincolnshire Wolds nearby
• Roger Scruton, philosopher born in nearby Buslingthorpe
• Harriet Bibby, actress best known for appearing in Coronation Street was born here

• Market Rasen railway station
• Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
• Market Rasen Racecourse
• Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen

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