Market Rasen Mail
{{Short description|Newspaper in England}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Market Rasen Mail
| logo =
| image = Market Rasen Mail logo.jpg
| type = Weekly newspaper
| owners = National World
| founder = Richard Hackett
| foundation = 1856
| circulation = 643
| circulation_date = 2023
| circulation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9590 |title= Market Rasen Mail |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=18 May 2024}}
| website = {{URL|lincolnshireworld.com}}
}}
The Market Rasen Mail is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England and the surrounding area.
History
It was founded in 1856 by Richard Hackett (1823 – 1892), the son of a local farmer.FreeReg. Baptism Registers. Available online: [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Baptisms&RecordID=6284144 baptism record]. Last accessed 5 Nov 2011 At the age of 18 Hacket was working as an apprentice to a printer in Queen Street, Market Rasen.Office for National Statistics, London. Census - England & Wales – 1841. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey: HO107/642; Book 7; Folio 37; Page 15 (Lincolnshire, Market Rasen, Enumeration District 2, page 15). After a period as a bookseller in London,Office for National Statistics, London. Census - England & Wales – 1851. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey: HO107/1605; Folio 64; Page 24 (Surrey, Richmond, Enumeration District 2b, page 24). he returned to Market Rasen to establish the Market Rasen Weekly Mail and Lincolnshire Advertiser. The first edition was published on 20 September 1856.Market Rasen Mail (2011), ‘Mail delivered centenary news’, 4 May, page 4.
File:Office of the Market Rasen Mail probably in the 1890s.jpg
In about 1870 the newspaper was sold to Thomas Hulme Whittingham. Whittingham edited the paper and installed new printing equipment in his premises on Queen Street. After his death his widow and sons ran the paper until Thomas Baty was taken on as editor in 1905. In 1915 ownership was transferred to the new company Whittingham & Baty Ltd. Baty was succeeded as editor by E. W. Chapman and then C. E. Sharpe.{{cite journal |last1=Sharpe |first1=Teddy |title=The Story of The Mail |journal=The Market Rasen Mail |date=12 May 1956}}
In 1947 the Mail was bought by the editor Charles Edward "Teddy" Sharpe, who remained associated with the title until he died in 1983. He modernised the business, replacing the Victorian printing presses and expanded it by buying the Horncastle News and the printing company Mortons of Horncastle. In 2001 the Mail was bought by Johnston Press.{{cite web|title=2000 - present|url=http://www.mortons.co.uk/dates.html|work=About Mortons - Company dates|publisher=Mortons of Horncastle Ltd|accessdate=21 October 2013|quote=2001 – Mortons takes the radical step of moving away from local publishing and, in February, sells its Lincolnshire Independent Newspaper group to Johnston Press.}}
=2008 Earthquake=
One of the biggest stories reported by the paper was the 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale, when Market Rasen was at the epicentre. Reporters responded with a multi-media package of articles, videos, eye-witness accounts and reader submissions.{{cite news|last=Steed|first=Michael|title=NEW VIDEO: Massive earthquake hits Rasen|url=http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/local/new-video-massive-earthquake-hits-rasen-1-1177755|accessdate=21 October 2013|newspaper=Market Rasen Mail|date=27 February 2008}} and subsequent updates on the same site
References
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External links
- [http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/ Market Rasen Mail Homepage]
Category:Mass media in Lincolnshire
Category:Newspapers established in 1856
Category:1856 establishments in England