Market Rasen

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Map sources for Market Rasen at grid reference TF108891

Market Rasen is a town in Lincolnshire, England within West Lindsey district. It is known for its racecourse, rugby club, golf club and has a population of about 3,000 people. It lies just off the A46, between Grimsby and Lincoln.

The local shops are currently under threat due to a Tesco store opening in Market Rasen.

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".

In the past, "Rasen", as it is known locally, was also called "East Rasen" and also "Rasen Parva" or "Little Rasen".

The centre of the town has a homogenous 19th century red brick appearance, centered around an active Market place dominated by a decent medieval church - much "restored" in the 19th century.

The only Secondary school is De Aston, a successful rural co-educational 11-18 Comprehensive with approximately 1,100 pupils. 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.