Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Market Rasen

Market Rasen, market town and par., Lincolnshire, on river Rasen, 13½ miles NE. of Lincoln and 144 N. of London by rail, 1220 ac., pop. 2612; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Tuesday. Market Rasen has a stock market every second Tuesday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Market Rasen Parish       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Market Rasen

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