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Rasen (Market) in Lincoln County England History and GeographyRASEN (MARKET), a market town and parish in the southern division of the hundred of WALSHCROFT, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 12 miles (N.E.) from Lincoln, and 144 (N.) from London, containing 1166 inhabitants. This town is situated near the source of the river Ancholme, on a small stream, called the Rase, whence it derives its name, and has a very neat appearance: the surrounding country is beautiful and fertile. The market is on Tuesday; and a fair is held on the 25th of September. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £10, and in the patronage of the Crown: the incumbent is entitled to the tythe on ale brewed in this parish. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, is a commodious edifrce, with an embattled tower, the upper windows of which are of a curious form, having a pointed arch, divided into two pointed lights, and a quatrefoil head; a strong mullion runs up the centre, crossed by a transom, terminating at the imposts. On the south side of the tower is a representation of Adam and Eve under a fruit tree, on the trunk of which is the dart of death. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists, also a Roman Catholic chapel. A National school was erected in 1822, at which period the revenue of the free grammar school, of unknown foundation, amounting to £25 per annum, was appropriated towards its support. Sir George St. Paul, of Snarford, having bequeathed £40 per annum, arising out of lands, for the support of eight poor bachelors or widowers, three of whom must be of this parish, and £100 towards the erection of an almshouse for them, the design was carried into effect by his widow, afterwards Countess of Warwick, who, at her own cost, furnished eight apartments, besides a chamber for the sick. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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