Market Rasen No. 2 / East Rasen / Little Rasen / Rasa / Rase / Rasen Parva / Resne
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church dates from the 12th century onwards and consists of a western tower, nave with north and south aisles, chancel, north Lady Chapel, south vestry, and south porch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2016 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/24410097384] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2016 by Jules & Jenny [w78914786@N06/24410082114] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 May 2018 [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5917062] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21925MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Thomas the Apostle
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas the Apostle
Church Location: The Rectory, 3B Caistor Rd, Market Rasen LN8 3HY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1673 844770
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Market Rasen is located off the A46-A631-B1202 junction, 21 km NE of Lincoln, 26 SW of Grimsby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Walshcroft
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
There are ten entries for [Market, Middle and West] Rasen in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF1089/market-middle-and-west-rasen/] [accessed 25 December 2018]; one of the ten, in the lordship of Wadard and chief tenancy of Odo, bishop of Bayeux, in 1086, reports "1 church. 0.12 church lands" in it" [NB: these ten survey entries refer to the different -Market, Middle and West- Rasens as "In Rasa" or "In Rase" or "In altera Rase" witout individual identification]. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note a modern font of 1963 by Lawrence Bond in this church. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF1065089227] notes: "12C, 14C and 15C with 19C alterations. [...] Late Norman south doorway with thin shafts and 3 rolls in the round arch, sheltered by deep gabled porch. Nave and chancel c. 1300 with Perpendicular west doorway and east window. Tower c. 1405. All heavily restored in 1862 by the Diocesan Architect James Fowler." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.3883,
-0.337705
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 23′ 17.88″ N,
0° 20′ 15.74″ W
UTM: 30U 677042 5918770
