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BakewellBakewell is a small market town in Derbyshire, England. It is the only town in the Peak District. It is located on the River Wye, about thirteen miles (21 km) southwest of Sheffield, close to the tourist attractions of Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall. It is well known for the local confection, Bakewell Pudding (often incorrectly called Bakewell Tart). Villages near Bakewell include Ashford-in-the-Water, Elton, Monyash, Over Haddon, Sheldon, Rowsley and Youlgreave. History Although there is evidence of earlier settlements in the area, Bakewell itself was probably founded in Saxon times. The church, which was founded in 920, has a 9th century cross in the churchyard. The present church was constructed in the 12th and 13th centuries but was virtually rebuilt in the 1840s. By Norman times Bakewell had gained some importance—the town, and its church (having two priests) being mentioned in the Domesday Book. The five-arched bridge over the River Wye at Bakewell that was constructed in the 13th century is one of the few surviving remnants of this earlier period. The small town grew after an eighteenth century bid to make it a spa town, in the manner of Buxton. The construction of the Lumford Mill by Richard Arkwright in 1777 was followed by the rebuilding of much of the town in the 19th century
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