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Bakewell is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, known for Bakewell pudding. It lies on the River Wye , 15 miles (23 km) south-west of Sheffield .
The first town hall in Bakewell was the old town hall in King Street which dated back to the early 17th century. [1] [2] In 1827, petty session hearings and other municipal activities moved to Bakewell Market Hall in Bridge Street. [3] [4] By the late 19th century, the local board of health considered the market hall inadequate.
Bakewell Market Hall is a historic building in the town of Bakewell, in Derbyshire, in England. The building was constructed in about 1600 as the town's market hall. Originally, the ground floor was partly open to the street, and the upper floor may have been timber framed. It was altered in the 18th century, with the ground floor arcade filled in.
The assembly room served as a town hall and courtroom, accommodating the petty sessions and the quarter sessions, while the lower floor accommodated St John's Hospital. In 1709, the hospital was relocated to new almshouses in South Church Street, and the old town hall was altered. The ground floor continued to be used as a buttermarket, but ...
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Bakewell is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains over 180 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, six are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest ...
Monsal Trail over Monsal Head Viaduct. The White Peak Loop is a 60-mile (97 km) route for walking, cycling and horse riding in the Peak District of England. The trail combines sections of the High Peak Trail and the Monsal Trail with linking sections through the towns of Buxton, Bakewell and Matlock.
Sheldon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, near Bakewell. It is best known for being the closest village to Magpie Mine, a lead mine with an engine house built in the Cornish style. Lead mining flourished around here in the 18th and 19th centuries.