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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 front facing the street is on a plinth, and has a coped gable forming a pediment, chamfered quoins, lintel bands, two storeys and an attic, and two bays. The windows are sashes, and in the tympanum of the pediment is an oeil-de-boeuf with keystones. In the right return is a bow window and a conservatory porch. [35] [37] II: The Cottage ...
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.
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 later also accommodated the local horse drawn fire engine. [4] In 1826, local municipal activities relocated to Bakewell Market Hall in Bridge Street. [5]
The DE postcode area, also known as the Derby postcode area, [2] is a group of 23 postcode districts in central England, within 11 post towns.These cover south and central Derbyshire (including Derby, Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Heanor, Ilkeston, Matlock, Ripley and Swadlincote), parts of east Staffordshire (including Burton upon Trent) and north-west Leicestershire, and very small ...
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All Saints' Church, Bakewell. The church was founded in 920, during Anglo-Saxon times and the churchyard has two 9th-century crosses. During restoration work, in the 1840s, many carved fragments of Anglo-Saxon stonework were found in and around the porch, as well as some ancient stone coffins.
Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of the incumbent Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as "the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period". [3]