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BakewellBakewell Bakewell is a busy market town in the heart of the Peak District, Derbyshire and is an ideal place from which to visit the beauties of the surrounding area. The largest town in the Peak District National Park, Bakewell is best known for a confection made by mistake. In the 19th century a cook at the Rutland Arms was baking a jam tart but misunderstood the recipe and so Bakewell Pudding was created. Now almost every visitor to Bakewell samples this culinary delight.  The fine spire of All Saint's Church looks down on the town, where there are some grand old houses, notably the Market Hall, The Old Town Hall and the Almshouses on South Church Street. Bakewell earns a mention in the Domesday Book, calling the town ‘Badequella’, meaning Bath-Well, referring to the warm springs of the area. In 924, under the rule of Edward the Elder, the Saxons ordered a fortified borough to be built . The church originates from 920 and stands high on the hillside where the town originally started. It has both Norman and Saxon stonework but belongs more to its 13th century rebuild as well as the extensive renovation undergone in the 1840’s. The church holds many monuments including those to the Vernon family, who owned the town of Bakewell from 1502 before passing it on to the Manners family in 1567. Other notable places to visit include the Old House Museum, the Old Town Hall and the Rutland Arms Hotel, where Jane Austen is said to have stayed around 1811, and which she mentioned in her novel, Pride and Prejudice. There is a wide variety of shops, pubs, restaurants and places to stay in and around the town and plenty of places that you can buy the famous Bakewell pudding. The ancient five arched bridge is much painted by artists, upstream from this is the ancient packhorse bridge near Holme Hall. New buildings in the 1990’s have generated much interest, including the Agricultural Business Centre, which replaced the old cattle market that dominated the centre of the town for over 600 years. Town Website-Bakewell Online View Larger Map Recommended Walk-www.snapthepeaks.co.uk Weather Forecast Buy antique prints of Bakewell. Click on the thumbnails below. 
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