Bakewell of much of the town in the 19th century. Bakewell is in the valley of the River Wye in central Derbyshire. The town centre is sited near the river at about above sea-level, with the highest parts of the town at about on the valley sides. The town is in the Derbyshire Dales district and is about southwest of Sheffield, southeast of Manchester, and north of Derby. Nearby towns include Matlock to the south east, Chesterfield to the east and Buxton to the west northwest. Villages near Bakewell include Ashford-in-the-Water, Elton, Great Longstone, Monyash, Over Haddon, Sheldon, Rowsley, Pilsley, Youlgreave
Bakewell pudding edition. A recipe for "bakewell pudding" does, however, appear in the 1847 edition. One of the earliest verifiable examples of a Bakewell pudding recipe comes from "The Magazine of Domestic Economy" issued in London in 1836. Eliza Acton published a recipe in her 1845 work "Modern Cookery for Private Families" and Mrs Beeton published two recipes for Bakewell pudding, one which used a pastry base and one which used breadcrumbs, in her book "The Book of Household Management" in 1861. The pudding originated in the Derbyshire town of Bakewell. The origins of the pudding are not clear, but a common