Bakewell Book and a motte and bailey castle was constructed in the 12th century. A market was established in 1254, and Bakewell developed as a trading centre. The Grade I listed five-arched bridge over the River Wye was constructed in the 13th century, and is one of the few surviving remnants of this earlier period. A chalybeate spring was discovered, and a bath house built in 1697. This led to an 18th-century bid to develop Bakewell as a spa town, in the manner of Buxton. The construction of the Lumford Mill by Richard Arkwright in 1777 was followed by the rebuilding
Charles Montague Bakewell historian. After the war, Bakewell was elected to the Connecticut State Senate as a Republican, and he served from 1920 to 1924. From 1921 to 1923, he served as chairman of the state commission that revised and codified Connecticut's educational laws. In 1932, Bakewell was elected to the United States House of Representatives, and he served one term, March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934. In 1936, he was a delegate to the Republican national Convention. Bakewell died in New Haven, Connecticut on September 19, 1957, and was buried at Grove