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
Marika Bakewell Marika Bakewell Marika Bakwell (born August 14, 1985) is a Canadian curler who resides in London, Ontario. Bakewell grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2005, she became only the second female to skip a team to win the Ontario Junior Mixed Curling Championship. In 2005 and 2007 she represented the University of Waterloo at the Canadian University Curling Championships. Finishing third in 2005 and in 2007 losing the championship final to the University of Manitoba, skipped by Kaitlyn Lawes. In 2007, she formed a women's team to compete on the World Curling Tour. In 2008 to 2010 she played third