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
William Bakewell (Australian politician) Q. Stow, but his burial was conducted by the Dean of Adelaide in a Church of England service. On 20 April 1844 he married Jane Warren, sister of the Hon. John Warren of "Springfield", Mount Crawford. Their home was "Shirley", near Payneham. Samuel Bakewell (c. 1815 – 22 September 1888), MHA for City of Adelaide 1860-1862, was a brother. His family included E. H. Bakewell, the businessman and chairman of the Municipal Tramways Trust, for whom the Bakewell Bridge was named. William Bakewell (Australian politician) William Bakewell (ca.1817 – 25 January 1870) was a solicitor and politician in the early