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
E. H. Bakewell White Cliffs, New South Wales. For about 12 years he was managing director of Yalkuri Station, Lake Alexandrina. Bakewell was president of the Central Council of Employers for three and a half years, and president for two years of the Pastoralists' Association of SA. During his term of office the wool committees were formed to deal with the Australian wool clips under the British purchase scheme, and Bakewell represented South Australia on the committee. During his term of office as president of the Pastoralists' Association, Bakewell was instrumental in the formation of the first Stockowners Cooperative Shearing Company in Australia,