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
Michael Bakewell versions of the Japanese television series "The Water Margin" and "Monkey", which were screened by the BBC, among many of Manga Video UK's dubs (and many dubs for both Central Park Media and Manga Video UK), e.g., "Cyber City Oedo", "Devilman", "Dominion Tank Police", "Patlabor" (Manga PAL version - movies 1 and 2), "Tokyo Babylon", "Genocyber", "Roujin Z", "Angel Cop", "Violence Jack" and many others. From 1955 until 1972 he was the husband of Joan Bakewell; the couple had two children, Matthew and Harriet. He married Melissa Dundas in 1975. The couple live in East Sussex. Michael Bakewell Michael Bakewell