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
Bakewell Glass Pittsburgh in 1845, but lost many of its early records. A Bakewell Glass retrospective was curated by the Frick Art & Historical Center in 2005. Bakewell Glass Bakewell Glass is glassware produced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company that produced it was Bakewell & Ensell and, subsequently, Bakewell, Pears & Co. Founded in 1808 by Englishman Benjamin Bakewell, the factory was renowned for its cut and engraved glass. Production lated until the company closed in 1882. Bakewell is known as the father of the flint glass industry in the United States Another family member, John P. Bakewell, invented and patented the