A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Bakewell. You may be able to find further references to Bakewell in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| BAKEWELL | a small town, a parish, a subdistrict, and a district | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Bakewell.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford | township, village, and seat | Bartholomew |
| ASHFORD | a village, a township, and a chapelry | Imperial |
| BASLOW | a village, a township, and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Baslow with Bubnell | township, village, and ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| BEELEY | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Blackwell | township | Bartholomew |
| BLACKWELL | a township | Imperial |
| Brushfield | township | Bartholomew |
| BRUSHFIELD | a township | Imperial |
| Calver | township | Bartholomew |
| CALVER | a township | Imperial |
| Chelmerton | township | Bartholomew |
| CHELMORTON | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Curbar | township | Bartholomew |
| CURBAR | a township | Imperial |
| Flagg | township | Bartholomew |
| FLAGG | a township | Imperial |
| Froggatt | township and hamlet | Bartholomew |
| FROGGATT | a township | Imperial |
| Great Longstone | village | Bartholomew |
| Haddon, Over | township | Bartholomew |
| HADDON (OVER) | a township | Imperial |
| Harthill (or Hartle) | township | Bartholomew |
| HARTHILL, or HARTLE | a township | Imperial |
| Hassop | township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| HASSOP | a village and a township | Imperial |
| Hillcote | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Holme | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| HOLME | a township | Imperial |
| Longstone, Great | township, ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| LONGSTONE (GREAT) | a village, a township, and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Longstone, Little | township | Bartholomew |
| LONGSTONE (LITTLE) | a township | Imperial |
| Monyash | township and village | Bartholomew |
| MONYASH | a village and a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Priestcliff | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| PRIESTCLIFF | a township | Imperial |
| Rowland | township | Bartholomew |
| ROWLAND | a township | Imperial |
| Rowsley | township and village with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Sheldon | township | Bartholomew |
| SHELDON | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| TADDINGTON AND PRIESTCLIFF | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Bakewell within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| William Camden | Nottinghamshire, Derby and Warwick | 2 |
| Celia Fiennes | 1697 Tour: Hull to Chatsworth | 2 |
| Karl Moritz | Chapter 11: Oxford to Derbyshire | 2 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 2: The Peak District | 1 |
| Celia Fiennes | 1697 Tour: The Peak District | 1 |
| George Head | The Peak District | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | June 26-July 3: Cheshire to the East Riding | 1 |
| Arthur Young | 1791 Tour from Birmingham to Suffolk | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Over Haddon | 0 | 2 |
| Nether Haddon | 1 | 2 |
| Ashford in the Water | 1 | 2 |
| Pilsley | 0 | 2 |
| Rowland | 0 | 2 |
| Hassop | 0 | 2 |
| Edensor | 0 | 2 |
| Great Rowsley | 0 | 2 |
| Sheldon | 0 | 2 |
| Harthill | 0 | 3 |
| Great Longstone | 0 | 4 |
| Youlgreave | 0 | 2 |
| Little Longstone | 0 | 2 |
| Middleton | 0 | 2 |
| Stanton | 0 | 3 |
| Baslow | 0 | 2 |
| Chatsworth | 18 | 2 |
| Bubnell | 0 | 1 |
| Brushfield | 0 | 2 |
| Monyash | 0 | 2 |