BAKEWELL, urban district, Derbyshire, England, on the river Wye, 25m. N.N.W. of Derby on the L.M.S. railway. Pop. (1931) 3,012. On Castle hill, in the vicinity, are remains of earth-works said to have been raised by Edward the Elder in 924. There was a settlement at the time of Domesday, where the church of All Saints receives mention. The almshouses (St. John's Hospital) were founded in 1602, and the free grammar school dates from 1637. The village was almost depopulated by the plague of 1665. Bakewell has chalybeate springs and baths. Zinc and marble are worked in the neighbourhood. Other objects of interest in this district are Haddon Hall, two miles from the town, Chatsworth, and the picturesque village of Eyam (pr. Eem).