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  BAKEWELL - LoveToKnow Article on BAKEWELL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BAKEWELL, a market-town in the western parliamentary division of Derbyshire, England, on the river Wye, 25 m.
Bakewell is noted for a chalybeate spring, of use in cases of chronic rheumatism, and there are baths attached to it.
A kind of jam-cake, called a Bakewell pudding, gives another sort of fame to the place, The almshouses, known as St Johns hospital, were founded in 1602; and in 1637 a free grammar school was endowed by Lady Grace Manners.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BAKEWELL.htm   (627 words)

  
 Fred Bakewell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His stance was perhaps the most "two-eyed" known in the history of the game, with his righ shoulder typically turned so far round as to be facing mid-off, and he gripped the bat with the hands at the extreme ends of the handle.
This allowed Bakewell to produce some of the most remarkable strokes, such as cutting sharp off-breaks pitched on middle stump and difficult hooks of short-pitched balls.
Bakewell's arm was so badly damaged that, despite considerable efforts at rehabilitation during 1937 and 1938, he was never able to play cricket again.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fred_Bakewell   (507 words)

  
 Bakewell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bakewell is a small market town in Derbyshire, England.
The five-arched bridge over the River Wye at Bakewell that was constructed in the 13th century is one of the few surviving remnants of this earlier period.
The most popular event of the year is the two day Bakewell show, which is held in August and includes many agricultural events and entertainments.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bakewell   (451 words)

  
 BED AND BREAKFAST, holiday accommadation in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Oxpasture Farm, Hassop
Bakewell’s position, on the crossing point of the river, was an early reason for the town’s growth.
BAKEWELL LONG AGO....There are traces of Mesolithic activity (around 6,000-5,000 BC) in the area around Bakewell and it is known that Neolithic people (around 3,000 BC) brought farming to the White Peak.
The line from Matlock to Buxton (through Bakewell) was closed in the railway re-organisation of 1968 and was later bought by the National Park Authority and opened to walkers as the Monsal Trail.
www.oxpasturefarm.com /bakewell.htm   (1254 words)

  
 Robert Bakewell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bakewell came up with ideas to double food production, one of his aims was to “produce 2 lbs of mutton where there was only 1 before”.
Bakewell is best known for creating a breed of sheep known as the New Leicesters.
Bakewell is also known for advances in farm management, crop rotation and irrigation.
semper-eadem.tripod.com /Citizens/bakewell.htm   (213 words)

  
 Derbyshire People - Robert Bakewell - England's most famous wrought ironsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Robert Bakewell was born in Uttoxeter in 1682 and after an apprenticeship in London, became England's foremost wrought ironsmith.
Bakewell married Mary, a daughter of Nathanel Cokayne, and had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
Bakewell died in 1752 and was buried in St Peters.
www.derbyshireuk.net /robert_bakewell.html   (162 words)

  
 Newcastle University Library - Special Collections - Exhibitions - Agriculture in the North - Bakewell, Culley & Brewis
The letters from the 18th century agriculturist, Robert Bakewell of Dishley Grange, near Loughborough, were discovered in 1954 by a member of staff from the Department of Agriculture in the house of a descendent of George Culley.
Bakewell pioneered work in breeding of sheep and cattle for the new industrial markets of the 18th century, devised grassland irrigation and new methods for rearing livestock, manuring the land and using turnips as a main winter feed for livestock.
George Culley was a pupil on Bakewell's farm in 1763 and, after travelling extensively and working on the family farm in County Durham he became a tenant farmer in the north of Northumberland in 1767.
www.ncl.ac.uk /library/specialcollections/exhibition_agriculture_bakewell.php   (343 words)

  
 Bakewell’s walk-on part in BBC history - [Sunday Herald]
Bakewell grew up in her shadow, tiptoeing around her, as if in anticipation of the next expression of disapproval.
Bakewell’s generation had it more difficult than most, for it had to cope with the trauma of war, the advent of the sexual revolution and the disintegration of the class system.
Bakewell was never on the staff of the BBC; she was always freelance.
www.sundayherald.com /37094   (790 words)

  
 Information about Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, situated in the Peak District National Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bakewell - an old Saxon town in the centre of the Peak District National Park, on the River Wye
Bakewell's name is said to derive from the warm springs in the area, and the Domesday book entry calls the town 'Badequella', meaning Bath-well.
In 1777 Arkwright opened a mill in the town and it was perhaps the resulting surge in prosperity which caused the town to be largely rebuilt in the 19th century.
www.cressbrook.co.uk /bakewell   (358 words)

  
 Bakewell in Derbyshire and the Peak District - Information and Photographs
Bakewell in Derbyshire and the Peak District, is a beautiful, small, market town situated on the River Wye which is crossed by a 13th century 5 arched bridge still open to traffic.
Bakewell was mentioned in the Domeday book as having a church and 2 priests signifying its importance even then.
The famous Bakewell pudding was also invented accidentally at the Hotel, when a cook misinterpreted instructions and poured egg mixture over the jam instead of mixing it in the pastry and what should have been a tart was now a pudding.
www.derbyshireuk.net /bakewell.html   (997 words)

  
 Bakewell in Derbyshires, Peak District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bakewell, a medium sized market town on the River Wye, is dominated by the interwoven history of the Vernon and Manners families, while the weekly Monday livestock and open markets underline its rural setting.
Surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills, Bakewell is famous for its agricultural show and the making of the renowned appetising tart.
Bakewell Show, held in August, is the premier show in Derbyshire.
www.peakleisure.co.uk /bakewell.htm   (875 words)

  
 Bakewell Investment v. Gogarty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bakewell's efforts to obtain the necessary approvals and permits from Des Peres to develop the subject property for a commercial purpose, and progress in completing its proposed development, are set forth as follows:
Bakewell's amended C-1A Master Site Development Plan for the subject property referred to as Des Peres Office Center, was heard by the Board of Alderman for Des Peres at the public hearing held on October 12, 1998, and was unanimously approved.
Bakewell has either secured leasing commitments from prospective tenants for most, if not all, of the rentable space in its planned Des Peres Office Center development, or is reasonably confident of its ability to do so without undue difficulty or delay.
www.dor.state.mo.us /stc/bakewell.htm   (3447 words)

  
 BBC - History - Robert Bakewell (1725 - 1795)
Previously livestock of both sexes were kept together in the fields, breeding at random, resulting in many different breeds with their own unique, but random, characteristics.
Bakewell separated the male from female, allowing mating only to occur deliberately and specifically.
With cattle, Bakewell had noticed that the Longhorn breed appeared to be the most efficient meat producers; they ate less and put on more weight than any other breed.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/bakewell_robert.shtml   (551 words)

  
 Bakewell, Joan
At the start of her career, in the 1960s, she was admired as one of the first women to establish a reputation for herself in what had previously been an almost exclusively male preserve.
Even when presenting holiday reports from various exotic parts of the globe she never gave the impression she was ready to abandon herself to anything resembling relaxed frivolity or other conventional "holiday-making" (she was consequently usually dispatched to report back from destinations with obvious cultural and artistic links).
Her unflurried, concerned tone of voice enables the viewer to concentrate upon the intellectual questions being raised during discussions of such emotional topics as providing funds for the treatment of terminally ill children--questions that in less practiced hands could otherwise all too easily be swamped by gushing sentimentality.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/bakewelljoa/bakewelljoa.htm   (480 words)

  
 Magazine Antiques: The luxury glass of Bakewell, Page and Bakewell
As early as 1809 Bakewell offered chandeliers, and possibly some table glass, that were cut for him by an independent glass cutter, Peter William Eichbaum (1749-1827), a Saxon-born glass cutter who, from 1794 to 1797, had managed the glasshouse near Philadelphia established by John Nicholson (d.
Bakewell obliged in the spring of 1812 with a pair of cut-glass vases.
Celery glasses attributed to the Bakewell glassworks from that period have engraved festoons and swags in an English style that may represent the hand of the glass engraver Richard James (w.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_2_167/ai_n10017231   (1229 words)

  
 Bakewell, Robert - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bakewell, Robert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bakewell's work was in response to a general requirement for stock that would fatten to greater weights at an earlier age and at less cost.
His method was to select animals that possessed at least some of the desired characteristics, and mate the offspring that inherited the same features with near relatives in order to fix the type.
Bakewell's Longhorns found less favour because they were outshone by the rapidly emerging Shorthorns, but his New Leicesters proved popular as crosses to improve other native breeds of sheep.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Bakewell,%20Robert   (196 words)

  
 BAKEWELL SHOW- Derbyshires Premire Event
The Bakewell Show is a celebration all aspects of farming and rural life, from the best of British livestock to the latest business and technological innovations.
At the Bakewell Show there is something for everyone and it really does provide a full days entertainment for all our visitors.
Although the 1st Bakewell Show was held in 1819 (186 years ago), the 1883 show was cancelled due to Foot and Mouth.
www.bakewellshow.org   (382 words)

  
 Pimped but Good How Bakewell sued me for libel -- and got burned for 20 grand.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I described how Bakewell gets government projects for his for-profit companies, at the same time crassly using his charities to promote himself, get on the news and build up his persona as somebody who can organize a furious crowd of fls in a hurry.
Bakewell finally coughed up $20,000, but in so doing he provided a disquieting glimpse into how he runs the Crusade, a nonprofit that takes in about $2 million in donations annually and doles it out via grants that are supposed to help turn around minority communities.
It is evident that Bakewell by filing this lawsuit thought he was going to wither the courage of this publication.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/742572/posts   (3179 words)

  
 Art Preview: Bakewell's classy glass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bakewell was one of the founders of a Unitarian congregation in Pittsburgh, an enthusiastic student of religion and horticulture and a friend of George Rapp, founder of the pietistic Harmonist community in Butler County.
Bakewell's dedication to 19th-century Pittsburgh included stints on the city council and board of public education, establishing a city water works and serving as the region's best industrial ambassador in Washington, D.C. He also played gracious host and tour guide when travelers ranging from lowly journalists to the beloved Marquis de Lafayette visited Pittsburgh.
Born in Derby, England, Bakewell and his sister were reared by an aunt after their parents died.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05020/444969.stm   (1014 words)

  
 SacObserver.com [NEWS] Danny Bakewell Gains Control Of L.A. Sentinel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
According to Sentinel employees, Bakewell was declared the Sentinel's CEO and co-publisher during a staff meeting in a statement read by publisher Jennifer Thomas.
Accompanied to the meeting by several Brotherhood Crusade employees and associates, Bakewell reportedly told the Sentinel staffers he is now "a partner" with Thomas and has "invested" in the newspaper.
In 2002, Pye sued the Sentinel, Thomas and Bakewell for fraud and mismanagement.
www.sacobserver.com /news/032304/la_sentinel_danny_bakewell.shtml   (582 words)

  
 GENUKI: Bakewell, Derbyshire
The Bakewell Witches - a story told by Bakewell's chronicler, White Watson about a Mrs Stafford and her sister (or friend) who were condemned to death as witches in 1608.
There are two shops in Bakewell, both claiming to serve puddings based on the original recipe, which in both cases is a jealously guarded secret, having been passed down through the family from the original cook...
Villagers March on Bakewell, an account from a 1796 newspaper of local protests against the Militia Ballot Act, alleging that Derbyshire was being asked for more than its fair share of able bodied men to fight in the Napoleonic Wars.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/DBY/Bakewell   (1055 words)

  
 Bakewell exhibit is window on history of maker and its customers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1808, English-born Benjamin Bakewell and partners opened their factory in Pittsburgh, which remained in operation until 1882, making luxury items for prominent patrons, as well as everyday tableware for westward settlers.
Bakewell is credited with being the first to manufacture flint glass on a sustained basis and to make cut glass commercially.
It's an indication of the popularity of Bakewell glass, as well as of its own excellence, that the cloth edition of the full-color, 208-page catalog, a printing of 300, is sold out.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05064/466537.stm   (968 words)

  
 :Maine Made: Bakewell Cream (New England Cupboard)
Producers of BAKEWELL CREAM, a powdered leavening agent that can be used in most any recipe in place of baking powder or cream of tartar.
Packaged and distributed for over 60 years in Maine and the New England region, BAKEWELL CREAM is packaged in a bright yellow and blue 8 oz.
Bakewell is available in most every grocery store in Maine and several stores and outlets in other New England states, or may be ordered from their website www.newenglandcupboard.com.
www.mainemade.com /members/profile.asp?ID=1079   (112 words)

  
 Visit Derbyshire - Bakewell Information
Bakewell is a highly picturesque market town that crosses the River Wye and lies right in the heart of the Peak District National Park.
Bakewell dates back to Saxon times and of course is home to the famous Bakewell pudding.
Bakewell earns a mention in the Domesday Book, calling the town ‘Badequella’, meaning Bath-Well, referring to the warm springs of the area.
www.visitderbyshire.co.uk /towns.ihtml?id=4   (219 words)

  
 Welcome to the Frick
English-born entrepreneur Benjamin Bakewell was a man of wide-ranging intellect who found creative expression and financial success in the manufacture of glass.
Although the glass produced by the Bakewell enterprises was heralded in its own time and beyond, the story of Bakewell glass has never been fully chronicled.
Bakewell and Pears family correspondence was instructive, as were letters Palmer found in the papers of John James Audubon, who married Bakewell’s niece.
www.frickart.org /programs/exhibitions/detail/71.html   (1443 words)

  
 Bakewell Arts Festival 2004
WELCOME TO Unbelievably, Bakewell Arts Festival is 7 this year and by rights should be celebrating its success in presenting the broad canvas of events promised at its launch in 1999.
It is therefore with regret that the Directors of Bakewell Arts Festival in consultation with existing events organisers have decided that this year there will be no Festival, but instead a year of fundraising for 2006.
The brief for BAF in this period is to secure sponsorship — private, corporate and grant-funded — sufficient to safeguard the Festival and equip its organizers through the next 5 years without compromising the vision to bring artists and performers of quality and variety, both local and national, to the town.
www.bakewellarts.co.uk   (596 words)

  
 Most Influential Business Women 2005: Sarah Bakewell - 2005-08-08   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sarah Bakewell, 57, assumed the role of president of Edward L. Bakewell Inc. upon the retirement of her father, Alexander Bakewell, in 1985, seven years after getting her real estate license.
Bakewell said she is adding staff to build a solid team for the future.
Bakewell's active role in numerous organizations has had far-reaching effects, including efforts to restore a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Kirkwood, which is now used as an educational resource center.
www.bizjournals.com /stlouis/stories/2005/08/08/focus3.html   (997 words)

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