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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 229 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAKEWELL , a See also:

market-See also:town in the western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, on the See also:river Wye, 25 M. N.N.W. of See also:Derby, on the Midland railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2850. The See also:church of All See also:Saints is mentioned in Domesday, and tradition ascribes the See also:building of its See also:nave to See also:King See also:John, while the western See also:side of the See also:tower must be older still. Within are some admirable specimens of encaustic tiles, and several monuments of the See also:Vernon and See also:Manners families; while an See also:ancient runic See also:rood-See also:stone stands in the See also:churchyard. See also:Zinc and See also:marble are worked in the neighbourhood. The See also:cotton manufacture was established in the town by See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Arkwright. Bakewell is noted for a chalybeate See also:spring, of use in cases of chronic See also:rheumatism, and there are See also:baths attached to it. A See also:kind of jam-cake, called a "Bakewell See also:pudding," gives another sort of fame to the See also:place. The almshouses, known as St John's See also:hospital, were founded in 16oz; and in 1637 a See also:free See also:grammar school was endowed by See also:Lady See also:Grace Manners. Among See also:modern buildings may be mentioned the Bakewell and High See also:Peak See also:Institute, and the town See also:hall and museum. On See also:Castle See also:Hill, in the vicinity, are the remains of an earthwork, said to have been raised by See also:Edward the See also:Elder in 924.

Within the See also:

parish are included the mansions of See also:Burton Closesand Castle Hill. Two See also:miles from, the town„ amidst beautiful gardens and meadows, is Haddon Hall. To the See also:east lies the magnificent domain of See also:Chatsworth. The scenery of the neighbourhood, in both the Wye and the See also:Derwent valleys, is very beautiful; the See also:village of . Eyam (pronounced Eem) near the Derwent may be noticed as specially picturesque. The See also:plague of 1665, carried hither from See also:London, almost depopulated this village, and the name of the See also:rector, See also:William Mompesson, attracted wide See also:notice on See also:account of his brave attempts to combat the outbreak. BAKHCHI-SARAI (Turk. for " See also:garden-See also:palace "), a town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Taurida, situated in a narrow See also:gorge in the See also:Crimea, 20 M. by See also:rail S.S.W. of See also:Simferopol. From the See also:close of the 15th See also:century down to 1783 it was the See also:residence of the Tatar khans of the Crimea; and its streets See also:wear a decidedly See also:oriental look. The See also:principal building, the palace, or See also:Khan-sarai, was originally erected in 1519 by Abdul-Sahal-Ghirai, destroyed in 1736, and restored at See also:Potemkin's command for the reception of See also:Catherine II. Attached to it is a See also:mausoleum, which contains the tombs of many of the khans. There are in the place no fewer then See also:thirty-six mosques. The See also:population consists for the most See also:part of See also:Tatars.

Bakhchi-sarai manufactures See also:

morocco, See also:sheep-skin cloaks, agricultural implements, sabres and See also:cutlery. Pop'. (1897) 12,955. ' Two and a See also:half miles to the east is Chufut-Kaleh (or See also:Jews' See also:city), formerly the See also:chief seat of the Karaite Jews of the Crimea, situated on lofty and almost inaccessible cliffs; it is now deserted except by the See also:rabbi. Between Bakhchi-sarai and Chufut-kaleh is the Uspenskiy monastery, clinging like a See also:swallow's See also:nest to the See also:face of the cliffs, and the See also:scene of a See also:great See also:pilgrimage on the 15th (29th) of See also:August every See also:year.

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