Local studies at Bakewell Library
Bakewell Library has a small collection of local history books about the town and the Peak District past and present.
Resources at Bakewell:
- files of articles on local villages and topics of interest
- a complete set of the Bakewell and District Historical Society Journal - a mine of information on all aspects of local history
- news cuttings files from 1993 to the present
- a file of the Peak Advertiser newspaper kept since 1999
- a copy of the gravestone inscriptions from the churchyard
- a small collection of photographs of local places and events