The Gatehouse website record for Bakewell Burh

In the civil parish of Bakewell. In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

In the year 920, Edward the Elder marched the English army Northwards and founded a burh at Bakewell (PastScape ref Whitchurch).
A.D. 924 . This year, before midsummer, went King Edward with an army to Nottingham; and ordered the town to be repaired on the south side of the river, opposite the other, and the bridge over the Trent betwixt the two towns. Thence he went to Bakewell in Peakland; and ordered a fort to be built as near as possible to it, and manned. (ASC - Ingram Everyman edn)
No evidence of continued use and Bond puts in list of Burghal forts of no later urban significance.
I believe authors have assumed this fort to be an urban burh like Wareham or Wallingford, but could have been a thengal burh on the site later occupied by the Norman motte of Bakewell Castle Hill (qv). Ingham's translation of 'as near as possible to it' does suggest outside of the village. I suspect that Edward granted the Danish town to a Saxon theng with instructions to build himself a fortified house, thus putting a Saxon warrior in occupied Danish territory.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK217686

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 1075430
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