Bakewell

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Badeca + wella (“spring, stream”).[1]

Proper noun

Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)

  1. A market town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2168).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
    Alternative form: Balkwill
  3. An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.
  4. A suburb of the City of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, named after E. H. Bakewell.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bakewell is the 31873rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724 individuals. Bakewell is most common among White (91.02%) individuals.

Noun

Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)

  1. Ellipsis of Bakewell tart.
    Alternative form: bakewell
    • 2007, Jeremy Page, “Norfolk, Oh Yeah”, in Salt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 260:
      Elsie reached for a slice of Bakewell and spoke through it.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bakewell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86.
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