Robert Bakewell (ironsmith)

He took an apprenticeship in London as an iron worker and became an extremely skilled ironsmith.

In the gardens at the hall, a wrought iron arbour created by Bakewell can still be seen today: it is known locally as 'the Birdcage'.

Following an affair with local woman Elizabeth Fisher, which resulted in the birth of a son, Bakewell Fisher, he moved from Melbourne to Derby, where he set up a workshop and forge at Oake's Yard in St Peter's Street.

Examples of his work can be seen at Derby Cathedral, where he made the wrought iron rood screen and the gates at the west door.

There are also wrought iron gates by Bakewell at the Derby Industrial Museum, and ironwork by him in a number of churches in Derbyshire towns and villages: Alvaston, Ashbourne, Borrowash, Duffield, Etwall, Foremark, Radbourne.