Drove Roads

Eric L. Jones ()
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Eric L. Jones: University of Buckingham

Chapter Chapter 8 in Landscape History and Rural Society in Southern England, 2021, pp 101-113 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This topic demonstrates the inadequacy of relying solely on landscape evidence. The criss-crossing of the country by former drove-ways, some of which were in use until the 1920s, does imply multiple overland movements of livestock. Major routes converged on the great fairs of south-central England, where animals were sold to fatteners from counties closer to the London market. But although the routes are traceable on the ground they cannot reveal the volume and value of the traffic, despite support from some documents and transactions at fairs. Droving took place from as far as Wales and Scotland but by Victorian times the majority of animals sold at fairs had been locally bred. Evidence is given that drovers avoided the centres of towns and villages. Motor transport rather than the railways finally killed the traffic of livestock on the hoof.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-68616-1_8

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