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The Black Swan Inn would have been a popular resting place for the cattle drovers who used the Bullock Road.

The Yorkshire Dales are criss-crossed by a network of ancient drovers' roads, like this one in Coverdale, a quiet dale which runs into the lower reaches of Wensleydale.

The name means 'the road leading to the stirk land', and was often referred to as the Drover's Road, where cattle were driven from the north.

Only decades before, there would have been a bustling scene of drovers and animals pressing a noisy path through the narrow street to the market.

It stands astride the Welsh Road used by cattle drovers, and in the early 19th century it was a stop for coaches such as the London-Warwick-Birmingham Mail, the Express and the Sovereign.

Both of these were established to save the drovers carrying large sums of money with them on their return journeys from the markets in England.

Welsh cattle drovers would have come this way in order to trade their animals in the market for salt.

Centuries ago drovers herded sheep and cattle across the river at this point.

Drovers urge their animals through the throng, farmers haggle, and the townspeople watch out for bargains.

The drovers and dogs would drive the sheep into the river, forcing them to swim to the other side and thus get a thoroughly good dipping.

Drovers urge their animals through the throng, farmers haggle, and the townspeople watch out for bargains.

The name means 'the road leading to the stirk land', and was often referred to as the Drover's Road, where cattle were driven along from the north.

Along this route would have passed kings of England on their way to hunt, medieval travellers on pilgrimages to Beaulieu Abbey, and generations of drovers with their herds of livestock on the way to long-established

Christ Church, which stands between Drover's Lane and Stricklandgate, was consecrated on 31 October 1850.

A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.

The common covers 200 acres, and was a popular stopping place for drovers on their way to market - here the cattle could be watered by the four ponds.

It grew rapidly during the early 19th century, when it became a popular meeting place for drovers.

Its market was thriving and very active; this photograph was probably taken just before the arrival of the livestock - boys always made their extra pocket money helping the farmers and drovers control

A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.

Famous travellers over the Wharfe include Mary, Queen of Scots and Oliver Cromwell; the bridge was also used over many years by drovers, who took thousands of cattle south.

St Ives mackerel and pilchard drivers were of a similar design, the latter being the smaller version.

The 775 employees at Wolverton Works in 1851 grew to 2,000 by 1860, with the LNWR the largest single employer in North Bucks; a company engine driver earned nearly four times as much as an agricultural

Note the top-hatted driver of the horse conveyance in the centre of the picture, and the horse in the pond on the left.

Here, the Weir Hotel is offering 'Luncheons—Hovis' to the drivers of passing Fords, Austins and Jowett Javelins.