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| drove roads, Cumbria | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| also see:- |  tracks, Cumbria |
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| Long Distance Transport |
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| From the time of the Normans to the coming of Railways the most important travellers
of long distances were drovers. They took herds of cattle from the Scotland and England
to the softer grazing in the south, where the markets for the beef were. Sheep, pigs,
geese and other livestock travelled these routes. |
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| According to Toulson 1980 there were principal drove roads for cattle through Westmorland
and Cumberland - from Scotland to Carlisle; from the north through Orton, Low Borrow
Bridge, Lambrigg Park Inn, Three Mile House, Kirkby Lonsdale then Ingleton, Settle
and to the south; from the north through Kirkby Stephen, Hell Gill, High Dike, Cotter
End, Gearstones Inn, Horton in Ribblesdale, Settle, and to the south. |
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| Maps hold clues in the naming of roads. The Old Scotch Road through Killington is
labelled Scots Driving Road on Hodgson's map 1828. On OS County Series 1890s, The
Driving Road skirting Great Knoutberry Hill, Dent turns north into Galloway Gate. |
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| references:- |
Hindle, Paul: 1998 (revised edn): Roads and Tracks of the Lake District: Cicerone
Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria):: ISBN 1 85284 259 8 Taylor, Christopher: 1979: Roads and Tracks of Great Britain: Dent, J M and Sons (London) Toulson, Shirley: 1980: Drovers, The: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire):: ISBN O 85263 505 2 Toulson, Shirley: 1983: Lost Trade Routes: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire):: ISBN O 85263 649 0 |
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