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Swansea's maritime tradition has always been vital to the town, and the various port extensions drove its economic development.

Some were used for the cottage industry of glove making, but most were farmhouses, and the village is still an agricultural settlement with a working farm at its centre.

The two main crossings were here, at Stow Bardolph, and at nearby Magdalen bridge: these were droving roads used by cattle traders, and there was formerly a major cattle fair here at Stow.

The buildings to the right of the smart white-gloved policemen went in the 1960s.

Twenty years before this photograph was taken, Cromer was a quiet resort, frequented only by those who sought refuge from the day trippers visiting Great Yarmouth in droves.

It drove several paper and corn mills in Victorian times.

First chartered in 1209, its major industry was glove-making, using local sheepskin; Westland Aircraft is now the most important industry in this greatly-expanded town.

For any drove of oxen, cows...one halfpenny.'

These waters drove a number of watermills, such as Duck Mill and Newnham Mill, now vanished; some of them dated back to the Middle Ages.

Sheep could be rested and watered in the valley before resuming the drove to Weyhill Fair.

The rushing water drove the engines at Low Moor spinning mill.

tower, boat shaped cap and octagonal brick base, and powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail, it was built beside a millpond; a waterwheel was added at the side of the base, which drove

The three huge water wheels drove the three pairs of grinding stones, and when the mill was working the steady rumble of the mill machinery would have been a familiar sound.

The warrener looked after the `conies` to ensure that there was a constant supply of fresh meat, and drove away poaching locals.

was taken looking east from Bridge Street past the bridge across the mill stream (the river itself is out of shot a hundred yards away to the right), which was dug for the abbey in the 10th century and drove

It was a prosperous business powered by two waterwheels that drove six pairs of millstones.The village is now cut off by the new Horsham by-pass that takes much traffic out of the village.The scene

It has a dog-wheel that once drove a meat roasting spit in an inglenook fireplace. Nearby is a memorial to a World War Two fighter airfield, which was used by the American Air Force.

It has a dog-wheel that once drove a meat roasting spit in an inglenook fireplace. Nearby is a memorial to a World War Two fighter airfield, which was used by the American Air Force.

The motorists may not have known as they drove through the sleepy village that the church at Brynffordd reveals an interesting story.

The railway station, demolished in 1968, stood on the old drove road leading to the fells we can just see in the background.

Arthur Hilliar did even better with Drove Cottage and its two acres, which he secured for £800. Both received a round of applause.

It was a prosperous business powered by two waterwheels that drove six pairs of millstones. Horsham Baptist Church used the millpond for baptismal purposes.

The economic growth of the town and district has depended over the centuries on agriculture, especially sheep farming, the wool trade, glove-making and leather work, iron work, and cement production

For example, 'stage coaches, post chaises or sociable Berlins' cost 3d, droves of oxen or cows 3d per score and calves or hogs a halfpenny less.