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Along this road passed thousands of cattle with 'cues', or two-part iron shoes, on their feet, along with sheep, pigs and geese, the latter with their feet dipped in tar and sand.

In fact these huge blocks slithered down the sides of the hills after the last ice age, and have sometimes been mis- taken for resting sheep.

His sheep have just been sheared, and are watched over by his dog in the foreground.

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

It looks later in the year, perhaps high summer, with the sheep in the foreground being newly shorn.

This is prime sheep-farming country, with wide open fields on either side of the river valley. When Charles Kingsley stayed at Bridge End, the area inspired him to write his novel The Water Babies.

The Cotswold stone tower of St Andrews Church stands fittingly adjacent to the Market Cross, the scene of Castle Combe's once famous sheep market.

Here we have the entrance to the Speedwell Cavern, and Winnats Pass is little more than a track for sheep.

Gateway to the Dales and the first town in Airedale, Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing; even its name is derived from Sheeptown. In the distance is the tower of Holy Trinity Church.

Until the Second World War, sheep and horses were traded.

Market Harborough's tribute to the fallen occupies pride of place in The Square, originally called the Sheep Market, which lies at the southern end of the market place.

This area of Malmesbury was once called the Sheep Fair; it is in the parish of Westport, which by the late 19th century became a civil parish of westport St Mary Within.

Pens for cattle and sheep can be glimpsed under the trees, and a large lorry waits to carry its four-footed cargo away.

One of Masham's distinctive features is its large market place, where fairs would see as many as 70,000 to 80,000 sheep and lambs up for sale.

It was not always quiet on the streets of Penistone; until 1910 cattle and sheep were sold in the streets on Thursdays, and many a deal was struck over a pint or two at the Spread Eagle Hotel.

This view looks south along Market Street past the Midland Road junction towards Sheep Street.

This view depicts the bustle in West Steet, with children and cycles, and a flock of sheep being driven uphill (left of centre). Market stalls for animals can be seen between the trees.

It grew fat in the Middle Ages on sheep, wool and weaving, and later became a market town. Its broad High Street has a pleasing mixture of half-timbered buildings and elegant Regency houses.

Burns's father, who had repaired the kirk wall to keep the sheep at bay, is buried in the churchyard.

This Wednesday morning 9 o'clock photograph is the first view we have in this book of Sheep Street in the far corner of the Square.

Founded in 1132, Fountains was given large tracts of land on which to raise sheep. A

Their character is very different from the Quantocks or Exmoor; here, sheep scratch an existence from the poor limestone soils, and the fields are divided by dry stone walls.

The high chimney visible over the roof tops served a traditional skinyard treating sheep skins and other animal skins.

The porch is decorated with the de Vere stars, coats of arms and two boars, often mistaken for sheep, a play on words, as 'verres' is Latin for a boar pig.