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The clothes of the traders may have changed, but Melton has been at the centre of the sheep farming industry for a number of centuries.

Sheep Shearing c1955. This scene on a Coldbeck farm has not changed for centuries.

Blandford has a long history as a market town, and for centuries sheep would have been driven over this ancient bridge to the famous Blandford sheep fairs.

Sheep Street is an appropriate reminder that this town, which sits on a rounded tump 800 feet above sea level, was once a centre of the wool industry.

At the time when this photograph was taken, the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

At the time when this photograph was taken the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

This is the pond which is marked on mid 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps as Sheep Water.

This view into the Whitebread Hole, a combe east of Beachy Head and south of Holywell, is no longer grazed by sheep; its flat areas are manicured into football pitches.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.

At the time when this photograph was taken, the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

Much of the downland around Findon, at the southern end of the same 'wind-gap' in the South Downs, was for centuries an open sheep-walk.

This area of Norfolk is sheep country, and Stokesby is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 180 sheep in the manorial flock.

A once familiar scene, sheep are being driven to Ashford Market.

In this delightful rural scene, thatched cottages, sheep dogs and a babe-in-arms conjure up images of an earlier, more peaceful age.

But ancient names such as High Street, Sheep Street and Market Place tell us what these streets were for, or what happened there; in other words, they tell us something about the history of Rugby, which

At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Conveniently overlooking the sheep market, the inn had sheep pens in its rear yard.

It is said that the name Cotswold originated because of the cotes (sheep pens) that were found across the wolds (rolling hills).

Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.

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.

At one time, flocks of sheep and herds of cattle congregated at Tregaron ready for the long walk to England. However, the town continued to serve as a market place for livestock for many years.

Although flocks of sheep and herds of cattle no longer congregated at Tregaron ready for the walk to England, the town continued to serve as a market place for livestock for many years.