industrial revolution

[hornydawny]

what was the name given to people who took the sheep and cattle to mark prior to the industrial revolution if anyone can help i am stumped lol

[Ethel]

Drover

[hornydawny]

i found this to be australian are english called this 2 or were they should i say

[Ethel]

Yes, in the UK they were drovers.

Many of the original drovers trails are now public footpaths over glorious countryside; we have old pubs called The Drovers' Arms and The Drovers' Rest and so on.

Here is an interesting article about drovers in Herefordshire

http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/education/ DROVING2.htm

[jno]

most Australian words are from English or Irish (like 'sheila'), except for those of the unusual plants and animals not seen in the old world, which they took from aboriginal languages. Drover is just a relation of 'drive'.

[dundurn]

In Scotland the word can still be found in street names like Drove Loan (lit. Drive Lane). Also the meeting places where the big cattle markets were held are commemorated in the word Tryst in placenames.

[Lil O'lady]

In parts of england 'drove' is used as a road or lane name eg 'Black Fen Drove'