In September 1851, William Thomas Buckland, an auctioneer and surveyor from nearby Wraysbury, began livestock sales in a field near the "Great Western Road Railway Station" belonging to the "North Star Inn". Originally held on the first Tuesday of every month, the Cattle Market's popularity soon saw this increased to every Tuesday. A move to Wexham Street was necessitated by the postwar redevelopment of the town. The "Slough Cattle Market" was run by "Messrs Buckland and Sons" until its final closure in 1988.