A livestock market took place in High Street until the building of Smithfield in 1872. This market was originally held on every other Wednesday and could hold up to about 1,700 animals. Butchers’ stalls were taken off the streets much earlier in 1852 and housed in The Shambles. During the early 19th century laws were passed to try to clean up the streets and in 1828, four Drayton men were fined 5s. each for allowing their stalls to foul the streets. The meat market was held every Saturday and up to 16 butchers were housed in The Shambles. The building was used as a general assembly room when not in use as a market. Elizabeth Ann Lewis, a forceful figure in the local Temperance movement, gave many speeches against drink from the steps of The Shambles. From 1878 a barrow was used by the Church Temperance Society to provide tea and coffee to workers in the streets. The Society tried to set up a British Workman Public House to sell tea, coffee and cocoa, but this failed. The Shambles was demolished in 1964.