Corn Street

Corn Street has always been the main market street within the Bristol town walls. From the medieval period goods like wine, cloth, corn and meat were traded on this street. Markets are still regularly held in Corn Street, but there is other evidence about Corn Street's past. Outside St Nicholas Market are four, round, flat topped, bronze pedestals that are known as the nails. Deals were struck across these nails, a sample of the goods may have been displayed on them and then money exchanged on them leading to the expression "to pay on the nail". At the bottom of Corn Street was St Leonards Gate which gave access to the Quay. http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/eye-03.asp

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