Knifesmith street

Originally this road was called Knifesmith Street because this was where the cutlers' and armourers' workshops were. By the Tudor period the street was already becoming known to Bristolians as Christmas Street or Knyzt-mass Street, possibly a combination of Knight and Mass as processions on holy days once took place here. (Veronica Smith (2002), Street Names of Bristol, Their Origins and Meanings, 2nd edition)

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