(TR 15105812 Sited to Mint Yard from OS 1:500 1873). Coins have been minted at Canterbury since the early 7th century. An area at the King's School is known as Mint Yard and it seems likely that the mint may have been here. (1) Notes on the Ango-Saxon and Medieval coinage. (2) Notes on the Anglo-Saxon coinage of Canterbury. (3) 'In Canterbury (there are to be) 7 moneyers, four of the king's, two of the bishop's and one of the abbot'. (4) Excavations in the Mint Yard prior to redevelopment (1979) revealed the foundations of the mid-12thC Almonry Hall and early 14thC Almonry Chapel which replaced it. Both occupied the entire N side of the present access road between the existing gatehouse to the west and the hall to the east. The chapel entrance was on the N side, off the Mint Yard, access into the latter being directly off The Borough. These buildings had been demolished in 1859. In the 16thC the mint appears to have been in the undercroft of the southern part of the "Aula Nova" or New Hall . There may have been a mint in this area as early as the reign of William I as a mint weight circa 1085 was found during the Canterbury Archaeological Trust's excavation of the Norman staircase.(5)

<1> KAR 84 1986 (P Holman) (OS Card Reference). SKE45452.

<2> JBAA 8 ns 1902 (SW Kershaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE44996.

<3> Arch of AS Eng 1976 (DM Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE36815.

<4> CBAAD 1500 1978 (PL Drewett) (OS Card Reference). SKE38940.

<5> Unknown, 1979, The Mint Yard (Unpublished document). SKE6717.