Monument record 0181100000 - AYLESBURY
Summary
Unlocated site of late Saxon mint at Aylesbury, in production in the eleventh century.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- MINT (11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)
Description
THERE WAS A MINT AT AYLESBURY DURING THE REIGNS OF ETHELRED II (1014-23) CNUT (1016-35) & EDWARD THE CONFESSOR (1042-66) (B1,B3).
SILVER PENNIES FROM THE AYLESBURY MINT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE CHANCTON HOARD, SUSSEX, DUNBRODY, CO WEXFORD, & WALBROOK LONDON (B2). BUCKINGHAM MINT- SEE CASS 0210.
SP8113. A late Anglo-Saxon mint existed in Aylesbury in the reigns of Aethelred II and Harold II (B5).
The mint struck coins sporadically in the reigns of Ethelred II (991-4), Cnut (1017-23), and Edward the Confessor (1044-8, 1053-6 and 1059-62) (B6).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC1925 Bibliographic reference: BROOKE GC 1932 ENGLISH COINS P69.
- <2>SBC15083 Bibliographic reference: THOMPSON JDA 1956 INVENTORY OF BRITISH COIN HOARDS PP27, 54, 98.
- <3>SBC4269 Bibliographic reference: DOLLEY RHM 1961 ANGLO-SAXON COINS P146 (RHM DOLLEY & DM METCALF REFORM OF THE ENGLISH COINAGE UNDER .
- <4>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
- <5>SBC29013 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1979. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum' in Records of Buckinghamshire 21, pp185-193. Vol 21. p191.
- <6>SBC28682 Bibliographic reference: David Hill. 1981. An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. p131.
- <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1997.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 818 138 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 6 2026 3:14PM
