View looking up Coinagehall Street, Helston, where the coinage hall would have stood prior to 1796.
Location
Helston
OS grid reference
SW 6573 2741
Built
1557
Built for
tin coinage
Demolished
1796
Architectural style(s)
Chantry
The Helston Coinage Hall was a Tudor coinage hall created for the purposes of tin coinage out of a 13th century chapel of ease.[1] Its position lay at the southern end of Coinage Hall Street, opposite the Helston Castle.[2] It was demolished by public subscription following the 1796 general election.[3]
^"A Short History of Helston". Helston History. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^"Historical Helston - Hellys Istorek". Helston Town Council. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^"Helston Town Trail Leaflet" (PDF). n.d.
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