St Michael's Church, Stewkley, Bucks.

A watching brief during the replacement of an existing 19th century stone and concrete gulley with a new 'French' drain around the external walls of the church failed to reveal any significant earlier structural evidence with the exception of the brick bases of two 19th century buttresses at the east end of the Chancel. The excavation of deeper trenches and soakaways in the graveyard disturbed one 19th century wood-coffined burial and revelaed an 18th century brick-lined grave, which remained undisturbed. The base of a post-medieval gravestone with traces of floral carving was also located.