St Mary the Virgin Church, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire

Between the 13th and 20th December 2007, Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out an archaeological watching brief at St Mary the Virgin Church, Long Crendon (NGR SP 697 090). The work was commissioned by Acanthus Clews Architects on behalf of the Incumbent and Church Wardens in advance of the excavation of approximately 30 m of service trenching north and west of the church. The watching brief revealed 15 inhumations aligned west- east and a quantity of charnel. Little dating evidence was recovered from these burials, although the few coffin fittings retrieved were 18-19th century in date. No evidence for earlier church structures was observed during the course of the watching brief.