St Mary's Church Longworth Oxfordshire

In January 2007, Oxford Archaeology (oA) carried out an archaeological watching brief and excavation at ,St Mary's Church, Longworth, Oxfordshire NGR: SP 3839 9947). The work was commíssioned by the Parish Church Council (PCC) in advance of the excavation of approximatety 100 m of service trenching and the construction of an extension on the north side of the church. The excavations revealed the
presence of 60 inhumations within the footprint of the extension of which 5I were exhumed for later reburial. Little evidence was recovered to enable dating of these inhumarions. No evidence for earlier church
structures was observed during the course of the watching brief.