Possible Anglo-Saxon or medieval cemetery at St John's Cross, Great Chesterford. (EHER 4976)

'Sewer work' recorded a possible 'late Saxon-Norman or early medieval cemetery' comprising 8 burials.

Site comprises the Crown and Thistle Inn, The Stores and adjacent buildings. Sewer work revealed a probably late Saxo-Norman or early medieval cemetery. Eight burials recorded. <1> Position shown on map on back of old EHER sheet. <2> Site Assessment = Further development-selective excavations should precede it. <1> Note: Details of the eight burials are noted in their own records. See EHER 83498-83500. The mapped polygon is derived from the locations of the burials. February 1994. Trial trenching. This area was investigated as a result of an archaeological condition placed on a planing application by Uttlesford District Council. A machine trench plus two trial pits were excavated by machine on the 22nd February 1994. A linear trench approximately 0.15m in length was excavated at right angles to the High Street. The ground was much higher than the area around but the topsoil was only 0.50m at its deepest point. This clearly indicates the areas on both sides have been substantially reduced. The condition had been placed because of the recorded burials from the Crown and Thistle land. No archaeological deposits were identified. <3>