<p>Archaeological investigations, undertaken as part of a programme to restore St George's Church, Bloomsbury, to its original Hawksmoor splendour, involved the removal of 871 triple lead-lined coffins from within the crypt and monitoring works within the churchyard. The elaborate named coffins of upper middle class parishioners provided a valuable opportunity to greatly develop the new field of post-medieval coffin analysis, and to integrate historical, archaeological and osteological data in order to build a vivid picture of this population. Over 90% of coffins were named, which allowed a rare opportunity to blind test osteological methods on 72 skeletons, whilst analysis of documentary and osteological evidence has challenged some long-held beliefs in post-medieval burial archaeology. Disease patterns in the St George's assemblage were influenced by the longevity and affluence of this population, factors that also underlay the necessity for elaborate and expensive dental treatment, including very early examples of fillings, filing and dentures.</p>

'In the Vaults Beneath': Archaeological Recording at St George's Church, Bloomsbury (Oxford Archaeology Monograph)

History

Boyle, Angela

Gill, John

Boyle, A.

Boston, Ceridwen

Witkin, Annsofie

Europe

Oxford Archaeology

Report and analysis of the graves, artefacts and skeletal  remains at these two sites.

Two Oxfordshire Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Berinsfield and Didcot (Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph Series)

Miles, D.

Dodd, A.

Mudd, A.

Oxford University School of Archaeology

<p>The Anglo-Saxon cemetery comprised a maximum of 219 individuals in 199 graves and 29 cremation deposits. In addition these were three probable charnel deposits and an empty grave. The cemetery is probably the wealthiest ever excavated in the upper Thames Valley. The assemblage comprised literally thousands of objects, some of which were rare or indeed unique within England. The associated grave goods suggest that the cemetery was in use from the mid or late 5th century until the late 7th century. The prehistoric remains comprised an early Bronze Age ring ditch, several cremations, a series of linear boundaries of late Bronze Age/early Iron Age date, a roundhouse, one 4-post structure amd a scatter of pits and post-holes. Roman activity was represented by several quarry pits, a large ditch orientated north-east to south-west, and several smaller ditches.</p>

Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Butler's Field, Lechlade, Gloucestershire: Volume I: Prehistoric and Roman Activity and Grave Catalogue

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