The CHET brief required a programme of linear trial trenching to sample the site ahead of the change of use of The Cherry Tree Public House and the erection of three new dwellings and associated parking infrastructure. This was achieved by excavating two 15.00m x 1.80m trenches. In agreement with CHET, trench 2 was extended at its southern end, to the east, measuring an additional area of 2.00m x 5.00m. The proposed development was to be undertaken in an area of moderate potential for features and finds relating to the medieval period and post-medieval periods in Haddenham . The potential for features and finds from all other periods was considered to be low. The evaluation revealed a single archaeological phase with one feature dating from the 12th to 14th century. Further waste and demolition activity from the 19th century and modern disturbance was present within the site. The medieval activity is likely associated with the expansion of Haddenham at this time while the later activity is associated with the demolition of a 19th/ 20th century farmhouse that previously stood on the site. Overall, the evaluation was successful in characterising the archaeology of site.
Jonathan Grieves (2025) studied this question.