An archaeological recording was undertaken during groundwork at the church of St.Peter and St. Paul, Widmerpool. The proposed work comprised excavation within the churchyard of a north extension area (c.5000mm x 5300mm externally) against the north aisle and north-east corner of the tower. This was followed by the excavation of a service trench comprising three other areas running from the north extension southwards past the west side of the tower. The site of St.Peter and St.Paul’s Church, Widmerpool (Grade II*), sits on the side of a hill atc.59m O.D., c.11km to the south of Nottingham. No church is recorded at Widmerpool in Domesday. The earliest reference to the presence of a church at Widmerpool is the appointment of a rector, Ralph of Northampton, in 1272. Within the first area, the main stratigraphic sequence comprised topsoil over various clay loam subsoil layers to a depth of c.1m. Many of the subsoil layers appeared mixed in character which may reflect some re-deposition possibly in relation to construction of the original medieval church on site. A residual undiagnostic prehistoric flint flake represents possible rare evidence of such activity within the area of Widmerpool. Unfortunately insufficient material was found to indicate the nature or extent of such activity. The remains of four in-situ articulated skeletons in varying stages of completeness were exposed and recorded in the first area at depths as little as 0.55m. Condition of the bone was generally poor and fragmentary, including skulls and the ends of long bones preventing any detailed identification within the field. All skeletons lay on a west to east orientation, between 1m to 4.5m to the north of the north aisle wall. Given their shallow depth, lack of coffins and no up standing post-medieval to modern grave-markers these probably represent burials of medieval date. The presence of a skull in the west facing section suggests further medieval burials are likely to extend across the churchyard to the north of the existing church. Along the area of the drainage trench the most significant discovery was the presence of an apparent late 18th-early 19th century brick burial shaft. Unfortunately this had been subject to previous disturbance including removal of any upstanding grave-marker and burial, possibly during later 19th century refurbishment work on the tower. Although the groundwork was limited in depth and area the watching-brief findings were significant in indicating that the potential for below ground archaeological remains are high in the form of possible medieval burials on the north side of the church and possible post-medieval graves (with their grave-markers/headstones removed during the 19th century church works), lying close to the west side of the tower.