During 2022, archaeological monitoring during the excavation of groundworks was undertaken at the Grade I listed Church of St James, Normanton-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire. The work is in response to proposals to erect a timber storage shed measuring 5.5m by 3m on the north side of the church within the churchyard. The objective of the archaeological work was to ensure that any archaeological information present was recorded appropriately. The cruciform plan church, comprising a tower with spire, transepts, nave, south porch and chancel principally dates to the thirteenth century with early elements including the two stage tower, nave and chancel. The clearstory in the nave was added in the fifteenth century and the north transept built between 1889 and 1890 by W.S. Weatherley, repaired in 1938 and restored in 1913. A number of post-medieval graves lie in the north side of the churchyard suggesting the possibility of burials being present within the footprint of the proposed shed. The groundworks comprised the excavation of a single area, a single trench 6m in length, 3.5m in width and up to 0.3m in depth aligned north-east to south-west by within the churchyard by the boundary with the Rectory on the north side of the church. In the east corner of the monitored area, a trial hole was excavated measuring 0.5m in length, 0.5m in width and 0.92m in depth. The trench had a basic stratigraphy of two deposits comprising topsoil and an alluvial deposit. In the east corner the trench for a storm drain inserted during the late 1990s was exposed. The complete absence of in-situ burials or significant archaeological remains encountered during the excavation in the churchyard is due to the limited scope of work carried out which ensured that there was no impact on any underlying archaeological deposits