Great to see you my name is Martin
Gorrik I'm the vicar of this wonderful
church Holy Trinity Stratford-on-Avon.
It's Stratford's oldest building dating
back to 1210 and it's on the site of a
Saxon monastery was here in 713 so
it's been a site of Christian worship
for hundreds and hundreds of years and
we still meet here daily for Christian
worship today, you're welcome to join us.
It's famous too as the burial place of
William Shakespeare's, he's buried behind me.
He was buried there 1616 and is also joined, we think, in a vault underneath the floor
there by his wife, his daughter Susanna,
Thomas Nash who married his
granddaughter and also John Paul who
married his daughter Susanna. Here we're
in the chancel it's the newest part of
the church from the 1480s so not that new
it was built by one of my
predecessors Thomas bolsa who was buried
subsequently in that table too just
behind Shakespeare's grave.
We've also got up in this part of the church the
old font which is behind me and that's
where Shakespeare was baptised so it's
fantastic to see that font there and you can
see the records of his baptism and his
burial again copied and put on the wall
just behind there.
Lots more treasures in this
church so much more to explore just
can't explain it all now but do come and
join us either for a service or pick up
our app or a guide book or something
like that and really delve into the
wonders of this place.
