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Show GIIAKBBI'sMRrs OHllrtCH. H Some Inlrrt.MnK lltlhM -onil Vatlng H VTork or Kmlarallnn, aaB An unutnal amoant of publlo Inter- ItaH eat I Just now being ahown In the tssH vretorallon work at Holy Trinity Hi Church. Stratford on Avon. Workmen; HI arc engaged In taking up Uio floor ot HI the nave, side aisle and traneefts, pro- M paralory to the laying down of now WB block floors ami iravemenls Having rtH to oxcavate somt depth for the urposo tUB of filling ln with ronerele and cement, &-fl onio curious old vaults, quaint er.1- Mai tph and tombs are being dltclnud, ! and are helngtreateil wllh tbo gratsst. IBB eare. A portion of the present churchi fM date back neatly 700 year, nnd sJK sfUf authnrltle agree that upon the same liJflE silo stood a much older church nt tbo Rfei Seixoii period An a pncp nf aepnlctier MQ the site has no doubt been In use lor 9t 1.000 jeom. The floors of lhe rnivry M and particularly tho transepts aro DB honeycombed wllh mulls, and It nlll UK bo necessary lo lower the crown of tha BH arch of many so ns to exravato lo tho WM proper depth. A Inlermenla luldo, WM churches are not now permitted, all the WM vaults will moil likely bo Mlsd In. mM 1 hey aro not being entered, but In lhe Hi coursa of Iho work coffins, mostly of WM lead, aro seen, nnd skulls and bonen aro being turned up occasionally, WM Tbeso are Ircnled with tho utmost rov. WM erenro and will bo relnlerrcl In tbe WM churchyard. A group of vaults In the H south transept has been oxposed. Thny WM contain tho bodice of tho Manou fam- WM Ily. the Interment dating from 16J. WM Tho family Is now extinct, but old HI Btratfordlatis tell nf a remarkable, ytt WM horrible, act ot self-destruction com- WM milled by ono of the Mason family H sixty or seventy yenr ago Oolng Into H n hovel In iho imddoek nl the back of WM tho bouse, ha nut frrii... . .... ssssl quantity of ,traw, end, lying down on, JMM top of It, he set the heap on flro and WM was literally roasted ullve. Quaint WM nscrlptlons are being brought to light Hi In removing the wooden flooni that WM covered tho old ttono paving of tho WM transepts, nno It Is satisfactory lo WM know that all will bo carefully pre- WM serred and shown In tho "random H pnvemtnl" which will border lha powtL WM St Jnine' (Inielt. WM |