Puritan Path

On Friday the 14^th of June, three sixth form students and I were accompanied by two YJA representatives to St Botolph’s church (Boston Stump) in order to film a documentary style video about the newly laid Puritan Walk. This project was recently completed and consists of thirteen stones, each marking a member of the voyage which took Puritan members across the Atlantic Ocean to the vast open land which was mostly undeveloped at that time. This land was then adapted to become Boston Massachusetts where it stands today. Our video consisted of a short interview with one of Boston’s leading historians who we asked multiple questions about the church, its surroundings and the stones themselves in order to gain further knowledge and to hopefully educate those from outside the area into the history which surrounds our town through our video.

As well as the interview we managed to gain access to the higher levels of the church for some stunning landscape shots of the town, as well as getting some shots of the church itself. The video consists of the interview questions being answered with scenic shots of Boston playing alongside the audio to keep the viewer interested. The video can be found on our Youtube channel and is to be uploaded to the new Historic Boston website which will be used not only here but also in America for people less knowledgeable about the town’s history to learn like we did.

Personally, I found the visit extremely interesting and the information that I learnt was useful to my understanding of the town’s background. It also inspired me to look into the Puritans and their history more deeply in my own time.

By Haydon Risbridger, year 13

Video Editor