Simon White comes clean after finding clay pieces in toffee tin, saying he took them as souvenir from Wenlock Priory
Fragments of a priory’s medieval tiled floor that spent almost 60 years stashed in a toffee tin after being pocketed by a nine-year-old boy during a family outing have finally been handed back.
The three pieces of decorative clay tiles, dating from the late 13th to early 14th century, were taken as a souvenir by Simon White during a family visit to Wenlock Priory in Shropshire in the late 1960s.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/01/man-returns-medieval-tiles-shropshire-priory-60-years-later
Author : Steven Morris
Publish date : 2026-05-01 05:00:00
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