Hope • May 2, 2026
Medieval Floor Tiles Returned to Monastery 60 Years After Boy Steals Them, Goaded by his Father
Originally published on Good News Network

A man who stole 700-year-old floor tiles from a Medieval monastery when he was a child has finally returned them to English Heritage after finding them inside a candy tin where they’d been kept for nearly 60 years. Simon White was a nine-year-old boy when he took the pieces as a souvenir from Wenlock Priory
A man who stole 700-year-old floor tiles from a Medieval monastery when he was a child has finally returned them to English Heritage after finding them inside a candy tin where they’d been kept for nearly 60 years. Simon White was a nine-year-old boy when he took the pieces as a souvenir from Wenlock Priory
Originally published on Good News Network.
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