A secret crypt - thought to be part of an ancient priory - discovered underneath a vape shop has unlocked a hidden world of underground tunnels and vaults beneath a historic market town.
Sam Jessop, 40, had no idea what lay beneath e-cigarette store Evapo in the High Street of Maidstone, Kent when he joined as shop manager five years ago.
It wasn’t until he was asked to go through a trapdoor in the back of the shop and into the basement to take a gas reading that he discovered an incredible long-forgotten stone chamber– believed to date back to the early 14th century – hiding underneath the shop.
