LUDLOW has a new plaque to add a bit more interest for visitors to the town.

It is outside the entrance to Ludlow Castle and commemorates Edward V who was one of the brothers murdered in the Tower of London.

He lived in Ludlow before returning to Ludlow in 1483 where it is believed he was murdered aged just 12.

Edward V reigned for just 86 days. He was created Prince of Wales in 1971 following the restoration to the throne of Edward VI.

It was in 1473 that he moved to Ludlow Castle where he lived having been made nominal President of the newly created Council of Wales and the Marches.

He was in Ludlow when he was told of the death of his father and went to London to take up residence in the Tower of London where he was joined by Richard, Duke of York, his younger brother.

However, their uncle Richard III seized the throne and both brothers disappeared.

It is not known what happened to them but is believed that they were murdered and, in one account, this involved being smothered by pillows.

Bones were discovered by workmen in 1674 and taken for burial in Westminster Abbey but on examination in 1933 it was found that human and animal bones lay together.

An alternative theory is that they may have been in the coffins of two children that were discovered when workmen accidentally broke into the vault of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville in St George’s Chapel in Windsor in 1789.