The Lyne Purl Well
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Image: © R Pitt Taken: 20 Nov 2018
The Lyne Purl Well is situated in a recessed front garden in Stoney Lane. From time immemorial, it was a source of water for the earliest inhabitants of West Bromwich. It was described as "a hollow tree trunk lining a well of soft water". It is documented in 1606, when the Manor court forbid the washing of “filthy clothes or beasties bellies”. The spring still runs underneath, but is now capped. It bears a lions head and stone inscription which read "Presented by Alderman J.J.Grant J.P. to the town of West Bromwich May 1956"