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Stoney Lane, WEST BROMWICH, B71 4EP

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"

Stoney Lane West Bromwich. Close up of Lions Head and commemorative stone.

A one-time OS cutmark existed on this brick pillar, but must have been removed at some time when the wall was repaired, and has been 'replaced' by this rather poor representation.

Recently trimmed trees line Grafton Road, on which the houses date from roughly the 1950s.

Located on the junction of Taylor's Lane and St Clement's Lane, this was formerly known as Grant Hall, and has been occupied by the Mission Church since the late 1960s. The name is taken from a combination of the Gospel Temperance Movement and the Blue Ribbon Army, who held a four-week long mission in West Brom in 1882.

Rear access to the houses on Grafton Road, and to the garages that many of them have erected in their back gardens.

A view from beside the Hargate Arms looking north-north-east along All Saints Way, West Bromwich. This is the A4031 (A - A road) which links the A4148 West Broadway at Walsall Image with the A457 at West Smethwick Image Time photo taken 1.00 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

A clear OS cutmark on the wall outside the hospital (the part that is described as the Union Workhouse on older maps.) It was originally levelled at 504 feet 6 inches, but was last checked and relevelled in 1962 at 153.528m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

This is the former Hargate Arms pub (public house) which has stood here on All Saints Way in West Bromwich for some time since its closure. The property is still available, at the time of writing, for viewing by interested purchasers. The pub sign reads 'Hargate Arms Virtute Et Industria' meaning 'Virtue and Industry'. Time photo taken 12.35 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

This is the former Hargate Arms pub (public house) which has stood here on All Saints Way in West Bromwich for some time since its closure. The property is still available, at the time of writing, for viewing by interested purchasers. The pub sign reads 'Hargate Arms Virtute Et Industria' meaning 'Virtue and Industry'. Time photo taken 12.38 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).