Well in Rectory grounds

The traditional explanation of the street name 'Oakwellgate' is that given by the antiquarian author, Brand, who wrote: "there had been anciently a well, with an oak hanging over it" (Brand 1789, 482). A stone-lined well 5 feet 9 inches in diameter and 20 feet deep was found to the south-east of the old rectory in 1921. From the brief description the well cannot be dated, but was probably a domestic supply for the rectory.