 His primary place of business in Sherborne was the Half Moon Inn from which he operated a coach service and supplied wine to the church and distributed beer.He also leased tenements in The Church House (Half Moon Street) and, from circa 1750 until his death, leased what is now Sherborne's oldest existing pub, The George Hotel on upper Cheap Street (its courtyard stood in what is now George Street), next-door to the former Hospice of Saint Julian.Oke's father, John, was a coach-master and a waggoner (transported goods in a horse-drawn cart).