A view of one of the abutments from the demolished 1769 Stockton stone bridge, seen on the Stockton bank with the Victoria Bridge built in 1887 
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A view of one of the abutments from the demolished 1769 Stockton stone bridge, seen on the Stockton bank with the Victoria Bridge built in 1887
I have just aquired a large copper Stockton penny token dated 1813. It has britannia on one side and a picture of the bridge across the tees on the other which I thought was victoria bridge. I now realise that because of the date it must be the old stone bridge. I couldnt figure out why the bridge on the coin has five arches with water flowing under all of them and victoria bridge I think only has three. Now I know. The same coin can be seen on this site – http://www.picturestockton.co.uk/viewpage.aspx?id=90181