Stoke Bridge

Stoke Bridge in Ipswich carries Bridge Street (A137) over the point at which the River Gipping becomes the River Orwell. It carries traffic into Ipswich from the suburb of Over Stoke. The bridge consists of two separate structures and is just upstream from Ipswich dock on a tidal section of the river.

Stoke Bridge, from town centre side

History

There are records of a bridge existing on the site from the late 13th Century.[1] The fact that the Domesday Book mentions Saint Mary at Stoke implies that a crossing existed much earlier.[1]

The bridge is featured in John Speed's map of Ipswich of 1610 and Joseph Hodskinson's map of 1783.

The southbound bridge has a plaque celebrating the bridge's erection over 1924 and 1925. The bridge was the southernmost crossing of the river in Ipswich until the construction of Orwell Bridge in the 1980s.

References
  1. Alsford, Stephen. "Medieval English urban history - Ipswich - Map". users.trytel.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

See also

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