Stoke Bridge

The bridge consists of two separate structures and is just upstream from Ipswich dock on a tidal section of the river.

[1] The fact that the Domesday Book mentions Saint Mary at Stoke implies that a crossing existed much earlier.

[2] The town records of the reign of Elizabeth I note that 28 loads of timber were transported from Whitton for the building of Stoke Bridge.

In 1779, there is a record of two sturdy beggars, who stood on Stoke Bridge on a Sunday morning, insulting any who did not give them money.

In 1789, Robert Ransome moved to Ipswich to begin the “Orwell Works" company employing 1500 men.

Stoke Bridge, from town centre side