•     Introduction
•     Tees Estuary to Yarm
  •     Transporter Bridge
  •     Newport Vertical Lift Bridge
  •     A19 Tees Viaduct
  •     Tees Barrage
  •     Infinity Bridge
  •     Princess of Wales Bridge
  •     Teesquay Millenium Bridge
  •     Victoria Bridge
  •     Stockton Railway Bridges
  •     A66 Surtees Bridge
  •     Jubilee Bridge
  •     Preston Pipe Bridge
  •     Yarm Road Bridge
  •     Yarm Railway Viaduct
•     Yarm to   Piercebridge
  •     Over Dinsdale Bridge
  •     Fishlocks Bridge
  •     Girsby Bridge
  •     Neasham Hall Bridge
  •     Low Hail, Hurworth Bridge
  •     Croft Railway Bridge
  •     Croft Road Bridge
  •     Blackwell Bridge
  •     A1M Bridge Low Coniscliffe
  •     Piercebridge Bridge
  •     Piercebridge Pipe Bridge
•     Piercebridge to   Barnard Castle
  •     Barforth Hall Bridge
  •     Gainford Railway Bridge
  •     West Tees Railway Bridge
  •     Winston Bridge
  •     Whorlton Bridge
  •     Abbey Bridge, Egglestone
  •     Thorngate Footbridge
  •     Barnard Castle Bridge
  •     Deepdale Footbridge
•     Barnard Castle to   Tees Source
  •     Cotherstone Footbridge
  •     Eggleston Bridge
  •     Beckstones Wath Footbridge
  •      Middleton in Teesdale Bridge
  •     Scoberry Footbridge
  •     Winch Footbridge
  •     Low Force
  •     Holwick Head Footbridge
  •     High Force
  •     Cronkley Bridge
  •     Cauldron Snout
  •     Birkdale Footbridge
  •     Cow Green Reservoir
  •     Moor House Bridge
  •     Tees Source
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear
•     Bridges on the Tweed

WINSTON BRIDGE

"The blacksmith's shop on the green is surrounded by a litter of rusty farming implements awaiting repairs, and it faces the "Inn of the Four Alls" on the other side of the street. The inn signboard is a curious work of art which must have been designed by a local farmer in a cynical mood. Figures representing the four callings are followed by the appropriate legends.

The Queen; "I govern all."
A soldier; "I fight for all."
A Parson; "I pray for all."
A Farmer; "I pay for all."

(Ovington village.)"

Teesdale. Douglas M Ramsden. 1947

The bridge at Winston is noteworthy as a survivor of the great flood of 1771. It was built as a link in the road system carrying coal from South Durham pits to North Yorkshire, but lost its importance with the coming of the railway. It is a stone bridge soaring high over the Tees. Designed by Sir Thomas Robinson of nearby Rokeby, and erected in 1762-3, it has one arch of 111 ft (34 metres) span, once the longest single span in England. It has recently been strengthened with bolts to retain the spandrel walls.

Winston village is noteworthy for the church of St Andrew's standing above the Tees. Parts of it are 13th century, but the exterior was much restored in Victorian times. The steep river banks are lined by trees and the scenery is very grand, and the river quite wide hereabouts. Ovington is another pleasant village, situated on the south side of the Tees and to the west.

 Winston Bridge