Stockton and Middlesbrough Road Act 1856
WHEREAS the Construction of a Turnpike Road from the Highway from Stockton to Guisbrough, near a Place called Bonlea Farm in the Township of Thornaby in the Parish of Thornaby or Stainton in the North Riding of the County of York, to the Borough of Middlesbrough, in the said North Riding, with a Bridge or Viaduct in the Line of the said intended Road over a Creek or Arm of the River Tees, formerly Part of the said River, would be a great public Advantage; but the same cannot be effected witho...