Finkle Street : Pictures and History of Stockton on Tees
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Finkle Street in Stockton is one of the town's most historic streets and even today still has an 'olde-worlde' sort of charm with its characteristic buildings. It is tempting to think that little has changed in Finkle Street just off the High Street, but one look at the two photographs below belies that .
The roadway in Finkle Street has changed radically; in the 1960s it led down a steep slope towards the river and there was even a gate at the bottom, beyond can be seen the factory sheds of Head Wrightson over the River Tees.(above right photo) "In the 1660s the town (Stockton) was described as having only houses of thatch and timber and the impression is of a dilapidated medieval town. However from about 1680 to 1710 there was a major rebuilding of the houses of Stockton using brick and tiles and quite probably stone salvaged from the castle as is supposed to be the case in Finkle Street." 
This Google Street View picture shows that the slope in the road has gone it has been replaced by the entrance to the Castlegate car park from Riverside Road, neither of which existed in the 1960s. Also Head Wrightson has gone, replaced by the Teesdale site
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