[73] During the scarcity of change in 1811-12, the people of Stockton issued out silver tokens of sixpence and twelve-pence value, the only tokens issued in the county.
HARK TO WINCHESTER:
OR, THE
Yorkshire Volunteers’ Farewell to the good Folks of Stockton.
Tune,—Push about the Jorum.
Ye Stockton lads and lasses too,
Come listen to my story;
A dismal tale, because ’tis true,
I’ve now to lay before ye:
We must away, our rout is come,