English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Stroud Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bray

Historical Forms

  • Lestrod' 1220 Fees
  • La Strode 1340 PubLib(Bray)
  • Strode 1395 1416 Windsor
  • Strode Grene 1491 PubLib(Bray)
  • Strowde Grene 1572 ib
  • Stroode Greene 1575 ib
  • Stroode 1586 RentSur
  • Little Stroode, adioyninge Strood Greene 1629 PubLib(Bray)
  • Stroud Greene 1641 SP
  • Stroud Green 1761 Rocque 1790 Pride 1800 Eden

Etymology

Stroud Fm, Lestrod '1220 Fees (p), La Strode 1340PubLib (Bray ), Strode 1395ib , 1416Windsor , Strode Grene 1491PubLib (Bray ), Strowde Grene 1572ib , Stroode Greene 1575ib , Stroode 1586RentSur , Little Stroode , adioyninge Strood Greene 1629PubLib (Bray ), Stroud Greene 1641SP , Stroud Green 1761 Rocque, 1790 Pride, 1800 Eden, v. strōd 'marshy land overgown with brushwood'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement