Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Strode 1497 Hen2

• (incl'm voc') (le) Strowde, West Strowde 1584 ib

• Stroude 1600 Hen1

• Stroud 1705 Salkeld 1811 OS

• Strondman 1332 SR

Etymology

Stroud Fm (ST 792102), Strode 1497Hen 2, (incl 'm voc ') (le ) Strowde , West Strowde 1584ib , Stroude 1600Hen 1, Stroud 1705Salkeld , 1811 OS, cf. venellam ducent de Strowde (Elme ), Strowde Lane , Strowde Mede , Stroudwitch Lane , Strowd (e )witche Lane , Strowd (e )witche Pleck 1584Hen 2, Stroudes Tenement 1721Salkeld , Gt Stroud , Lt Stroud , Hilly Stroud , Stroud Md , Foreman 's Stroud , Stroud 's Grd 1838TA , from strōd 'marshy land overgrown with brushwood', with west , elm , lane , mǣd , wīc 'dwelling, (dairy) farm', and plek 'small plot'. The place is no doubt to be associated with William Strondman (for Stroudman ) 1332 SR (taxed in Okeford F., 'man who lived at the strōd', v. Fransson 207), and possibly with John (de ) Stro (u )de 1327SR , 1332 SR (taxed in Manston).