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 Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Greenham

Historical Forms

  • Strowde Grene 1547 LRMB
  • Strood Green 1660 Windsor

Etymology

, 1761 Rocque , Strowde Grene 1547LRMB , Strood Green 1660Windsor , v. strōd ' marshy land overgrownwith brushwood ' .