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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stroud Cmn

Other OS name in the Parish of Silton

Etymology

, 1811 OS , cf. Stroud Ho 1826 Gre , Stroud Md , Stroud Pce 1837TA , probably to be associated with Robert de la Strode 1288Ass ( Gillingham ) and tenementum Ade atte Strode 1314AddCh , v. strōd ' marshy ground overgrown with brushwood ' , atte .