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 Croydon

Historical Forms

  • la Strode 1279 Ass
  • le Strod 1296 AddCh
  • ate Strode 1332 SR
  • Strodegrene 1483 Deed
  • Stroud Green 1749 B

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is la Strode 1279Ass (p),le Strod 1296AddCh , ate Strode 1332 SR (p), Strodegrene 1483Deed , Stroud Green 1749 B . ' Marshy brushwood place , ' v. strod .