Stroud
See also: stroud
English
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Etymology
[edit]The English town is named as La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". The original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Stroud
- A surname.
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8505). [1]
- A local government district of Gloucestershire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters near the town. [2]
- A village and civil parish west of Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7223). [3]
- A town in MidCoast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A city in Creek County and Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
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