Why is Stroud Green called Stroud Green?

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• Liz

  August 2007 edited 2:42AM

  If googling isn't cheating, then the answer apparently is as follows: "The name is of 15th-century origin and indicated a marshy place overgrown with brushwood." According to <http://www.hidden-london.com/stroudgreen.html>.

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• Ruth

  August 2007 edited 2:42AM

  Wow - I live opposite Stapleton Hall and I never realised its historical significance! Nice.

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• Giles

  August 2007 edited 2:42AM

  I saw a guided walk and they sent ages in front of the Old Dairy and the old Stapleton Hall - I think it was done through the Hornsey Historical Society.

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• matt

  August 2007 edited 2:42AM

  On the page Liz links to, is "StroudGreen.net" an old name for this site?

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• andy

  August 2007 edited 2:42AM

  Stroudgreen.net was a site once run by Doug, who is now registered on this site. He let the domain name lapse when he stopped updating it. Like lots of sites like this, it died because there weren't enough people to talk crap on it. Whereas we have an incredibly high tolerance for talking crap, plus a shop and a map. <http://www.stroudgreen.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=240&page=1#Item_9>; Stroudgreen.com points to this site. Dunno who owns other versions of the domain.

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