•  Strood, Kent

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Strood like this:

STROOD, a town, a parish, and a sub-district, in North Aylesford district, Kent. The town stands on the river Medway, at the junction of the North Kent and the London, Chatham, and Dover railways, opposite Rochester; forms practically one town with Rochester and Chatham; and has a post-office‡ under Rochester, a r. station with telegraph, a church rebuilt in 1812, Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and the North Aylesford workhouse. The parish consists of S.-Intra and Media, within Rochester borough, and S.-Extra without the borough. ...

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Acres, 1,622; of which 130 are water. Real property, £15,501; of which £400 are in quarries, £2,650 in railways, and £100 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 3,067; in 1861, 4,057. Houses, 704. The manor was given, by Henry II., to the Knights Templars. A preceptory of the Knights, and an hospital of the time of Richard I., were here; and have left some remains-Brick-making is largely carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £290.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of R.—The sub-district contains six parishes. Acres, 20,045. Pop., 9,521. Houses, 1,763.

Strood through time

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