14 Facts About Strood

Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England.

Strood began as a manor then chapelry of Frindsbury until gaining its own parish status in 1193.

Strood's history has been dominated by the river and facing port-associated towns, particularly its road and rail bridges since the Roman era to Rochester and the two other Medway Towns immediately adjoining and beyond from the north-east quarter of Kent to London and the rest of Britain.

In 1312 the Knight's Templar were suppressed and the Manor of Strood passed into private hands briefly before being passed on to the Abbess and Sisters Minorites of St Clare of Denney in Cambridgeshire.

Strood was owned by the Rochester monastery from the 18th year of Edward III's reign until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII, after which time as part of the Hundred of Sharnel which included Cobham, it was passed to George Brooke, Lord Cobham.

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The parish of Strood utilised some of the money to provide a workhouse for the poor.

Hasted, in his study of Kent, said Strood's inhabitants were chiefly seafaring or fishermen, and engaged in dredging oysters.

The land used for the Strood Fair was sandwiched between Grange Road and Station Road, adjacent to Strood railway station.

Strood Market is held on part of this land, but was relocated to make way for a food store, Aldi.

Strood Rural District was a local government district of Kent from 1894 to 1974.

Strood is part of the parliamentary constituency of Rochester and Strood.

In June 2018 Following a £15 million loan, it was announced that Carpetright was to restructure its Kent stores with the Strood store closing and everything being transferred to the Gillingham store.

Once Strood started to be filled in various boatyards and ship repair businesses started up both on the river and in the creeks which drain the marshes.

Parish church for Strood is St Nicholas College Yard Strood which is Grade II listed building.