District · Kent and the Narrow Sea
Strood
Strood is the carriers' half of Old Green, lying across the Medway from the cathedral and the town. Barge-builders work on the shore above the toll-house, which makes lodgings on that bank cheaper. Joseph Durnford, once a waggoner and now lame in the hip, keeps here the robbery book that the carriers use for the Medway roads, listing every robbery under seven headings. Strood households also appear on the burial-club rolls that Kentish secretaries compare, and some householders buy door-pieces from travelling vendors.
- Within
- Old Green
- Holds
- 3 places
- Named in
- Living Britannia, Travelling Britannia
Where the volumes speak of it
- LiB1 › 11.8 In Practice: Robbery Books
- LiB1 › 14.8 In Practice: The Fourth Night
- LiB1 › 32.8 Kent and the March
- LiB2 › 7.5 Markets, Shops, and Trades
- LiB1 › Chapter 11 — Rewards and Outlaws › 11.8 In Practice: Robbery Books
- LiB1 › Chapter 14 — Death and Burial › 14.8 In Practice: The Fourth Night
- LiB1 › Chapter 32 — Finding Your Way › 32.8 Kent and the March
Within Strood
Inn and venue The Long Waggon The carriers' inn at Strood, across the river from Old Green, kept by Landlord Edmund Packer. Beds are shared, stabling costs less than anywhere on either bank, and a… Inn and venue The Three Daws The Strood house of the watermen and west-bank bargemen, kept by Landlord Jonas Prebble, and the place to learn what the river is doing. Disputes spill into it: a heavy… Building The Toll-House The bridge's toll-house at the Strood end, where the toll book is kept by the senior warden, Sarah Napleton. It shuts at eleven, and its lamps mark where the lit town… 