title: Strood Rural District
text: # Strood Rural District
  
  Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.
  
  It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.
  
  It consisted of the following civil parishes:
  
  * Allhallows (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Chalk (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
  * Cliffe
  * Cobham
  * Cooling (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Cuxton
  * Denton (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
  * Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the City of Rochester in 1934)
  * Halling
  * Higham
  * High Halstow (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Hoo St Werburgh (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Ifield (1894–1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
  * Isle of Grain (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Luddesdown
  * Meopham
  * Nurstead
  * Shorne
  * St Mary Hoo (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Stoke (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
  * Strood Extra (1894–1934; abolished and split between Cuxton and the City of Rochester)
  
  On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and split between the new districts of Medway and Gravesham.
  
  