Stroud Gloucestershire
Stroud (or 'Stroud Water') was the birthplace of Ellen May Townsend, wife of William Webb-King, and mother of my mother's maternal grandfather, Frank King. Stroud Water may refer to a house or home location, perhaps located somewhere along the Stroud Water canal, not far from the actual town of Stroud, in the 'midlands' of England.
My knowledge of her parents and of Stroud is somewhat limited, at present.