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It is a variant of Stirkeland. This is simply stirk + land. Stirk today still means 'a young bullock or heifer, usually between 1 and 2 years old'. (OED)

It may have come from "strict land" or "stricken land" but it's only a guess.

Strickland: British. "Land for heifers," places in England. That's all it says :(
See http://www.familychronicle.com/namessz.htm

The Norwegians have a word 'stryk' which means rapids or fast flowing waters. Possibly, it's derived from an area near the rapids?

Another guess ...