East Ilsley

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East Ilsley's village pond.

East Ilsley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire.

It is situated at grid reference SU492811 in West Berkshire, north of Newbury very close to the A34 road which bypasses the village.

In 1620 East Ilsley was granted a charter to hold a sheep market in the village, this became the second largest sheep market, after Smithfield, London.

There is also a West Ilsley nearby.

Either West Ilsley or East Ilsley may have been the site of the Battle of Ashdown (Alfred the Great's victory against the Danes), the etymology of the name Ilsley is that it may be derived from Hilde-Laege which means "Place of Conflict".

[edit] References

Royal Berkshire History: East Ilsley

[edit] External links

East Ilsley Village Heritage Website

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Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns: Hungerford \| Newbury \| Thatcham
Civil parishes: Aldermaston \| Aldworth \| Ashampstead \| Basildon \| Beech Hill \| Beedon \| Beenham \| Boxford \| Bradfield \| Brightwalton \| Brimpton \| Bucklebury \| Burghfield \| Catmore \| Chaddleworth \| Chieveley \| Cold Ash \| Combe \| Compton \| East Garston \| East Ilsley \| Enborne \| Englefield \| Farnborough \| Fawley \| Frilsham \| Great Shefford \| Greenham \| Hampstead Norreys \| Hamstead Marshall \| Hermitage \| Inkpen \| Kintbury \| Lambourn \| Leckhampstead \| Midgham \| Padworth \| Pangbourne \| Peasemore \| Purley-On-Thames \| Shaw-cum-Donnington \| Speen \| Stanford Dingley \| Stratfield Mortimer \| Streatley \| Sulhamstead \| Theale \| Tidmarsh with Sulham \| Tilehurst \| Ufton Nervet \| Wasing \| Welford \| West Woodhay \| West Ilsley \| Winterbourne \| Woolhampton \| Yattendon
Other villages and suburbs: \| Aldermaston Wharf \| Ashmore Green \| Bagnor \| Burnt Hill \| Calcot \| Donnington \| Halfway \| Hell Corner \| Marsh Benham \| Shaw \| South Fawley \| Stockcross \| Upper Basildon \| Upper Lambourn \| Wash Common \| Weston \| World's End