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Ilsington Wd

Early-attested site in the Parish of Puddletown

Historical Forms

  • fossatum bosci (Prioris…de Twynham) voc' Ilsyngbere 1270 ChrP 1372
  • copic' domini in Ilsingbere 1399 AddRoll
  • bosci de Pudeltoune voc' Ilsingbere 15 ChrP
  • bosco de Ilsingbere 1285 1372 ib
  • Ulsingbere 1288 1372 ib
  • wood called Ylsinbr' 1289 Cl
  • Ilsyngber Wode 1539 AOMB
  • 'wood and coppices called Isembre' 1540 Hutch3
  • Ilsingbury Wd 1811 OS
  • Ilsington Wd 1839 TA

Etymology

Ilsington Wd (SY 755926), fossatum bosci (Priorisde Twynham ) voc ' Ilsyngbere 1270 (1372) ChrP , copic ' domini in Ilsingbere 1399AddRoll , bosci de Pudeltoune voc ' Ilsingbere 15ChrP , bosco de Ilsingbere 1285 (1372) ib , Ulsingbere 1288 (1372) ib , 'wood called Ylsinbr '' 1289 Cl, Ilsyngber Wode 1539AOMB , 'wood and coppices called Isembre '1540 Hutch3, Ilsingbury Wd 1811 OS, Ilsington Wd 1839TA . '(Woodland) pasture, or grove, called after Ælfsige, or at Ilsing ', v. -ing 4 , -ing 2 , bǣr 2 or bearu , and prec.