Hillsley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hawkesbury
Historical Forms
- on Hil(l)eah 972 BCS1282 10th
- Hildeslei 1086 DB
- Hildesleg', Hyldesleg', Hyldesl(e)', Hyldesle(i)gh, Hyldesley(e) 1220 Fees 1221,1248 Ass 1274 RH 1492 Ipm
- Yldesleye 1274 RH
- Hillesley 1439 Pat 1467 IpmR 1599 FF
- Hilsly 1722 PR
Etymology
'Hild's glade or clearing', v. lēah . On the OE pers.n. Hild (i ) cf. Hillesden (Bk 62).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Chalkley Fm
- Stoke
- Hawkesbury Upton
- Little Badminton
- Saddlewood Fm
- Tresham
- Chandler's Cliff
- Sturt Fm & Sturt Bridge
- Assley Common
- Inglestone Common & Inglestone Fm
- Kilcott
- Oakhall
- Swangrove
Other OS name
- Church Hill & Church Wood
- Coldchange Cottage
- Court Fm
- Dayhouse Fm
- Dunkirk
- Farbarrow
- Field Barn
- Folly Fm
- France Lane
- Frith Wood
- Furlongs Fm
- Hamgreen Covert
- Hammouth Hill
- Ham's Gully
- Harely Common
- Hawkesbury Common, Hawkesbury Knoll & Hawkesbury Wood
- Hennel Bottom & Hennel Wood
- Holwell Fm & Holwell Wood
- Kilford's Pill
- Knight's Grove
- Knott's Wood
- Lance Coppice, Launce Wood
- Littley Wood
- Long Coombe
- Lovettswood Fm
- Mare Pools
- Marshfield Path
- Mear's Plant
- Mickley Brake
- Midger Wood
- Miry Wood
- Neal's Wood
- New Leaze
- Oxleaze Fm
- Park St.
- Pound Fm
- White Well
- Apes Cross
- Apsimore
- Bangel Wood
- Barley Ridge
- The Barton
- Baynham Wood
- Binley Wood
- Birch Hill
- The Breach
- Britain Bottom
- Broad Hill
- Bucklesbury
- Burdon Court
- The Castle
- Claypit Wood
- Payne's Barn
- Ragged Castle
- Abbot's Well
- Clay Hill
- Highfield Fm
- Pool Fm
- Ravens' Combe
- Ruthercombe Wood
- Saltmoors Ditch
- Sandpit Lane
- Shepherd's Knap
- Slait Lodge
- Small Coombe
- Splatt Barn
- Stanley Wood
- Starveall
- Stickstey Wood
- Stonehill Wood
- Twizzle Well
- Upton Coombe
- Walcroft Wood
- Withymore Wood
- Woodcroft
- Cat Ho
- Hen's Cliff
- Petty France
- Wedgewood