English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ilsley Down

Other OS name in the Parish of East Ilsley

Historical Forms

  • East Ilsley Downs 1830 OS

Etymology

, East Ilsley Downs 1830 OS , cf . ' The signal-elm that looks on Ilsley Downs ' c.1865 Matthew Arnold, Thyrsis . E .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name