West Ilsley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ILSLEY (WEST), a village and a parish in Wantage district, Berks.
The village stands in a deep valley, under the Downs, near Ickleton street, 1½ mile NW of East Ilsley, and 6¼ S of Steventon r. station; and has a post office under Newbury.
The parish comprises 3,670 acres. Real property, £3,474. Pop., 432. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Col. L. Lindsay.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £537. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is late poor pendicular, and has a bell turret.
There is a national school. Antonio de Dominis, archbishop of Spalatro, and Goodman, bishop of Gloucester, were rectors; and the latter was visited here, in 1644, by Charles I. on his way to Donnington castle.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 1 )
“Time, gentlemen please” : 300+ years of pubs and brewing in East and West Ilsley
Author: Burnay, Suzanna G.
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for West Ilsley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Ilsley, 1605-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire)
Parish registers for West Ilsley, 1558-1919
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire)
Parish registers for West Ilsley, 1778-1967
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire)
The parish registers of All Saints, West Ilsley, 1558 to 1967
Author: Ayres, Val; Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire); Berkshire Family History Society (England)
Poor law records for West Ilsley, 1839-1889
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of West Ilsley, Berks., Eng
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Genealogy ( 1 )
Women’s employment in West Ilsley
Author: Scott, Olive
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – History ( 1 )
The parish registers of All Saints, West Ilsley, 1558 to 1967
Author: Ayres, Val; Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire); Berkshire Family History Society (England)
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Occupations ( 2 )
“Time, gentlemen please” : 300+ years of pubs and brewing in East and West Ilsley
Author: Burnay, Suzanna G.
Women’s employment in West Ilsley
Author: Scott, Olive
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records for West Ilsley, 1839-1889
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, West Ilsley – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor law records for West Ilsley, 1839-1889
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Ilsley (Berkshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Wantage
- Probate Court: Pre-1846 – Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Canons of Windsor in Wantage, Post-1845 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – Windsor, Post-1845 – Newbury
- Poor Law Union: Wantage
- Hundred: Compton
- Province: Canterbury