East Ilsley

East Ilsley is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire or Lambourn Downs northern part of West Berkshire, north of Newbury centred immediately east of the A34 road dual carriageway which passes through the length of the village from north to south. It is in the ceremonial and historic county of Berkshire and has the vast majority of its buildings in a traditional clustered centre.

East Ilsley

East Ilsley's village pond and small green with homes
East Ilsley
Location within Berkshire
Area15.02 km2 (5.80 sq mi)
Population1,571 (2011 census)[1]
• Density105/km2 (270/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU4981
Civil parish
Unitary authority
  • West Berkshire District Council
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewbury
Postcode districtRG20
Dialling code01635
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteOfficial website

Amenities

The village has a highest grade listed church that is mostly made from medieval stone, a minority of other buildings close by which are listed and pubs.

East Ilsley has an area to picnic by the pond, feeding the ducks, spend a few moments. Football is made available by local subscription on the recreation playground.[2]

History

Sheep market

In 1620 East Ilsley was granted a charter to hold a sheep market in the village, however informally held from the reign of Henry II of England. This became the second largest sheep market, after Smithfield, London throughout the 19th century.[3][4]

Hildersley

The parish was anciently called Hildersley, as in a medieval inscription in the church. West Ilsley was a hamlet in Ilsley. Ilsley has been attributed by antiquaries as a leading contender for the uncertain site of the Battle of Ashdown (Alfred the Great's victory against the Danes).[3][4] Hilde-Laege a strong plausible root of Hildersley means "Battle place".

Economy in the 1870s

Its real property (farms and homes) were worth £4,490 (equivalent to £432,779 in 2019) and its population in the United Kingdom Census 1871 was 746. It had 130 houses. This capital was remarked in a contemporary description as owned by a few. The manor belonged to Capt. Woodley, and great part of the land to Col. Robert Loyd-Lindsay. The benefice remained in the default form of a rectory (rather than a vicarage) in the diocese of Oxford, worth £722 (equivalent to £69,592 in 2019). Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. There was by this time a National School.[4]

Notable inhabitants/births here

Church

The church is partly Norman; has an early English style chancel, and an embattled tower; it was enlarged and repaired in 1845 and contains an old monument of one of the Hildesleys, ancient lords of the manor.

Transport

Public transport
Rail

East Ilsley's nearest station is Didcot Parkway, providing direct services to the West, West Midlands and London. The South Coast and East Anglia can be reached by changes at Reading/twice in London respectively.Compton railway station 1882-1962.

Buses

East Ilsley is served by buses 6 and 6A from Newbury.[5]

Roads

See A34 road.

Footpaths

The Ridgeway long-distance footpath passes through a subway below the A34 approximately one mile north of the village.

Racehorse training

Racehorses have been trained at East Ilsley for about 200 years, as an offshoot from the economic centre of training in the UK and Ireland, ten miles west at Lambourn. .[6]

Demography

Of its 216 homes in 2011, majority in this parish were owner-occupied; just over 10% were socially rented. Further context is as follows:

2011 Census Key Statistics
Output areaPopulationHomesOwned outrightOwned with a loanPrivately rentedSocially rentedOtherkm²km² Greenspace[n 1]km² gardenskm² road[1]
East Ilsley (civil parish)53821665852829912.612.10.10.2

Nearest places

Notes and references
Notes
  1. Comprises cultivated fields, pasture, woodland and common.
References
  1. Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. East Ilsley PC
  3. A Topographical Dictionary of England. S. Lewis (1848). London: Samuel Lewis, p.691.
  4. Imperial Gazetteer of Britain John Marius Wilson (1870-72). (University of Portsmouth visionofbritain.org.uk website). Retrieved 2014-12-03
  5. "Services effective from 18 February 2013" Archived 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine Newbury and District Transport. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  6. Curling, Bill (1977), Derby Double: The Unique Story of Racehorse Trainer Arthur Budgett, London: William Luscombe (Mitchell Beasley), p. 25, ISBN 0-86002-164-5
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