Ilsey, EAST, or MARKET ILSEY, a market-town of Berkshire, situated amid bleak and dreary downs, 9 miles N. of Newbury and 6½ S. of Didcot. Its sheep-markets count among the most important in the kingdom. Pop. 577. Archbishop de Dominis was rector of West Ilsey, 2 miles north-west. Pop. 377.
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