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Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Ilsley, from the Old English personal name Hild + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Ilsley, from the Old English personal name Hild + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.