ILSLEY (WEST), a parish in the hundred of COMPTON,
county of BERKS, 2 miles (N.W. by N.) from East
Ilsley, containing 328 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury,
rated in the king's books at £22. 7. 1., and
in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor.
Thechurch is dedicated to All Saints. Here are two extensive
breweries, the beer of which has obtained great
celebrity. The learned Mark Antonio de Dominis,
Archbishop of Spalatro, was presented to this rectory
by James I.; and, in the reigns of Charles I. and II,,
Calybute Downing, a celebrated divine, was rector.