I've not heard of it before Val but if you go on FreeBMD and search 'all types' and put +illedge (if you put the + sign you'll get first and middle names) in the first name box, a few come up. Its also a surname so I wonder whether this is where it comes from
Hi was he born Feb 11 and baptised in 4th March 1860, son of elizabeth and Henry Brooks whom was a painter. At Saint George Bloomsby, also,
Probate on his Will.
William Illedge Brooks other wise William Henry of 8 Emcroft Crescent, Golden Green, Henden. Died 22 Fen 1947 Adminstration ( Limited) London
9th October to Ernest Robert Sorrell county Treasure, effects 374 pound 11 shillings and 1 penny. 1950.
Illedge is a old Anglo Saxon name. They even have their own Crest, maybe it could have been either in Henry or Elizabeths past. Lizzy
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