Ilkeston or similar in Yorks.?

Question:My grandfather has been listed as being born in Ilkeston Yorks. I now know that Ilkeston is in Derbyshire. Does anyone in surrounding areas i.e. Yorks Derby or Notts know af any town or village similar sounding to this? His father was listed as a miner. Reason I am unable to find any source of birth /

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My grandfather has been listed as being born in Ilkeston Yorks. I now know that Ilkeston is in Derbyshire. Does anyone in surrounding areas i.e. Yorks Derby or Notts know af any town or village similar sounding to this? His father was listed as a miner. Reason I am unable to find any source of birth /

I had problems trying to find a birth certificate for someone born in 1885, I live in Nottinghamshire and I knew that my gr/gr/ gran had been born in Stapleford Notts, when I asked at the register office in Ilkeston why it was marked as being in Notts, Derbys and Leics, I was told it was because it was close to the boundary. The cities closest were given as well for accuracy?.
Have a look at the link posted below, it's an index of all the place names in England prior to the boundary changes of 1939,
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/...
I live just 9 miles away from Ilkeston, my address is Nottinghamshire.
If you need any help finding the information, you could post the persons name and I know for certain one of the excellent researchers that we have in the UK, will help you or will actually find the information for you.
You would need the name, rough idea of the year of birth and a location.
Hope this helps.

It could very well be Ilkley.

Here is a list of all the cities, in Debrshire

Alfreton
Allestree
Ashbourne
Bakewell
Belper
Bolsover
Buxton
Caldwell
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Chatsworth
Chesterfield
Crich
Derby
Doe Lea
Draycott
Dronfield
Duffield
Glossop
Hatton
Heanor
Holbrook
Hope
Ilkeston
Littleover
Long Eaton
Mapperley
Matlock
Melbourne
Morton
New Mills
Newbold
Repton
Ripley
Somercotes
Spondon
Stonebroom
Swadlincote
Tansley
Whaley Bridge
Willington
Wirksworth

I would think it could still be Ilkeston. Boundaries change over time and the Yorkshire/Derbyshire was no exception. I've been researching my family history for over 15 years and it's a nightmare when the same placename crops up in 3 different counties. Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire are the worst in my experience. I live in Yorkshire and am pretty familiar with the surrounding geography and there's only one Ilkeston I know of and that's in what we know today as Derbyshire.

At the risk of telling you something you probably already know, remember spellings can change too. Ilkeston might have had an 'e' on the end of it for example or two 'l's - Illkestone - lots of likely possiblities. Not sure if you're using a genealogy site for your research but Ancestry.com has a very good search engine for records, and usually considers alternative spellings.

Sorry I can't be of more help.