Ilkeston (??lk?st?n) n (Placename) a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014