English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Saddleback

Early-attested site in the Parish of Threlkeld

Historical Forms

  • the Rackes of Blenkarthure 1589 LRMB
  • Blencarter, Blenkarthur 1794 H
  • Saddleback 1769 Gray 1783 Donald 1789 Clarke
  • Sattleback ib.

Etymology

The first element of the original name of this mountain is Welsh  blaen , 'point, top.' The forms are too late for any interpretation of the second element to be feasible. For 'the Rackes,' v. reik .