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Saddle Tor

Other OS name in the Parish of Ilsington

Historical Forms

  • Saddletor c.1620 Risdon

Etymology

is Saddletor c. 1620 Risdon and is so named from its shape . It seems to be identical with the tor called Lether Torre in a perambulation of 1566 (DA 43) . Cf. Laughter Torsupra 195 .