Botcherby

Botcherby
Cumberland
Location
Grid reference:	NY422556
Location:	54°53’33"N, 2°54’7"W
Data
Population:	6,194  (2011)
Post town:	Carlisle
Postcode:	CA1
Local Government
Council:	Cumberland
Parliamentary constituency:	Carlisle

Botcherby is a Cumberland suburb which has become a mere suburb and council estate of the City of Carlisle. It formerly a distinct village, swallowed up in the modern growth of the county town. It is to be found immediately to the east of the city centre, across the River Petteril: the meadows of the Petteril to the west and the Eden to the north keep it a defined area.

History

The earliest surviving written reference to Botcherby is in a charter by which King William II (1087–1100) granted a large piece of land around Carlisle to a Flemish mercenary officer called "Bochardby" who had served in his army. The grant was confirmed by William's successor, Henry I, in a Deed which obliged Bochardby to build a Castle (not for his own use) in the town, also he had to "keep out the Scots and repopulate the district".

The village Botcherby is first named in 1170. At some point in the 16th century the name was "tidied up" to become "Botcherby".

The village was absorbed into Carlisle’s civic jurisdiction in 1912, enabling the city council to build council houses here, which eventually obliterated much of the old village character.