Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Bochard Gate, Carlisle | ||
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| Bochard Gate | ||
| site name:- | City Walls | |
| locality:- | Botchergate | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | town gate | |
| coordinates:- | NY40245563 (estimate) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
| SummaryText:- | Its tower was incorporated into the Citadel, 1542, when its function was taken by English Gate, which is not on the same site; demolished 1804. | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Bocher Gate |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto sourcePage 193:- "..." ""The City of Cairluell ... is walled with a right fair strong wall ... In the wall be three gates Bocher or S. Calden or W. and Richard or N. ..." "... The city has three gates, the French, English, and Scotch; ..." |
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| notes:- |
gateway in the original Citadel, 1542, demolished 1804 |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan see Citadel |
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