The guy I spoke to at the bar said though it is a corruption of the word Bouchier, which was the name of the important land-owners hereabouts. All over this historic pub are crests and symbols of the Bouchiers.
His theory sounds like it must be correct; but I couldn’t find any evidence for it after a quick Google-search.
Language gets bastardised over time and it's sometimes almost impossible to know the origins. The theory of this sounds solid enough. If you think that French for butcher is Boucher is could be possible.
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