Botusfleming
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{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|map_type= Cornwall
|coordinates = {{coord|50.430|-4.248|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Botus Fleming
|cornish_name= Bosflumyes
|population = {{Population WD|show=value}}
|population_ref = ({{Population WD|show=year}})
|civil_parish= Botus Fleming
|unitary_england= Cornwall
|lieutenancy_england = Cornwall
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster= South East Cornwall
|post_town= SALTASH
|postcode_district = PL12
|postcode_area= PL
|dial_code= 01752
|os_grid_reference= SX 404 614
|static_image_name=East_window_of_St_Mary's_church_-_Botusfleming_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599627.jpg
|static_image_caption=Pictorial main three-panes of east window of St Mary's church in well-illuminated glass
}}
File:Neale(1818) p1.168 - Moditonham House, Cornwall.jpg
Botus Fleming or Botusfleming ({{langx|kw|Bosflumyes}}) is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}} The parish population was 766 at the 2021 census.Table PP002 - Sex, from {{cite web |title=Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=5 August 2024}} The village is about three miles north-west of Saltash at {{gbmapping|SX 403 612}}. There is a public house (the Rising Sun), a market garden and a small colony of artists, but the village is mostly a dormitory area for Plymouth.
Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and has a western tower and a fine arcade between the nave and the north aisle. The church was restored in 1872 by Henry Eliott; this restoration included new roofs, floors, pews and glazing. The font is of Polyphant stone, probably 14th century in date. In a field near the church is an obelisk in memory of William Martyn built in 1762.Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Cornwall. New Haven: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-12668-6}}; p. 112
In the church is a stone effigy of a knight in armour; he is thought to be Stephen le Fleming who was a medieval Crusader and perhaps left his name to the place.Mee, Arthur, ed. (1937) Cornwall. (The King's England.) London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 33-34
Other buildings
- Moditonham House is the site of the medieval castle of the Moditons and is now a large Georgian house which is a grade two* listed building incorporating fabric from the earlier building.Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 44-45{{cite web|title=Moditonham House, Botusfleming|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-60760-moditonham-house-botusfleming-|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=17 June 2013}} Michael Loam, a Cornish engineer who introduced the first man engine (a device to carry men up and down the shaft of a mine) into the UK died here.
- The Bidwell is a 20th-century restored 14th century constructed well (with a roof) on a main street in the village, with a 19th-century statue of Saint Mary (mother of Jesus).{{NHLE|num=1137879|accessdate=28 March 2016}}
- The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009.
File:Crossroads at Botusfleming - geograph.org.uk - 179952.jpg
Demographics
| class="wikitable" style="width:32em; text-align:center;"
|+ Census population of Botusfleming parish |
| scope=col| Census
! scope=col| Population ! scope=col| Households |
|---|
| scope=row| 2001
|| 783 || |
| scope=row| 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/BotusFleming/index.html#Population|title= parish population 2011|accessdate= 9 February 2015}}
|| 771 || 319 |
| scope=row| 2021
|| 766 || 330 |
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