Botusfleming

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Village in Cornwall, England

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::summary Village in Cornwall, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Cornwall
coordinates
official_name	Botus Fleming
cornish_name	Bosflumyes
population
population_ref	()
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
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Botus Fleming or Botusfleming () is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population was 766 at the 2021 census. The village is about three miles north-west of Saltash at . 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.

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.

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. 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).
The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Crossroads_at_Botusfleming_-geograph.org.uk-_179952.jpg" caption="Crossroads at Botusfleming"] ::

Demographics

::data[format=table title="Census population of Botusfleming parish"]

Census	Population	2001
	783
	771	319
	766	330
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References

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23146-3
"Parish Profiles". Office for National Statistics.
Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). ''Cornwall''. New Haven: Yale University Press. {{ISBN. 978-0-300-12668-6; p. 112
Mee, Arthur, ed. (1937) ''Cornwall''. (The King's England.) London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 33-34
Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 44-45
"Moditonham House, Botusfleming". British Listed Buildings.
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"parish population 2011".

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