Botus Fleming or Botusfleming (Cornish: Bosflumyes) is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] The parish population was 766 at the 2021 census.[2] The village is about three miles north-west of Saltash at grid reference 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.
Botus Fleming
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 Pictorial main three-panes of east window of St Mary's church in well-illuminated glass | |
  Botus Fleming Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 766 (2021) |
| OS grid reference | SX 404 614 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SALTASH |
| Postcode district | PL12 |
| Dialling code | 01752 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Parish church
editThe 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.[3]
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.[4]
Other buildings
edit- 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.[5][6] 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).[7]
- The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009.
Demographics
edit| Census | Population | Households |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 783 | |
| 2011[8] | 771 | 319 |
| 2021[2] | 766 | 330 |
References
edit- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ a b Table PP002 - Sex, from "Parish Profiles". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1137879)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 February 2015.
External links
edit Media related to Botusfleming at Wikimedia Commons