Botusfleming

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 Cornish: Bosflumyes
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
Civil parish	Botus Fleming
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
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	South East Cornwall
List of places UK England Cornwall 50.430°N 4.248°W / 50.430; -4.248

Moditonham House, c. 1818

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.^[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

• 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.

Crossroads at Botusfleming

Demographics

Census population of Botusfleming parish

Census	Population	Households
2001	783
2011[8]	771	319
2021[2]	766	330