Country: | England |
Map Type: | Cornwall |
Coordinates: | 50.43°N -4.248°W |
Official Name: | Botus Fleming |
Cornish Name: | Bosflumyes |
Population: | 771 |
Population Ref: | (Civil Parish, 2011) |
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 |
Botus Fleming or Botusfleming (Cornish: Bosflumyes) is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] The 2001 census gives the parish population as 783,which decreased to 771 at the 2011 census.[2] 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.
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]