Botusfleming Explained

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston
  2. Web site: parish population 2011. 9 February 2015.
  3. Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Cornwall. New Haven: Yale University Press. ; p. 112
  4. Mee, Arthur, ed. (1937) Cornwall. (The King's England.) London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 33-34
  5. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 44-45
  6. Web site: Moditonham House, Botusfleming. British Listed Buildings. 17 June 2013.