Botusfleming
| Botusfleming | |
| Cornish: Bosflumyes | |
 Pictorial main three-panes of east window of St Mary's church in well-illuminated glass |
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  Botusfleming |
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| Population | 750 (Civil Parish, 2011) |
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| 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 |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South East Cornwall |
Coordinates: 50°25′48″N 4°14′53″W / 50.430°N 4.248°W
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Botusfleming or Botus Fleming (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 750 at the 2011 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.
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]
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.[4][5] 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).[6]
- The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ↑ "parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Cornwall. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12668-6; p. 112
- ↑ 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.
External links
Media related to Botusfleming at Wikimedia Commons
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