Botus Fleming or Botusfleming (Cornish: Bosflumyes) is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population was 766 at the 2021 census. The village is about three miles north-west of Saltash at grid referenceSX 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.
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.
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. 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).
The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009.
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