Botusfleming

Botusfleming
Cornish: *Bosflumyes*
Botusfleming Cornish: Bosflumyes;
Population	783 (Civil Parish, 2001)
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;
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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. 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. In a field near the church is an obelisk in memory of William Martyn built in 1762.

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.^[2]^[3] 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 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
^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 44-45
^ "Moditonham House, Botusfleming". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

External links

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[1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3

[2] Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 44-45

[3] "Moditonham House, Botusfleming". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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