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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|map_type= Cornwall
|coordinates = {{coord|50.430|-4.248|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Botus Fleming
|cornish_name= Bosflumyes
|population = {{Population WD|show=value}}
|population_ref = ({{Population WD|show=year}})
|civil_parish= Botus Fleming
|unitary_england= [[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]]
|lieutenancy_england = [[Cornwall]]
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster= [[South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|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
}}
[[File:Neale(1818) p1.168 - Moditonham House, Cornwall.jpg|thumb|Moditonham House, c. 1818]]
'''Botus Fleming''' or '''Botusfleming''' ({{langx|kw|Bosflumyes}}) is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in southeast [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}</ref> The parish population was 766 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref name=census2021>Table PP002 - Sex, from {{cite web |title=Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=5 August 2024}}</ref> The village is about three miles north-west of [[Saltash]] at {{gbmapping|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, Devon|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.<ref>Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). ''Cornwall''. New Haven: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-12668-6}}; p. 112</ref>

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.<ref>Mee, Arthur, ed. (1937) ''Cornwall''. (The King's England.) London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 33-34</ref>

==Other buildings==
* Moditonham House is the site of the medieval castle of the Moditons and is now a large [[Georgian architecture|Georgian house]] which is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|grade two* listed building]] incorporating fabric from the earlier building.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 44-45</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Moditonham House, Botusfleming|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-60760-moditonham-house-botusfleming-|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref> [[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)]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1137879|accessdate=28 March 2016}}</ref>
* The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in ''Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009''.

[[File:Crossroads at Botusfleming - geograph.org.uk - 179952.jpg|thumb|Crossroads at Botusfleming]]

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:32em; text-align:center;"
|+ Census population of Botusfleming parish
|-
! scope=col| Census
! scope=col| Population
! scope=col| Households
|-
! scope=row| [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001]]
|| 783
||
|-
! scope=row| [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/BotusFleming/index.html#Population|title= parish population 2011|accessdate= 9 February 2015}}</ref>
|| 771
|| 319
|-
! scope=row| [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]]<ref name=census2021/>
|| 766
|| 330
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Cornwall]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall]]

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