Botus Fleming or Botusfleming () is a village and

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in southeast

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, England, United Kingdom. The parish population was 766 at the 2021 census.Table PP002 - Sex, from The village is about three miles north-west of

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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

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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 Elvan is a name used in Cornwall and Devon for the native varieties of quartz-porphyry. They are dispersed irregularly in the Devonian series of rocks and some of them make very fine building stones (e.g. Pentewan stone, Polyphant stone and Cata ...

, 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 Michael Loam (1 November 1797 – 14 July 1871) was an English engineer who introduced the first man engine (a device to carry men up and down the shaft of a mine) into the UK. In 1834, concerned for the health of miners and for the loss in pr ...

, 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

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. * The Rising Sun pub was voted number 5 in ''Britain's Good Pub Guide 2009''. Crossroads at Botusfleming - geograph

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