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Botus Fleming

Botus Fleming (Cornish: Bosflumyes), which has also been spelled as Botusfleming, is situated in the Hundred and Deanery of East. It is bounded on the east by Landulph and the River Tamar, on the south by St Stephens-by-Saltash, on the west by Landrake and on the north by Pillaton and the detached portion of St Stephens called 'Howton'. The parish is named after and unknown dwelling place: Bod meaning dwelling in Old Cornish; the prefix is also found in names such as Bodmin and Botallack. The Fleming part may be a name.

This romantic and highly-interesting parish comprises hills, valleys, rich meadows and arable land, with luxuriant orchards and cherry gardens. Besides the Churchtown, the main village is Hatt.

Cemeteries

• The War Memorial of Botus Fleming is on-line. Details of those inscribed on the memorial are included.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for the Parish Church - 396 entries.

Census

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members. The Cornwall Family History Society have also published on-line census detail by surname on the FamilyHistoryonLine site.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841.
  • The 1841 Census of Botus Fleming (HO107/135), Enumeration District 5 [including schools], is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1841 census for this parish has also been filmed by the LDS church; film No. 241259.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Botus Fleming (HO107/1900), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Botus Fleming is listed in Volume 9. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is available in the Cornwall FHS Library.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Botus Fleming (RG9/1525), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Botus Fleming (RG10/2231), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Botus Fleming (RG11/2278), Enumeration Districts 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Botus Fleming (RG12/1808), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX405614 and was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, in 1259. It comprises a chancel, nave, and a north and south aisles. The arcade has five arches of Pentewan stone, supported by slender, octagonal monolith pillars of the same material. In the north aisle, under a low obtuse arch, is the recumbant figure of a crusader, said to be Stephen le Fleming, who founded the church during the reign of King Richard I. The tower is of three stages, buttressed at the angles to the second stage. There are six bells. The church was reroofed and generally restored in 1873.
  The burial ground of the church bears witness to the fact that many natives of the parish went to Devonport and even further afield to seek their fortunes, but obviously wished their remains to return to the peaceful parish of their birth. Monumental inscriptions, carved in slate, have been put on the exterior church wall and date from as early as 1737. Details about the plans of this church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformists. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Botus Fleming.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Botus Fleming are: C052701, P006211. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1547 - 1837; the records are NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1548 - 1968, Burials 1548 - 1922, Marriages 1560 - 1982, Boyd's Marriage Index 1550 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1547 to 1902, and parish baptisms 1675 to 1773 (Bishop's Transcripts), are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1690 to 1910 for this parish.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1548 to 1836, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Marriages 1576 to 1911 (with gaps), Phillimore's marriages 1550 to 1812, and marriages (Bishop's Transcripts) 1675 to 1771, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
  • Burials 1684 to 1936, and burials (Bishop's Transcripts) 1675 to 1773, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

Civil Registration

The parish of Botus Fleming is in the St Germans Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts at Antony, St Germans and Saltash but they have now been abolished. Parishes within the district were: Antony, Botusfleming, Landrake, Landulph, Maker, Millbrook, Pillaton, Quethiock, Rame, St. Erney, St. Germans, St. John's, St. Mellion, St. Stephen's, Saltash, Sheviock, Torpoint.

The Superintendant Registrar of St Germans can be contacted at: Ploughastel Drive, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6DL. Tel: 01752 842624.

Description & Travel

• ePodunk's Cornwall page - providing general, plus some historical and genealogical information, about Cornwall and its parishes, together with links (mainly relating to general sites and services, rather than ones that are specific to Cornwall or particular parishes).

Genealogy

• OPC Assistance.The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.
• Mailing Lists. British-genealogy.com operate a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical and or historical interest in the Parish of Botus Fleming. To post a message to all the list members, send an email to: opc-con-botus-fleming@british-genealogy.com. .

Manors

The only manor in this parish is that of Modeton (or Modyton), now called Moditonham, which was held by Philip de Vautort (or Valletort), under the Earl of Cornwall. It was afterwards in the Dauney family, from whom it passed with an heiress to the Courtnays, and was at a later period, in the Waddons.

Maps

• Map of the St Germans Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Botus Fleming in the 19th century is also available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Botus Fleming parish was part of the St Germans Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1827 to 1837) are available in the Cornwall Record Office

Population

Religion & Religious Life

The Incumbents of Botus Fleming parish church are listed on-line.

Statistics

The parish comprises 1145 acres of land and 17 acres of water.

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