Botus Fleming, Cornwall Family History Guide
Botus Fleming is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.
Alternative names: Botusfleming
Parish church: St Mary the Virgin
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1548
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BOTUS FLEMING, a parish in St. Germans district, Cornwall; near the Hamoaze, 2 miles NW of Saltash r. station. Post Town, Saltash, Cornwall. Acres, 1,138. Real property, £1,329. Pop., 237. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Flemings of Stoke-Fleming. The living s a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £230. Patron, not reported. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BOTUS FLEMING, a parish, in the union of St. Germans, S. division of the hundred of East, E. division of Cornwall, 3 miles (N. W.) from Saltash; containing 250 inhabitants. The parish comprises 937 acres, of which 21 are common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 15. 7½.; net income, £190; patrons, the family of Spry. In the centre of a field, on the northern side of the village, stands a pyramidal monument erected to the memory of Dr. William Martin, of Plymouth, who died in 1762.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Free Online Parish Registers & Records
Bishop’s transcripts for Botus Fleming, 1675-1773 – Church of England. Parish Church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall) (Index)
Marriages at Botus Fleming, 1550-1812 – Church of England. Parish Church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall)
Marriages performed at the parish church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall), 1549-1812 – Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office (Images)
Marriages performed at the parish church of Botus-Fleming (Cornwall), 1549-1812 – Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office (Index)
Parish register transcripts, 1547-1837 – Church of England. Parish Church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall)
Parish registers for Botus-Fleming, 1548-1992 – Church of England. Parish Church of Botus Fleming (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office. Baptisms, 1548-1900. Marriages, 1548-1835. Banns, 1754-1812. Burials, 1548-1813 (includes burials in woollen for 1684-1788).
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Directories
Postal Directory of Twenty Parishes in East Cornwall 1901
BOTUSFLEMING.
THIS is a small village and parish situate 3 miles north-west of Saltash, and 6 south of Callington, and 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. The Churchtown is situate in a deep hollow.
The parish is very romantic, and comprises hills, valleys, rich meadow and arable land, and is very productive of fruit. Its particular commodity is market gardening.
The living is a Rectory, net annual value £189, with residence and 60 acres of glebe land, in the incumbency of the Rev. T. Fraser Fulton, since 1897. The Wesleyans have a Chapel and Sunday School, and there is a National School (mixed), for 36 children ; average attendance about 30 ; supported in part by the rector and landowners of the parish ; Miss Harriet Alice Poole, mistress.
The principal landowners in the parish are Lady Symons and Michael Loam, Esq.
POST and T. O. Hatt R. S. O. (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R. S. O. Cornwall added). — John Edgcumbe, postmaster. Letters received at 5-15 a m., and 6-15 p m. ; despatched at 7-20 p.m. The nearest money order office is at St. Mellion. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid.
Wall Post Box, Botusfleming, cleared at 6-30 p.m.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Broad, Mr., Bonney’s House
Fulton Rev., Thomas Fraser, Rectory
Loam, Michael, Esq., Moditonham
Symons, Lady, Hatt House
COMMERCIAL.
Bromley, William, market gardener
Edgcombe, .lohn, Postmaster, Hatt
Wright, William, market gardener
FARMERS.
Barrett, James, Holland Inn
Batten, John, Bicton
Batten, Richard, Bicton
Batten, Rowse Richard, Bicton
Blatchford, Thomas, Hatt
Bolitho, Gilbert, Marraborough
Came, Samuel, Villaton
Came, Mrs., Popham
Pawley, J.J. & R. F., Cross Farm
Prideaux, Thomas, Westown
Prideaux, William, Moditon
Prideaux, Richard, Westown
Prideaux. Arnold, Cross Park
Renfree, Stephen, Mutton Mill
Stephens, George, Swiftaford
Summerfield, Austin, Botusfleming
Summerfield, John, Botusfleming
Summerfield, Samuel, Moditonham
Summerfield, William, Churchtown
Townsend, Walter. Botusfleming
Townsend, John, Four Shilling Park
Source: An illustrated postal directory with map and historical notices, of twenty parishes in East Cornwall, for the new century. From A.D. 449 to 1901 by Venning, James; Birkbeck, J. Publication date 1901.
Administration
- County: Cornwall
- Civil Registration District: St Germans
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: East
- Poor Law Union: St Germans
- Hundred: East (Cornwall)
- Province: Canterbury