Jolly's Bottom

Jolly's Bottom is in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately a half mile (1 km) north of Chacewater and straddles the main line railway.[1]

The settlement is in Chacewater civil parish and the births and burials from Jolly's Bottom residents are recorded in the Parish Registers.[2] The name Jolly's Bottom may have originated from a landholding by the Jolly family.[3]

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. GENUKI website; Chacewater; retrieved April 2010
  3. White, Richard. "APPENDIX B: Selected Place-Names". The Chacewater Project website. Place-Names (Cornish). Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2010. Name:Jolly's Bottom, Forms: OS [SW 749441], Meaning/Etymology: Jolly (pers) + Eng, Remark: Charles Jolly held "ΒΌ of Killyweres in Kea" in 1697


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