Jolly's Bottom

Coordinates: 50°16′N 5°09′W / 50.26°N 5.15°W / 50.26; -5.15

Jolly's Bottom is in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately half-a-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. The Chacewater Project website; Cornish place names; retrieved April 2010


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