Jolly's Bottom Explained

50.26°N -5.15°W

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]

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth
  2. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Chacewater/Burials.html GENUKI website; Chacewater
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20050208025912/http://www.penanchace.freeuk.com/appendix_b.htm. 8 February 2005. APPENDIX B: Selected Place-Names. The Chacewater Project website. Place-Names (Cornish). 8 April 2010. dead. Name:Jolly's Bottom, Forms: OS [{{Ordnance Survey coordinates|SW 749441|SW 749441}}], Meaning/Etymology: Jolly (pers) + Eng, Remark: Charles Jolly held "¼ of Killyweres in Kea" in 1697. Richard. White.

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