Jolly's Bottom is in west Cornwall

Cornwall

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, United Kingdom

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. It is situated approximately half-a-mile (1 km) north of Chacewater

Chacewater

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 and straddles the main line railway

Cornish Main Line

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The settlement is in Chacewater civil parish

Civil parish

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and the births and burials from Jolly's Bottom residents are recorded in the Parish Registers. The name Jolly's Bottom may have originated from a landholding by the Jolly family.