Joppa, Cornwall

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50°10′42″N5°24′42″W / 50.17833°N 5.41167°W / 50.17833; -5.41167 Joppa (from Cornish : Shoppa, meaning "workshop") [1] is a farmstead settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Hayle [2] and is in Hayle civil parish.

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References

  1. Craig Weatherhill (2017). The Place-Names of the Land's End Peninsula. Penwith Press. p. 123. ISBN   9781999777500.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN   978-0-319-23148-7