Wellingsley, also known as Wellingsly, Jabez Corner, and Hobs Hole, is a neighborhood in
Plymouth
Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
, United States. It is notable for being the oldest separate neighborhood in the town. Wellingsley is located one mile south of
Plymouth Center and north of
Chiltonville. The neighborhood is interchangeably called ''Hobs Hole'' and ''Jabez Corner'' by its residents. Hobs Hole is a small brook that runs along Nook Road and empties into
Plymouth Harbor
Plymouth Harbor is a harbor located in Plymouth, a town in the South Shore region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is part of the larger Plymouth Bay. Historically, Plymouth Harbor was the site of anchorage of the ''Mayflower'' where the ...
. The name Hob's Hole supposedly derives from "
Hobbamock's Hole", referencing a natural harbour ascribed to a famous
pniese Pokanoket
The Pokanoket (also spelled PakanokickKathleen J. Bragdon, ''Native People of Southern New England, 1500–1650'', page 21) are a group of Wampanoag people and the village governed by Massasoit (c. 1581–1661), chief sachem of the Wampanoag pe ...
living with the pilgrims.
Jabez Corner, at the intersection of Sandwich Street and Warren Avenue, which
Route 3A passes through, is a location containing several small stores.
References
External links
Jabez Corner
Neighborhoods in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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