Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Bolventor is a small village, which lies in the heart of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England. Daphne du Maurier chose Bolventor as the setting for Jamaica Inn, her novel about Cornish smugglers. The original coaching house Jamaica Inn that inspired the novel has stood there since 1547. The village is said to take its name from the "Bold Venture" that it must have appeared to build a farm in this moorland. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.