Discover St Neots, Cambridgeshire

St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StNeotsTown-8.jpg
Author: Keith Edkins


St Neots is a town on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire. With a population of 26,000 people (2012 estimate), it is the largest town in Cambridgeshire, excluding Cambridge and Peterborough which both have city status.

St Neots was named after a 9th century Cornich monk whose relics were stolen from the village of St Neot in Cornwall, by Norman monks, spirited across the country in hot pursuit by angry Cornishmen. The monks arrived back safely in Cambridgeshire, and installed the relics at the St Neot's Priory, on the site that now takes the same name.

The relics of St Neot remained in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, until the 16th century, when the priory was disbanded under King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

St Mary's Church, the parish church of St Neots, often called the Cathedral of Huntingdon for its impressive architecture: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StNeotsTown-16.jpg
Author: Keith Edkins

Visiting St Neots

St Neots is located along the A1 road. Take the A1(M) motorway out of London heading north until you arrive there. Pay attention to the road sign for St Neots on B1048 road.

Paines Mill, St Neots: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StNeotsTown-2.jpg
Author: Keith Edkins

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