St Neot, Cornwall
Coordinates: 50°28′55″N 4°33′32″W / 50.482°N 4.559°W
| St Neot | |
| Cornish: Loveni | |
 St Neot
St Neot shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | SX185678 |
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| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LISKEARD |
| Postcode district | PL14 |
| Dialling code | 01579 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | South East Cornwall |
St Neot (pron.: /ˈsɪnt ˈniːʊt/ sint-NEE-uut) (Cornish: Loveni)[1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is between the towns of Bodmin and Liskeard.
The parish is named after the Saxon monk, Saint Neot (who also gives his name to St Neots in Cambridgeshire, whence his alleged bones were taken in the early Middle Ages). On the northern side the parish includes part of Bodmin Moor and hamlets in the parish include Draynes, Ley and Pantersbridge.
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History [edit]
During the English Civil War St Neot was staunchly Royalist. To commemorate this, each year on Oak Apple Day (29 May), an oak branch is mounted on the top of the church tower to symbolise the historical allegiance.[2]
Henry Dangar (1796–1861) was a native of St Neot who became a surveyor and explorer of Australia.
Parish Church of St Neot [edit]
The original dedication may have been to 'St Anietus', with whom the Saxon Neot has been confused. In the 11th century a small monastery existed here; the early medieval church building (of which the tower remains) must have been smaller than the one in existence today. Rebuilding in granite was undertaken in the 15th century and the fine stained glass windows are from about 1500.[3] The stained glass is partly original and partly from a restoration done by John Hedgeland, ca. 1830[4]
Nearby is the holy well of St Neot. Legend tells that the well contained 3 fish, and an angel told St Neot that as long as he ate no more than one fish a day, their number would never decrease. At a time St Neot fell ill, and his servant went and cooked 2 of the fish; upon finding this, St Neot prayed for forgiveness and ordered that the fish be returned to the well. As they entered the water, both were miraculously returned to life.[2]
Transport and Village Award [edit]
No railway was ever built to the village, despite pressure from local people and mine owners in the 1860s and 1870s. Instead, Doublebois railway station was opened on 1 June 1860 about two miles south of St Neot on the Cornwall Railway main line.
In 2004 and 2006, the village of St Neot won the National Calor Village of the Year award. St Neot also won the Calor Gas Village of the Decade award, which celebrated 10 years of the competition
The nearby Carnglaze Caverns, a former slate quarry, forms an unusual music venue.
Other notable buildings [edit]
Two 15th-century bridges are at Pantersbridge and Treverbyn (crossing the Warleggan and Fowey rivers). Lewarne is a neo-Tudor country house built for the Grylls family in 1869. Treverbyn Vean is a Victorian mansion designed for Colonel Charles Sommers Cocks by two of the greatest Victorian architects, George Gilbert Scott and William Burges. Langdon (1896) records six stone crosses in the parish, of which three are at the vicarage.
Twinning [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ a b Thompson, E. V. (1984). 100 years on Bodmin Moor. St Teath: Bossiney Books. ISBN 0-906456-90-8.
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford
- ^ Pevsner, N. Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: St Neot, Cornwall |
- St Neot Village website
- Calor Village of the Year
- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Neot
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