| St Neots | |
  St Neots shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| Population | 26,390 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST NEOTS |
| Postcode district | PE19 |
| Dialling code | 01480 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Huntingdon |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
St Neots is a town of about 29,000 people on the River Great Ouse. The River Great Ouse is a River in the east of England. It is 150 miles (240 km long which makes it the major navigation in East Anglia, and the fourth- It is the largest town in Cambridgeshire, England, (Cambridge and Peterborough are both cities). History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene The town lies in Huntingdonshire District and is named after the Saxon monk St Neot whose bones were housed in the nearby priory of the same name. History The earliest English settlers in the district were the Gyrwas, an East Anglian tribe who early in the 6th century worked their way up the Ouse and the Cam For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south St Neot was born in Saxon times living as a Monk in Cornwall, England most of his life St Neots Priory was a Benedictine monastery in what is now the town of St Neots in the English county of Cambridgeshire within the district of
The pilgrim trade brought prosperity for the town, and it was granted a market charter in 1130. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the town enjoyed further prosperity through corn milling, brewing, stagecoaching, and railways. For other meanings see Stagecoach (disambiguation. A stagecoach (also called diligence) is a type of four-wheeled enclosed "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation.
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Today
Today, St Neots is a thriving market town. The modern town incorporates Eynesbury (originally the main settlement and the oldest part of the town) and two areas across the river, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon (originally separate villages). Eynesbury is a settlement in Cambridgeshire, England. It forms part of present-day St Neots, but before 1876 was a separate village Eaton Ford is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. Already the largest town in Cambridgeshire, the town continues to grow rapidly due to a huge demand for modern housing on the outskirts of St. Neots. The town takes its share of the increasing population in the area in and around Cambridge. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Technology-based industries now operate from some of the town's light industrial estates, and there is a gas turbine power station at Little Barford on the edge of the town. A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas A power station (also referred to as generating station, power plant or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of The English Village of Little Barford in Bedfordshire lies on the county boundary with Cambridgeshire, adjacent to the town of St Neots Recent development has added Eynesbury Manor and The Island, Little Paxton bringing the population above 30,000. Eynesbury is a settlement in Cambridgeshire, England. It forms part of present-day St Neots, but before 1876 was a separate village Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a Village near Great Paxton north of St Neots. There are also plans for over 1200 new homes to the east of the East Coast Main Line railway. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST internal designation HT-7U is an experimental Superconducting Tokamak Magnetic fusion energy The East Coast Main Line ( ECML) is the electrified high-speed railway link between London and Edinburgh connecting Yorkshire, North East By the river, next to the Priory Center, lies St Neots Rowing Club. This club has produced international athletes and many national champions.
Local geography
St Neots lies close to the south-western edge of Huntingdonshire district and is situated in the valley of the River Great Ouse, partly on the flood plain and partly on slightly higher ground a little further from the water. History The earliest English settlers in the district were the Gyrwas, an East Anglian tribe who early in the 6th century worked their way up the Ouse and the Cam The River Great Ouse is a River in the east of England. It is 150 miles (240 km long which makes it the major navigation in East Anglia, and the fourth- ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a Stream or River that experiences occasional or periodic The Great Ouse is a mature river, once wide and shallow but now controlled by weirs and sluices and restrained in a well-defined channel. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there WEIR (1430 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format A sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate Tributaries entering the Ouse in the town are the River Kym, Hen Brook, Duloe Brook, and Colmworth Brook. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river Because the area is generally low lying (compared to the higher lands to the north), the river often swells and bursts its banks due to heavy rainfall. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there The flood waters affect a large proportion of the town. The vast majority of Riverside Park is flooded at these times and many urban areas around the Ouse's tributary rivers/brooks flood as well leaving many homes saturated which in turn, will devastate the house's value because of its flood-prone location.
St Neots developed at the site of a ford where overland routes converged. A ford is a place in a Watercourse (most commonly a stream or River) that is shallow enough to be crossed by wading on Horseback or in a wheeled This was replaced by a medieval bridge, and today there are two further crossings just outside the town, one to the north and another to the south. The three-mile £8m A45 St Neots Bypass opened in December 1985 and was subsequently redesignated as the A428. This article is about a road in England for the highway in Spain see A45 road (Spain The A45 is a major Road in England. Route From west to east Coventry Binley A46 Coventry Eastern Bypass Binley Woods Brandon The soil is mainly light, overlying gravel beds, and gravel extraction is one of the local industries. Gravel is rock that is of a specific Particle size range In Geology, gravel is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters (2mm Older disused gravel pits form useful nature reserves and amenity areas at nearby Paxton Pits and at the Wyboston Leisure Park. Gravel pit is the British English term for an open cast working for extraction of Gravel (river-deposited rounded stones Paxton Pits is an area of active and disused Gravel pits at Little Paxton near St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. Away from the river, the higher land is mainly a heavy clay soil with few large settlements. Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained Minerals which show plasticity through a variable range of Water content, and Much of the land is used for arable farming. In Geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to Plough) is an agricultural term meaning land that can be used for
St Neots is close to Cambridge, Bedford and Peterborough. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Bedford is the County town of Bedfordshire, England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the Bedford borough History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene The A1 links the town by road with London to the south and Peterborough to the north while the nearby A14 provides access to the Midlands and East Anglia. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This article is mainly about the English Midlands For other uses see Midlands (disambiguation. East Anglia is often used as a shorthand for the Kingdom of the East Angles. There is also a good rail service from Peterborough via St Neots to London, taking 45 minutes to Kings Cross. St Neots railway station serves the town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. The A421 begins at a junction on the A1 just south of the town, connecting with Bedford and Milton Keynes, and carrying much of the traffic between Oxford and Cambridge. The A421 is an important road for east/west journeys across the southern midlands of England.
History
Although Roman and even pre-Roman finds have been made in and around St Neots, there was no significant settlement until Saxon times. St Neots is a town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 Early developments were in Eynesbury, Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford, which still exist as part of the town today; and Maltman's Green and Crosshall Ford which are no longer recognised. Eynesbury is a settlement in Cambridgeshire, England. It forms part of present-day St Neots, but before 1876 was a separate village Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. Eaton Ford is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England.
The Normans rebuilt the Priory near the river and the town of St Neots grew up against its southern wall. St Neots Priory was a Benedictine monastery in what is now the town of St Neots in the English county of Cambridgeshire within the district of
Famous Residents
- John Bellingham the only man to assassinate a British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval on 11 May in 1812 lived in St Neots. John Bellingham (c 1769 &ndash 18 May 1812) was the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. Spencer Perceval, KC (1 November 1762 &ndash 11 May 1812 was a British statesman and Prime Minister. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He had been unhappy that he was unable to obtain compensation for being unfairly imprisoned in Russia. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya He was found guilty and hanged on Monday May 18 1812. BBC Cambridgeshire
- Australian evangelist Pastor Peter Foxhall was born in St Neots. Peter Christopher Foxhall (born February 7, 1941) is an Australian clergyman evangelist and author who was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire
Expansion
St Neots has two major expansion projects planned, at Love's Farm to the east of the railway line, where construction has already begun, and on the site of the Samuel Jones paper mill at Little Paxton. Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a Village near Great Paxton north of St Neots. The old water-powered mill was developed by Bloor Homes recently as an "executive" estate but the new development will be a mixture of properties including social housing. Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local
Many residents have criticised the new developments as they are technically outside the town's boundaries, meaning that while they will use and depend on the town's overstretched infrastructure, the new residents' council tax will not contribute towards St Neots' coffers. It is planned that the town boundaries will be re-drawn to include these developments, as well as the whole of Little Paxton, in 2011. Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a Village near Great Paxton north of St Neots. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
Nearby settlements
- Cities - Cambridge, Peterborough
- Towns - Bedford, Biggleswade, Godmanchester, Higham Ferrers, Huntingdon, Raunds, Royston, Rushden, Sandy, St Ives, Thrapston
- Villages - Abbotsley, Bolnhurst, Buckden, Caxton, Chawston, Colesden, Colmworth, Croxton, Diddington, Duloe, Eltisley, Gamlingay, Graveley, Great Paxton, Great Staughton, Hail Weston, Keysoe, Keysoe Row, Kimbolton, Little Barford, Little Paxton, Little Staughton, Offord Cluny, Offord D'Arcy, Perry, Pertenhall, Roxton, Staughton Green, Staughton Highway, Southoe, Staploe, Stonely, Tempsford, Toseland, Wyboston, Yelling
See also
- Saint Neot (historical person)
- St Neots Town F.C.
References
External links
- Town Council
- St Neots Community Pages (residents' forums)
- Churches
- Football Club
- Museum
- The Priory Centre
- Train times
- Youth Town Council
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