St Neot, Cornwall
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This article is about the village in Cornwall. For the ninth century monk, see Saint Neot (monk). For the town in Cambridgeshire, see St Neots.
St Neot (/ˈniːʊt/ NEE-uut) (Cornish: Loveni)[1] is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population at the 2011 census was 947.[2] It is between the towns of Bodmin and Liskeard.
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St Neot
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The church of St Neot | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SX185678 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LISKEARD |
Postcode district | PL14 |
Dialling code | 01579 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
50.482°N 4.559°W / 50.482; -4.559 |
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The parish is named after the Saxon monk, Saint Neot (who also gives his name to St Neots in Cambridgeshire, to where his alleged bones were taken in the early Middle Ages), and means[3] "pleasant (or beautiful) pasture (or habitation)" in Hebrew. On the northern side the parish includes part of Bodmin Moor and hamlets in the parish include Draynes, Ley and Pantersbridge.