St Neot, Cornwall

St Neot (/ˈniːʊt/ NEE-uut) (Cornish: Loveni) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population at the 2011 census was 947. It is between the towns of Bodmin and Liskeard.

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
The church of St Neot
St Neot
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX185678
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLISKEARD
Postcode districtPL14
Dialling code01579
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

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 "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.

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