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St Neots is a town and civil parish in the non metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, England, within the historic county of Huntingdonshire, next to the Bedfordshire county border. It lies on the River Great Ouse in the Huntingdonshire District, west of Cambridge and north of central London. St Neots is the largest town in Cambridgeshire (Cambridge and Peterborough are both cities) with a population of 40,000. The town is named after the Cornish monk Saint Neot whose bones were subject to translation from the hamlet of St Neot on Bodmin Moor on consecration of the Priory of St Neots c. 980.〔Neot〕 Pilgrimage to St Neots 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, stagecoach traffic and railways. After the Second World War, the town and its industry grew rapidly as London councils paid for new housing to be built in the town to rehouse families from London. The first London overspill housing was completed in the early 1960s. Today, St Neots is a thriving market town and an attractive destination for tourism. A range of bed and breakfast hotels are supplemented by larger chain hotels to the west of the town, and one of the UK's largest inland Camping and Caravanning Club sites is situated on the banks of the River Great Ouse.〔http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/Cambridgeshire/stneots/stneots〕 ==Today== Today, St Neots is a thriving commercial centre which boasts a wide selection of retailers and good restaurants but retains its market town charm. In 2013, St Neots was named by the Telegraph newspaper as the fourth best place in the UK for 'Foodies'.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertypicturegalleries/9959167/Britains-top-20-foodie-hot-spots.html?frame=2522421〕 St Neots is often referred to as the Jewel of the Ouse, the name stemming from a combination of its serene location astride the banks of the River Great Ouse, acres of public riverside parklands and its historical use of the Alfred Jewel as the towns emblem.〔Alfred Jewel〕 The town has three Anglican churches all confusingly called St Mary's. The largest St Mary's Church is referred to as the Cathedral of Huntingdonshire and features the life of Christ depicted in stained glass windows.〔History of St Neots〕 The modern town incorporates Eynesbury (one of the oldest parts of the town) and two areas across the river, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon, which were originally separate villages across the county boundary (formed by the River Great Ouse) in Bedfordshire. Already the largest town in Cambridgeshire, after the cities of Cambridge and Peterborough, St Neots continues to grow rapidly due to a demand for modern housing and the town's transport links. Technology-based industries are located in 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. Recent development has added Eynesbury Manor, Love's Farm, and the Island, Little Paxton bringing the population above 40,000. It is projected that the population of the town will be 65,000 by the end of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan period (2036). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Neots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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