Editing St Neots (section)

==Churches==
===St Neots Parish Church===
[[File:St Neots Church in autumn.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|St Neots Parish Church]]The parish church of St Neots itself is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.<ref name = parish-church>https://stneots.org/ St Neots Parish Church website retrieved 22 April 2025</ref>

The late 12th-century parish church was almost completely rebuilt in the 15th century, making it one of the largest and grandest medieval churches in modern Cambridgeshire. In the 19th century, it was provided with a high quality set of [[stained glass]] windows depicting the life of Jesus Christ. It is considered to be a very fine building, and has been called the Cathedral of Huntingdonshire.<ref name = betjeman>[[John Betjeman]] (editor), Collins Guide to Parish Churches of England and Wales, Collins, London, 1958, fourth edition 1980, ISBN 0 00 216166 4, page 115</ref>

Writing originally in 1958 before the enlargement of the town and the reconstruction of the bridge, [[John Betjeman]] said:

<blockquote>The good small market community has a medieval bridge over the Ouse and a well-proportioned Market Square, but the church is tucked away on the fringe of the town. It is almost everything a good town church should be: a luxurious Perpendicular building with perhaps the finest tower in the county, faced in ironstone and pebbles with ashlar dressings – an agreeable contrast in colour and texture. The roof is almost flat – although not over-elaborate it is very English and most satisfying. There are several Perpendicular screens.<ref name = betjeman/></blockquote>

===Other churches===
There are two other Anglican churches in St Neots, in the formerly independent settlements of Eynesbury and Eaton Socon. The Eynesbury parish amalgamated with the St Neots parish in 2020 and works in harmony in the Parish of St Neots with Eynesbury. The Eynesbury church is also dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.<ref name = church>https://www.stmaryseynesbury.com/ St Mary's, Eynesbury website retrieved 21 April 2025</ref> The church at Eaton Socon is named simply as St Mary's Church, and is described as an evangelical church.<ref name = es-church>https://www.eatonsocon.org/ St Mary's Eaton Socon website, retrieved 22 April 2025</ref>

The Roman Catholic church in St Neots is in East Street, described as The Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph's, St Neots. It is located in East Street.<ref name = rc-church>https://stjosephstneots.org.uk/ St Joseph's Website retrieved 22 April 2025</ref>

The largest non-conformist church building in St Neots is the United Reformed Church in the High Street.<ref name = urc>https://www.stneotsurc.org.uk/ St Neots United Reformed Church website, retrieved 22 April 2025</ref>