St Columb
St Columb Major is a town and also civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Typically referred to in your area as St Columb, it is around seven miles (11 km) southwest of Wadebridge as well as six miles (10 kilometres) eastern of Newquay. The classification Major identifies it from the close-by settlement and also parish of St Columb Minor on the coastline. A selecting ward just named St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Twice a year the town plays host to "tossing", a middle ages video game when typical throughout Cornwall and now just played in St Columb and St Ives. It is used Shrove Tuesday and after that once more on the Saturday eleven days later on. The video game entails 2 teams of numerous hundred people (the 'townsmen' and the 'fellow citizens') that endeavour to lug a silver sphere made of apple timber to goals established 2 miles (3 km) apart, making the church, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in area, the de facto largest sporting activities ground on the planet.
