St Columb
St Columb Major is a community and also civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Frequently referred to in your area as St Columb, it is around seven miles (11 kilometres) southwest of Wadebridge as well as 6 miles (10 km) eastern of Newquay. The designation Significant differentiates it from the close-by settlement and also parish of St Columb Minor on the shore. An electoral ward merely called St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Two times a year the town plays host to "tossing", a middle ages game once common throughout Cornwall now only played in St Columb and also St Ives. It is used Shrove Tuesday and then once again on the Saturday eleven days later on. The video game involves 2 groups of numerous hundred people (the 'townsmen' as well as the 'compatriots') that endeavour to lug a silver sphere made from apple wood to objectives set 2 miles (3 km) apart, making the parish, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in area, the de facto largest sports ground in the world.
