St Columb
St Columb Major is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Often described locally as St Columb, it is about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Wadebridge as well as 6 miles (10 km) east of Newquay. The classification Significant identifies it from the nearby negotiation as well as parish of St Columb Minor on the shore. A selecting ward merely named St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Two times a year the town plays host to "tossing", a medieval video game as soon as common throughout Cornwall but now just played in St Columb as well as St Ives. It is played on Shrove Tuesday and afterwards once more on the Saturday eleven days later on. The video game involves 2 teams of a number of hundred individuals (the 'townsmen' and also the 'fellow citizens') that endeavour to bring a silver ball made from apple timber to goals established 2 miles (3 kilometres) apart, making the parish, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in location, the de facto largest sports ground worldwide.