St Columb
St Columb Major is a community and also civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Commonly described locally as St Columb, it is about seven miles (11 kilometres) southwest of Wadebridge and six miles (10 km) eastern of Newquay. The designation Significant identifies it from the nearby settlement as well as parish of St Columb Minor on the shore. A selecting ward simply 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 as soon as common throughout Cornwall today just played in St Columb and also St Ives. It is played on Shrove Tuesday and then once more on the Saturday eleven days later. The game involves two groups of numerous hundred individuals (the 'townsmen' as well as the 'countrymen') that endeavour to lug a silver ball made of apple timber to goals established 2 miles (3 kilometres) apart, making the church, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in location, the de facto biggest sporting activities ground in the world.
