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St Columb Major
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| St. Columb Major Parish | |
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  Shown within Cornwall |
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| OS Grid Reference: | SW912633 |
| Population: | 3984 (2001 Census[1]) |
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 Arms of St. Columb with town motto |
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| Major Settlement: | St. Columb Major |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
St Columb Major (Cornish: Sen Kolomm Veur) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, to the south west of Wadebridge and east of Newquay. It has a large church dedicated to St. Columba featuring a four-tier tower and a wide through-arch.
Twice a year the town plays host to "Hurling", a medieval game once common throughout Cornwall but now only played in St. Columb and St. Ives. It is played on Shrove Tuesday and then again on the Saturday eleven days later. The game involves two teams of several hundred people (the 'townsmen' and the 'countrymen') who endeavour to carry a silver ball made of apple wood to goals set two miles apart.
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Exterior
The tower is a fine example of a fifteenth-century building, consisting of four stages with battlements and pinnacles. It is 80 feet high and contains eight bells re-hung in 1950. In 1920 the chiming clock was added as a memorial to the men of St. Columb who died in the Great War.
In 1860 plans were drawn up by William Butterfield, in hope of St. Columb church becoming the cathedral of the future diocese of Cornwall, but the catherdral was built at Truro.[2]
Interior
Some of the more interesting items include:
- Some fine brasses, including Sir John Arundell (died 1591) and his wife (died 1633).
- A fine wooden screen by the architect George Fellowes Prynne [1].
- A fine organ by Bryceston Bros. & Ellis of London.
- A "Letter of Thanks" to the Cornish people sent by Charles I in 1643.
- Some exceptional oak benchends, dating as far back as 1510.
- Two sculptures by the artist Allan G Wyon.
In 1645 during the English Civil War, Sir Thomas Fairfax's troops were advancing from Bodmin towards Truro; on the 7th of March the army held a rendezvous, and halted one night, four miles beyond Bodmin. The King's forces were quartered at this time near St. Columb, where a smart skirmish took place between the Prince's regiment and a detachment of the Parliamentary army under Colonel Rich, in which the latter was victorious.[3]
June 9, 1909 The town was visited by the Prince of Wales (George V) and his wife, the Princess of Wales (Mary of Teck). The visit was to open the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show. The Prince gave 2 silver cups: one for the best bull and another for the best horse.[4]
In August 1977 The Queen and Prince Philip visited the town during their Silver Jubilee tour of Cornwall.
On May 27, 1983: The town was visited by the Prince and Princess of Wales (Charles and Diana). The visit was to commemorate the 650th anniversary of the signing of the town charter by Edward III.[5] A plaque commemorates this visit outside the Conservative club in Union Square.
In May 2007 Anne, Princess Royal came to visit the new veterinary hospital in the Town.
- St Columb is the largest pitch for a ball game in the world.
- In 1992 Australian stuntman Matt Coulter aka The Kangaroo Kid set the record for the longest jump with a crash on a quad bike at Retallack Adventure Park, St Columb Major.[6]
- John Nichols Thom- the Cornish self-declared Messiah who in the 19th century led the last battle to be fought on English soil.
- Henry Jenner-(1848 - 1934) Regarded as the father of the Cornish language revival. Celtic scholar, Cornish cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival.
- James Polkinghorne Champion Cornish wrestler.
- Ralph Allen- (1693 - 1764) As a teenager he worked at St Columb Post Office. He moved to Bath in 1710 where he became a clerk in the Bath Post Office, and at the age of 19, in 1712, he became the Post Master of Bath.
- Jack Crapp (1912 - 1981) Played in the English cricket team on tour in the winter of 1948-49
- Richard Bullock (1847 - 1921) A legendary figure of the Wild West Cowboy era. His quick-shooting deeds working on the Deadwood stage gained him the nickname "Deadwood Dick".
- Wilfred Theodore Blake (1894 - 1968) Was a pioneer aviator, author and traveller.The man who led the first attempt to fly round the world in 1922. The pilot for this mission was Norman MacMillan. The aircraft was a de Havilland DH9A bought from the Royal Air Force. His ambitious round-the-world trip was cancelled after the first stage of the flight after it came to grief in Calcutta.
- Dick Twinney A Renowned British illustrator and wildlife artist.
- James Paynter Jacobite rebel who declared the Old Pretender in the town square.
- Matthew Smith (1879–1959), British artist/painter, lived here in the autumn and winter of 1920[7]
There are several ancient monuments of note in the parish:
- Castle an Dinas, an Iron Age hillfort.[8]
- The Nine Maidens stone row, the largest row of standing stones in Cornwall.[9]
- The Devil's Quoit (sometimes recorded as King Arthur's Quoit).[10]
- St. Columba's Holy Well, (found in the nearby hamlet of Ruthvoes.).[11]
- King Arthur's Stone, this long lost stone is said to be not far from the Devil's Quoit near St. Columb, on the edge of the Goss moor. It was a large stone with four deeply-impressed horseshoe marks. Legend has it that the marks were made by the horse upon which Arthur rode when he resided at Castle An Dinas and hunted on the moors.
- Cornwall's Crealy Park
- Springfields Fun Park
- Cornish Birds of Prey Centre
- Screech owl sanctuary
- Westworld Raceway (stock-car racing)
- Pall Corporation - Makes filters for industry
- Mole Valley farmers - agricultural supplies and equipment
- Borders Books - sells books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and Paperchase stationery through a network of stores nationwide.
- Infoteam International Services LTD
- Worlds Apart - designs, develops, manufactures and distributes children’s products around the world.
- St. Columb Minor
- POW Camp 115, Whitecross, St. Columb Major
- St. Columb Road
- Bulldog Class locomotive was named St. Columb
- List of topics related to Cornwall
- St Columb community web site
- St. Columb Old Cornwall Society
- St. Columb Major Church
- St. Columb Major School website
- St Columb Major Roll of Honour 1914-18 and 1939-45
- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Columb Major
- St Columb Major is at coordinates Coordinates:
Cornwall Online Census Project
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- ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792912&c=columb&d=16&e=15&g=431342&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781
- ^ http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=oAn5xswcKFEC&pg=PA147&dq=butterfield+st+columb&as_brr=1
- ^ From: 'General history: Historical events', Magna Britannia: volume 3: Cornwall (1814), pp. X-XXIV. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50607. Date accessed: 21 August 2007.
- ^ . The Times, Thursday, June 10, 1909; pg. 9; Issue 38982
- ^ . The Times, Saturday, May 28, 1983; pg. 10; Issue 61544
- ^ http://www.johnnyairtime.com/crashing_records.htm
- ^ http://www.safran-arts.com/42day/art/art4oct/art1022.html
- ^ A Gazetteer of Arthurian Topographic Folklore. Retrieved on 2006-03-07.
- ^ The Modern Antiquarian site#627. Retrieved on 2006-09-24.
- ^ The Modern Antiquarian site#644. Retrieved on 2006-09-24.
- ^ St Columba Holy Well, Ruthvoes. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.
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