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St Columb Major

St Columb Major is a town in . The designation Major distinguishes it from the smaller settlement and parish of St Columb Minor on the coast.
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  • Type: Town with 3,170 residents
  • Description: town in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Saint Columb”, “Saint Columb Major”, “St Columb”, “St Columb Major, Cornwall”, and “St. Columb”
  • Postal code: TR9
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Columba’s Church, St Columb Major and Castle an Dinas.

Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Columba's Church is a 14th-century, Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in St Columb Major, . 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 was built at .

Archaeological site
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is an Iron Age hillfort at the summit of Castle Downs near St Columb Major in Cornwall, UK and is considered one of the most important hillforts in the southwest of . is situated 2 miles east of St Columb Major.

Tea shop
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is a tea shop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruthvoes and Indian Queens.

Hamlet
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is a village in mid , England, United Kingdom. It is in the parish of St Columb Major, about two miles south of St Columb Major town and 6+1⁄2 miles east of .

Village
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is a village in , England, United Kingdom. The village, which is on the A30 trunk road, is in the civil parish of . It is situated west of Goss Moor and north of Fraddon, approximately 10 mi west-southwest of . is situated 3 miles south of St Columb Major.

Village
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is a small rural village about two miles north of St Columb Major in , England, United Kingdom. Originally a manorial settlement belonging to the Earldom of Cornwall, the place prospered in the 19th century as a centre of the wool-combing industry.

St Columb Major

Latitude
50.4345° or 50° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
-4.9402° or 4° 56′ 25″ west
Population
3,170
Elevation
322 feet (98 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CMO
Open location code
9C2QC3M5+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29289323
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638828
Wiki­data ID
Q1851842
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“St Columb Major” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “St Columb Major”
  • Basque: “St Columb Major”
  • Belarusian: “Сэнт Коламб Мэёр”
  • Belarusian: “Сэнт-Коламб-Мэёр”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট কলাম্ব মেজর”
  • Breton: “Plew Golom”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Columb Major”
  • Cebuano: “St Columb Major”
  • Chinese: “St. Columb Major”
  • Chinese: “大圣科伦姆”
  • Chinese: “大聖科倫姆”
  • Cornish: “Plew Golom”
  • Cornish: “S. Kolom Veur”
  • Cornish: “Synt Colom Gwartha”
  • Cornish: “Synt Colom Veur”
  • Dutch: “St Columb Major”
  • Dutch: “St. Columb Major”
  • French: “St Columb Major”
  • Galician: “St Columb Major”
  • German: “St Columb Major”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ કોલંબ મેજર”
  • Irish: “Plew Golom”
  • Irish: “St Columb Major”
  • Italian: “St Columb Major”
  • Japanese: “セイント・コラム・メイジャー”
  • Japanese: “セント・コロンブメジャー”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಕೊಲಂಬ್ ಮೇಜರ್”
  • Korean: “세인트 콜롬브 메이저”
  • Ladin: “St Columb Major”
  • Latin: “St Columb Major”
  • Lithuanian: “Sent Kolumb Majoras”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “St. Columb Major”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Columb Major”
  • Persian: “سنت کلمب میجر”
  • Persian: “سنت کولومب ماجور”
  • Polish: “St Columb Major”
  • Portuguese: “St Columb Major”
  • Romanian: “St Columb Major”
  • Russian: “Сент-Колумб-Мейор”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سنت کلمب میجر”
  • Spanish: “St Columb Major”
  • Swedish: “St Columb Major”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ட கழும்ப மேஜர்”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ కొలంబో మేజర్”
  • Turkish: “St Columb Major”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ کولمب میجر”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ کولومب میجر”
  • Welsh: “S. Kolom Veur”
  • Welsh: “St Columb Major”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “St Columb Major”. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.