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Spittal, Pembrokeshire

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Population
  
over 500

Community
  
Spittal

Country
  
Wales

Local time
  
Thursday 12:30 AM

Post town
  
Haverfordwest

OS grid reference
  
SM976230

Principal area
  
Pembrokeshire

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Ceremonial county
  
Dyfed

UK parliament constituency
  
Preseli Pembrokeshire

Spittal, Pembrokeshire

Weather
  
11°C, Wind S at 31 km/h, 99% Humidity

Spittal is a village, parish and community that lies approximately halfway between Haverfordwest and Fishguard, near the village of Wolf's Castle in the county of Pembrokeshire in west Wales. Its name is a corruption of the word 'hospital', which is also the root of such names as Spitalfields, London, Spital, Merseyside, Spital-in-the-Street, Lincolnshire, etc.: the village possessed a hospitium (place of accommodation for pilgrims) belonging to the Cathedral of St David's. No trace of this remains.

Map of Spittal, Haverfordwest, UK

The population of the community in 2001 was 501. In 2004 a new primary school was built in the village to educate approximately 150 pupils, some of whom live outside the village itself. Other amenities include a community hall, a village green and a graveyard attached to the local church, St. Mary's. There is a pub in the village called the Pump on the Green. There was formerly a post office in the village, which closed on 8 January 2009.

Scolton Manor is a former Victorian country house converted into a museum of Pembrokeshire life. It is a grade II* building.

References

Spittal, Pembrokeshire Wikipedia