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 | |
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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.