Spittal, Pembrokeshire
Coordinates: 51°52′08″N 4°56′28″W / 51.869°N 4.941°W
| Spittal | |
 Spittal
Spittal shown within Pembrokeshire |
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| Population | over 500 |
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| OS grid reference | SM976230 |
| Community | Spittal |
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
| Postcode district | SA62 |
| Dialling code | 01437 741 ... |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Pembrokeshire | |
Spittal is a village 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. It gets its name from the same root as Hospital and Spitalfields in London: the village possessed a hospitium (place of accommodation for pilgrims) belonging to the Cathedral of St David's[1]. No trace of this remains.
The population of the community in 2001 was 501. In 2004 a brand new primary school (School Website)[1] was built in the village to educate approximately 120 pupils some of whom live outside the village itself. There was a post office but that closed on 8 January 2009. A local community hall, a village green and a graveyard that is attached to the local church St. Marys. There is a pub in the village called the Pump on the Green. That is closing at the end of July
[edit] References
- ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 448
