Spittal, Pembrokeshire

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly=
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official_name= Spittal
unitary_wales= Pembrokeshire
lieutenancy_wales= Dyfed
constituency_westminster= Preseli Pembrokeshire
post_town= HAVERFORDWEST
postcode_district = SA62
postcode_area= SA
dial_code= 01437
os_grid_reference= SM976230
population= 500

Spittal is a small 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. 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 [Charles, B. G., "The Placenames of Pembrokeshire", National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 448] . No trace of this remains.

The population of the community in 2001 was 501. In 2004 a brand new primary school was built in the village to educate approximately 120 pupils some of whom live outside the village itself. There is a post office, 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.

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