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{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| welsh_name                  =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = 
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.869|-4.941|display=inline,title}}
| map_type                    = 
| official_name               = Spittal
| community_wales             = Spittal
| unitary_wales               = [[Pembrokeshire]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Dyfed]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]]
| post_town                   = HAVERFORDWEST
| postcode_district           = SA62
| postcode_area               = SA
| dial_code                   = 01437 741 ...
| os_grid_reference           = SM976230
| population                  = 494
| population_ref              = (2011 census)
| static_image_name           = St Mary's church, Spittal - geograph.org.uk - 308991.jpg
| static_image_caption        = St Mary's church, Spittal (2007) 
| module= [[File:2024 Wales Pembrokeshire Community Spittal map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Spittal''' is a village, [[parish]] and [[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]. It is situated on the [[A40 road|A40 trunk road]], approximately halfway between [[Haverfordwest]] and [[Fishguard]]. It had a population of 494 as of the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=W04000475|title=Spittal Parish|accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref>

==Name==
The village's name is a corruption of the word 'hospital' ({{langx|cy|Ysbyty}}), which is also the root of place names such as [[Spitalfields]], London, [[Spital, Merseyside]] and [[Spital-in-the-Street]], Lincolnshire. The village possessed a [[hospitium]] (place of accommodation for pilgrims) belonging to the Cathedral of [[St Davids]].<ref>Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, {{ISBN|0-907158-58-7}}, p 448</ref> No trace of this remains.

==History==
The parish was in the [[Hundred (county division)|Hundred]] of [[Dungleddy]], and in the early 19th century had a population of 452, including a number of smaller settlements. There are the remains of several ancient encampments in the parish.<ref name="GENUKI">{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Spittal|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Spittal/|accessdate=29 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Parish">{{cite web|title=GENUKI Parish Map 53: Spittal|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Ambleston/ParishMap|accessdate=29 July 2019}}</ref>

==Amenities==
Amenities include a community hall, a village green and a pub, the Pump on the Green.

The parish church of St Mary is a Grade II [[listed building]] of mediaeval origins,  restored in the 19th century. The font is 12th or 13th century.<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=25066 |desc=Church of St Mary |grade=II |access-date=29 July 2019 }}</ref>

In 2004 a new [[primary school]] was built in the village to educate approximately 150 pupils from the village and surrounding area.<ref>[https://www.pgfl.org.uk/schools/stpf/Spittal/about/default.aspx Spittal School website]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Spittal/ Further historical information and sources on GENUKI]

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[[Category:Villages in Pembrokeshire]]
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