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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. 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.〔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 150 pupils, some of whom live outside the village itself.〔(Spittal School website )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Scolton Manor, Spittal )〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spittal, Pembrokeshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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