SPITTAL, a parish, in the union of HAVERFORDWEST, hundred of DUNGLEDDY, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Haverfordwest; containing 430 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on the east by Walton, south by Rudbaxton, west by Camrhas and part of Trevgarn, and north by Ambleston; and is situated on the Western Cleddy, which forma its boundary on the west, and intersected by the turnpike-roads leading from Haverfordwest to Cardigan and Fishguard respectively. It contains 2674 acres by admeasurement, all either amble or pasture, except from 10 to 20 of woodland; the surface is generally fiat, and the scenery therefore not very attractive; but the soil is of an excellent quality, producing grass, and wheat, barley, and oats; and the prevailing timber is oak and ash. There are three modern mansions within its limits, named Scotton, Froy.Hall, and Haver-Hill. The rateable annual value of the property is returned at £831. 10. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant; net income, £79; patrons and appropriators, Precentor and Chapter of St. David's, whose tithes have been 'commuted for a rentreharge of £152, and who have a glebe of 32 acres, valued at £20 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is not distinguished by any architectural details of importance, consisting only of a nave and chancel, swarated by a low and unornamented circular arch; eta length is 78 feet, and the breadth 24. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, and Presbyterians. A day school affords instruction to about 60 children at their parents' expense; and 60 males and females are gratuitously taught in a Sunday school belonging to Independents, and, 40 in one connected with Baptists. About 100 yards south-east of . the church is an ancient ruin, covering nearly an acre of land, and said to have been an hospital, or hawthorn, from which the word Spittal is supposed to be derived. It must have been once a place of considerable. importance, as the walls, still visible in some parts, are of great solidity, being about 5 feet in thickness; and under these, immense vaults have been discovered. Tradition reports the erection to have been by the monks of St. David's, at an early period, for the accommodation of pilgrims to the shrine of St. David's; which is slightly corroborated by the circumstance of the tithes of the parish still belonging to the dignitaries of the cathedral, as already mentioned. There are also several remains of ancient encampments in the parish, which are here called 66 Ithilths :" of these, one occupies the summit of a conical bill which rises abruptly in the vale; the area, about 2 acres, which is nearly circular, is inclosed by a single rampart. Near it was a chapel, dedicated to St. Leonard, which, together with the church at Rudbaxton, was granted by Alexander Rudebac to the commandery of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, at Slebech; and on the site of this chapel, and on that of another a mile west of the church (the two being called East Chapel Park, and West Chapel Park), stone coffins and a great quantity of human bones have been dug up. Near the road leading from Haverfordwest to Cardigan is a place named 46 Scotton Gallows," where tradition says the heir of the family suffered in consequence of slaying the heir of the family of Heythog on the same spot in a duel. West of the same road, at Scotton, is an elegant modern mansion, erected by Jas. Higgon, Esq., and which commands an extensive western view.