spittal

Meanings

1. lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital
2. a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
3. a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks

1. A hamlet near Fangfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7652).
2. A coastal village in Berwick-upon-Tweed parish, near Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0051).
3. A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX3657).
4. A small village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4677).
5. A place near Cardenden, Fife council area, Scotland, possibly a farm (OS grid ref NT2194).
6. A hamlet in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND1654).
7. A small suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6060).
8. A suburban area of Killearn, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5186).
9. A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9723).
10. A surname.

Etymology

See spital.