Pembrokeshire civil parishes. During the First English Civil War (1642–1646) the county gave strong support to the Roundheads (Parliamentarians), in contrast to the rest of Wales, which was staunchly Royalist. In spite of this an incident in Pembrokeshire triggered the opening shots of the Second English Civil War when local units of the New Model Army mutinied. Oliver Cromwell defeated the uprising at the Siege of Pembroke in July 1648. On 13 August 1649, the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland began when New Model Army forces sailed from Milford Haven. In 1720, Emmanuel Bowen described Pembrokeshire as having five market towns, 45
Spittal, Pembrokeshire approximately 150 pupils, some of whom live outside the village itself. 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. Spittal, Pembrokeshire Spittal is a village, parish and community that lies approximately halfway between Haverfordwest and Fishguard, near the village of