LUDCHURCH, a parish, in the union and hundred of NARBERTH, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (S. E.) from Narberth;
containing 220 inhabitants. This parish, which is in the south-eastern part of the county, is pleasantly situated
about two miles eastward from the road between Narberth and Tenby; its surface is uneven, and the soil of various kinds;
and the lands are but partially inclosed and cultivated. The substratum is limestone of very superior quality, which is
worked upon an extensive scale: the stone is susceptible of a beautiful polish, and many slabs raised from the quarries
have been manufactured into elegant mantel-pieces, and used for other ornamental purposes; it is also burnt for manure,
there being no fewer than six kilns for this purpose in constant operation, for the supply of the more northern parts of
the county. Of the rateable annual value of the parish, the return is £622. 5. The living is a discharged rectory, rated
in the king's books at £3. 14. 4i.' and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of
£84; and there is a glebe of ten acres, valued at the same number of pounds per annum. The church, dedicated to St.
Elidyr, is a neat and well-built edifice, situated in a bleak part of the parish, on a limestone rock, which has been
quarried all round, leaving the sacred fabric many feet above the level of the adjacent ground. 'I here is a Sunday
school, where about 45 males and females are instructed gratuitously.