MARTLETWY, a parish, in the union and hundred of NARBERTH, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (S. B.) from
Haverfordwest; containing 846 inhabitants. This place is situated on the Eastern 'Cloddy, at its junction with the Western
Cleddy, and at the termination of the noble ?harbour of Milford, which is formed by the union of those rivers. The parish
is bounded on the north and west by the Eastern Cleddy, east by the parishes of Mynwere and Yerbeston, and south by those
of Coedcanlais and Lawrenny; and contains about 2580 acres, of which 635 are arable, 1905 pasture, and 40 woodland, the
prevailing timber being oak. The' surface has rather a barren appearance, and the soil is cold and wet, and for the most
part poor; the chief agricultural produce consists of oats, barley, and potatoes: the rateable annual value is returned
at £1633. 5. The parish comprises a considerable tract, abounding with coal and tuba, which is worked to a great extent
upon the estate of Sir John Owen, Bart; and the produce of the collieries, amounting in value to above £1000 per annum,
and employing more than 100 persons, is shipped for the supply of distant parts, from a place called Land-shipping, en the
Eastern Cleddy, where an excellent quay has been constructed for the purpose. Here was the ancient seat of the Owens, who
by marriage became proprietors of the noble estates originally belonging to the family of Wyrriot. The living is a
discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at £4, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary grant, and in
the patronage of the Hon. Capt. Greville, who is also owner of the great tithes; present net income, £100: the tithes
have been commuted for a rent-charge of £180, of which £100 are payable to the impropriator, and £80 to the vicar, who has
also a glebe of four acres, valued at £5 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Marcellus, is a plain old edifice,
containing between 700 and 800 sittings, more than half free. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and
Methodists; also two day schools, one of which affords education to 40 children, of whom 10 are taught by aid of an
endowment, and the rest paid for by their parents; the other instructs about 20 children at the expense of their parents;
and two Sunday schools, in which are about 150 males and females, are gratuitously conducted by the dissenters.