WHITECHURCH, or EGLWYS-WEN, a parish, in the union of CARDIGAN, hundred of KEMMES, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 8.
miles (S. by W.) from Cardigan; containing 395 inhabitants. This parish, which is supposed to have derived its name from
the white colour of the stone of which the original church was built, is situated in a retired part of the county, at a
distance from any turnpike-road, and comprises a large tract of inclosed amble and grazing land, a considerable portion of
mountainous common affording pasturage for sheep; and some good turbaries, from which the inhabitants are supplied with
fuel. The rateable annual value is £871  the soil is various, and the population is principally employed in agriculture.
The stone in this part of the country contains a great proportion of quartz, which is found in abundance within the
parish. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £6, and endowed with £200 royal bounty; present
net income, £11.3; patron, Thomas Lloyd, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £140. The church is
dedicated to St. Michael. There are places of won. ship for Baptists and Independents; and about thirty-five children are
instructed in a day school, at the expense of their parents. John Jones, of Pantyderri, an 1729, bequeathed rentcharges
of £1 and ten shillings respectively, to the poor of this parish and that of' Llanvair-Nantgwn adjacent; and other small
charges to a few contiguous places.