LUDLOW, a town of Shropshire in England, situated in W. Long. 2. 45. N. Lat. 52. 28. It stands at the conflux of the Teme and Corve; and had formerly a strong castle, inclosed by a wall a mile in compass. The president of the council of the marches, established by Henry VIII. generally kept his courts in it, by which the town was much benefited, these courts not having been abolished till the 1st of William and Mary. Its neighbourhood to Wales makes it a great thoroughfare, and engages many of the Welch to send their children of both sexes to it for education. It was incorporated by Edward IV. and among other privileges has that of trying and executing criminals within itself. It is one of the neatest towns in England, with walls, and seven gates. From the castle on the top of the hill on which the town stands, is a most delightful prospect. In an apartment of the outer-gatehouse of the palace, Samuel Butler is said to have written the first part of Hudibras. Here Arthur, elder brother to Henry VIII. died, and was buried in the choir of the church. Without the town, on the north-side, stood anciently a rich priory; of which there are hardly any remains. The river Teme here has a good bridge over it, and dams or weirs across it. In the church are some old monuments of the lords president, &c. The neighbouring country is exceeding pleasant, especially that part called Corve's-Dale, or the valley along the Corve.