SALTASH, a market-town of England, in the county of Cornwall, 3½ miles N.W. of Davenport. The houses rise tier above tier on the steep bank of the Tamar, and present striking and picturesque contrasts; some being of brick, some of stone, some fronted with plaster, others with slates. There is a town-hall, an old church, and a grammar school. Most of the inhabitants are fishermen. Saltash was formerly a parliamentary burgh, returning two members, but was disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. Pop. 1621.