(anciently Dunebered), a municipal and parliamentary burgh of England, county of Cornwall, stands on a hill rising from the banks of the Artery, an affluent of the Tamar, 213 miles W.S.W. from London. The parish church is built of curiously carved blocks of granite. Launceston, till recently, was considered the capital of Cornwall, and was the seat of the two county assizes; but these were both removed to Bodmin, the one in 1716, the other in 1838. It returns one M.P. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Launceston was anciently surrounded by a wall, of which there are still some remains. More interesting, however, are the ruins of an old castle, the grounds of which are tastefully laid out as pleasure-grounds. Pop. of parliamentary burgh, 6005; pop. of municipal burgh, 3397.