a parliamentary and municipal borough of England, county of Cornwall, on the Liskeard and Looe Canal and Cornwall Railroad, 16 miles W. by N. of Plymouth. It is built partly on rocky hills, and partly in a hollow; the streets are narrow and irregular, and the houses have a mean appearance. Some handsome buildings have, however, recently been erected in the immediate vicinity. The town-hall, built in the beginning of the eighteenth century, is large and handsome, supported on granite columns. The parish church is a fine Gothic edifice of the fifteenth century, with a tower of more recent date at the west end. The Methodists, Independents, Baptists, and other denominations, have also places of worship here. There are also a grammar and other schools, a mechanics' institution, and a mutual improvement society. The manufactures of Liskeard are few and unimportant, the inhabitants being chiefly dependent on the agricultural and mineral produce of the neighbourhood. Serges and leather are, however, manufactured here. The municipal affairs of the town are intrusted to a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors; and it returns one member to parliament. Pop. (1851) municipal borough, 4386; parliamentary borough, 6204.