East and West**, two villages of England, S.E. coast of Cornwall, on the Looe estuary, connected with each other by a stone bridge, 15 miles W. of Plymouth. They are of considerable antiquity, and at one time were of importance as seaports, having sent twenty ships to the siege of Calais in the time of Edward III. The east town was a borough, returning two members to parliament from the reign of Elizabeth, and the other returned the same number from the time of Edward VI., till both were disfranchised by the Reform Bill. The present villages are made up of irregular lanes, of antique houses, overlooked by beautifully-wooded hills, which almost surround them on every side. The inhabitants are principally engaged in pilchard fishing, and in the shipment of copper and granite brought by canal from Liskeard. Pop. (1851), East Looe, 970; West Looe, 746; total, 1716.