a market-town of England, in the county of Cornwall, 34 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.