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Compter
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Compter
A
compter
, sometimes referred to as a
counter
, was a type of small
English
prison
controlled by a sheriff. The inmates were usually civil prisoners, for example
dissenters
and debtors. Examples of compters include
London
's
Wood Street Counter
,
Poultry Compter
,
Giltspur Street Compter
and
Borough Compter
and the lock-up over the
Abbey Gateway
, next to St Laurence's church, in
Reading, Berkshire
(this was the Compter Gate and the lock-up was known as the Compter).
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