The Compter (Bread Street)

Stow mentions two compters existing in his time: the Compter (Poultry) and the Compter (Bread Street). With relevance to the mobility of the place, Harben records that the Wood Street Counter had been removed there from Bread Street in 1555 (Harben 166). Tracing its history back ever further, Carlin and Belcher note that the prison was initially located in the Broken Seld around 1412 (Carlin and Belcher 70).

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