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Lock-ups; Lock-Up; Lock-up; Lock Up; Lockup; Lockups; Lock ups; Lock up (disambiguation); Lock Up (disambiguation); Lock Up (band); Lock Up (film)
Village lock-up
![British police helmet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Circular lock-up - geograph.org.uk - 472113.jpg?width=200 "British police helmet]]")
![Interior cell of lock-up in [[Lacock]], Wiltshire](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lacock lock-up, interior.jpg?width=200 "Interior cell of lock-up in [[Lacock]], Wiltshire")
!["The Blind House", [[Box, Wiltshire]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Blind House, Box - geograph.org.uk - 812752.jpg?width=200 "\"The Blind House\", [[Box, Wiltshire]]")
![The lock-up in [[Shrewton]], near the A303 in Wiltshire, appears on the village's welcome signs.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Blind House, Shrewton - geograph.org.uk - 454325.jpg?width=200 "The lock-up in [[Shrewton]], near the A303 in Wiltshire, appears on the village's welcome signs.")
![Lock-up in [[Trowbridge]], Wiltshire](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TrowbridgeBlindHouse.jpg?width=200 "Lock-up in [[Trowbridge]], Wiltshire")
, Hilly Gant, off New Street - geograph.org.uk - 1411900.jpg?width=200 "Braintree Cage")
![[[Canewdon]] lock-up, made circa 1775](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Canewdon Village Lock-Up - geograph.org.uk - 216867.jpg?width=200 "[[Canewdon]] lock-up, made circa 1775")
![Everton]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Everton Lock Up 2.jpg?width=200 "Everton]] lock-up")
![[[Fenstanton]] lock-up [[clock tower]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fenstanton Clock Tower & Lockup - geograph.org.uk - 80781.jpg?width=200 "[[Fenstanton]] lock-up [[clock tower]]")
![[[Gnosall]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gnosall Village Lock-up - geograph.org.uk - 375964.jpg?width=200 "[[Gnosall]] lock-up")
.jpg?width=200 "Hunmanby lock-up")
![[[Kelsall]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kelsall lock-up.JPG?width=200 "[[Kelsall]] lock-up")
![[[Monkton Combe]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monkton Combe lock up.jpg?width=200 "[[Monkton Combe]] lock-up")
![[[Pensford]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pensford lock up.JPG?width=200 "[[Pensford]] lock-up")
![Watchman's hut/lock-up & pound [[Petersham, London]], erected 1787.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Watchman's hut and lock-up - Petersham Road, Petersham, London.jpg?width=200 "Watchman's hut/lock-up & pound [[Petersham, London]], erected 1787.")
![[[Steeple Ashton]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lock-up, Steeple Ashton - geograph.org.uk - 1417626.jpg?width=200 "[[Steeple Ashton]] lock-up")
![[[Warminster]] lock-up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Entrance to the Blind House, Warminster - geograph.org.uk - 330709.jpg?width=200 "[[Warminster]] lock-up")
![[[Wavertree]] lock up](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wavertree Lock-up - geograph.org.uk - 39230.jpg?width=200 "[[Wavertree]] lock up")
HISTORIC BUILDING ONCE USED FOR THE TEMPORARY DETENTION OF PEOPLE
Round House Lock-ups; Round House (lock-ups); Round-house (lock-up); Roundhouse (lock-up); Blind house; Village lock-ups; Village lockup; Village cage
A village lock-up is a historic building once used for the temporary detention of people in England and Wales, mostly where official prisons or criminal courts were beyond easy walking distance. Lockups were often used for the confinement of drunks, who were usually released the next day, or to hold people being brought before the local magistrate.
lock up
1.
Clasp, fasten, lock, close fast.
2.
Confine, shut up, restrain.
lock-up
¦ noun
1. a jail, especially a temporary one.
2. Brit. non-residential premises that can be locked up, typically a garage.
