Lockups and Tolbooths were used extensively by local government to manage the wrongdoers in the community.
Lockups, from 1500 onwards, were created to provide a place to restrain or temporarily confine inmates, typically before trial. These buildings could be purpose built single celled structures, multi-celled or even a repurposed space, such as that of an empty room within a private dwelling or commercial building.
Tolbooths were a uniquely Scottish structure, developed in the 13th century, which would govern the customs, judiciary and imprisonment of criminals in local towns; there are a number of instances where tolbooths also had execution grounds attached.
| Name | Alias | Location | Active |
| Aberdeen Tolbooth | Aberdeen | 1616/1629-1820 | |
| Aberdeen Tolbooth (Huxted Row) | Aberdeen | 1820-1867 | |
| Aberdeen Tolbooth (Justice Street) | Aberdeen | 1867- | |
| Anstey Lockup | Anstey Lynchgate | Anstey | 1831?- |
| Bewdley Lockup | Bewdley Shambles Lockup, The Old Prison Cells | Bewdley | |
| Buntingford Lockup | The Cage | Buntingford | |
| Canterbury Borough Police Station | Canterbury | ||
| Charlwood Lockup | The Cage | Charlwood | |
| Coveney Lockup | The Pound | Coveney | 1850- |
| Dartmouth Lockup | Dartmouth | ||
| Edinburgh Canon-gate Tolbooth | Edinburgh | ||
| Edinburgh the City Tolbooth | Edinburgh | ||
| Elgin the Tollbooth | Elgin | ||
| Everton Lock Up | Prince Rupert’s Tower | Everton | 1787- |
| Farndon Lockup | Farndon | 1837- | |
| Farnsfield Lockup | Farnsfield | ||
| Forres the Tolbooth | Forres | ||
| Gatehouse Prison | Westminster | 1370-1776 | |
| Glasgow the Tolbooth | Glasgow | ||
| Great and Little Chishill Lockup | Great and Little Chishill | ||
| Great Missenden Lockup | Great Missenden | ||
| Illingworth Lockup | Illingworth | 1823- | |
| Inverness the Tolbooth | Inverness | ||
| Lewisham Lockup | St Mary’s Vicarage Lockup | Lewisham | |
| Malmesbury Lockup | St Mary and St Aldhelms Abbey Church Lockup | Malmesbury | |
| Merriott Lockup | The Blindhouse | Merriott | |
| Parson Drove Lockup | Pardon Drove | 1816- | |
| Roydon Lockup | Roydon | ||
| Sawtry Lockup | The Village Lockup | Sawtry | |
| Stonesfield Lockup | Stonesfield | ||
| The Bocardo Prison | Oxford | -1771 | |
| Thornbury Lockup | Thornbury | ||
| Whittesley Lockup | Whittesley Town Hall Lockup | Whittesley Lockup | |
| Yalding Lockup | Yalding | ||
| Yaldingford Lockup | The Village Lockup | Yaldingford |
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