Alternative Names Borough Compter
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1717
Date closed 1852
Location Tooley Street Southwark
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Surrey
In 1840, used exclusively for female prisoners transferred from Giltspur Street Prison.
Alternative Names Borough Compter
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1717
Date closed 1852
Location Tooley Street Southwark
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.5044 Long. -0.0908
County Surrey
In 1840, used exclusively for female prisoners transferred from Giltspur Street Prison.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 1509
Daily Greatest number - 82
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 1327
Daily Census - 46
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 1003
Daily Census - 47
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 2084
Daily Census - 56
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 1495
Daily Census - 54
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 269
Daily Census - 11
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 143
Daily Daily average - 43
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/OF/02/027
Collection: Corporation of London: Officers
Description: Notes re Chaplains of the House of Correction, Borough Compter, and Newgate.
Dates: 1816-1825
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/012
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Miscellaneous papers, copy letters, certificates, notes etc relating to the Prison, being rough papers of Keeper's office
Dates: 1817-1834
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/013-014
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Miscellaneous papers
Dates: c.1814-1842
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/018
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Return of the State of the Borough Compter made to the Court of Alderman
Dates: 1822-1834
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/032/01
Collection: Prisons and Compters
Description: Miscellaneous records relating to Prisons and Compters (including Southwark Compter). These include accounts and financial papers, statutes and bills relating to Gaols and Prisons, various Committee minutes and papers, including reports of the Gaol Committee, staffing issues, contracts, petitions, regulations, papers relating to the health of the prisoners.
Dates: 1487-1878
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/046/01/017-021
Collection: Southwark Sessions
Description: Sessions books
Dates: 1787-1929
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/046/02/014-019
Collection: Southwark Sessions
Description: Sessions files
Dates: 1790-1870
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/046/03/003-012
Collection: Southwark Sessions
Description: Sessions papers
Dates: 1814-c.1861
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/01
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Minutes
Dates: 1817-1857
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/02
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Rough minutes
Dates: 1794-1795, 1815-1816
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/03
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Committee papers
Dates: 1812-1866
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/04
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Reports
Dates: 1843-1878
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/05
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Orders
Dates: 1867, 1871-1878
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/07
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Testimonials
Dates: 1849-1865
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CC/PCC
Collection: Corporation of London: Court of Common Council
Description: Prisons Committee papers
Dates: 1842-1853
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/PL/01/077/B
Collection: Corporation of London: Plans
Description: Annual returns of the state of the prison made to the Secretary of State
Dates: 1823-1840
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/PL/02/U/005/s, t, u
Collection: Corporation of London: Plans
Description: Southwark Compter
Dates: 1848
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/008
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Letter from Lord John Russel to the Visiting Magistrate of the Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Southwark
Dates: 1835
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/001-005
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Account of deliveries of supplies
Dates: 1816-1839
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC/06
Collection: Corportation of London, Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee
Description: Financial accounts
Dates: 1859-1878
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CC/FNG
Collection: Corporation of London: Court of Common Council
Description: Gaol expenses and Finance Committee (including minutes, 1816-1834, rough minutes, 1817-1825, and committee papers, 1817-1832)
Dates: 1816-1834
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/020
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Keeper's letter book
Dates: 1817-1820
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/021-027
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Keeper's account books
Dates: 1814-1839
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/019
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Journal of the Borough Compter
Dates: 1817-1823
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/015
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Surgeon's visiting book
Dates: 1815-1823
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/016
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Visiting records, chiefly by the Chaplain, but also by the Surgeon, High Bailiff and others
Dates: 1823-1836
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/007
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Counterpart of the appointment of an Officer of the Borough Court and Keeper of the Borough Compter, High Bailiff to John Law
Dates: 1825
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/009
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Appointment of John Law as Keeper
Dates: 1815
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/032/01/029/B
Collection: Prisons and Compters
Description: Return of duties, names and ages of Officers for Borough Compter
Dates: 1846
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/01/009
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Lists of prisoners committed for trial at the Southwark Sessions
Dates: 1814-1842
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/01/010
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Lists of prisoners in the Borough Compter
Dates: 1824
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/01/011
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Receipts of the Keeper of Newgate, of Brixton House of Correction & c. to the Keeper of the Borough Compter Southwark, for prisoners transferred into their custody
Dates: 1817-1841
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/046/04/027
Collection: Southwark Sessions
Description: Notices of insolvent debtors to Keeper of their intention to file petitions in Insolvent Court, and return of debtors in Southwark CompterÂ
Dates: 1813
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/01/003-008
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Charge books (with index)
Dates: 1814-1842
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/01/016
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Orders for keeping in custody or discharging prisoners
Dates: 1815-1833
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/031/02/017
Collection: Southwark Compter
Description: Weekly return of the names of prisoners distinguishing debtors, misdemeanours etc, prisoners committed to Sessions, prisoners upon orders with particulars, as appropriate of debt, offence, sentence etc.
Dates: 1815-1818
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/041/PI/01/002,005
Collection: City of London Coroners Court
Description: Inquests into deaths of prisoners, including Southwark Compter
Dates: 1788-1838
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/PL/01/049/E/003
Collection: Corporation of London: Plans
Description: Mill Lane, plan of premises showing proposals for letting with possible enlargement of the Borough Compter
Dates: 1815
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/PL/01/049/E/016
Collection: Corporation of London: Plans
Description: Plan for letting three lots of ground on building case in Tooley Street, at the corner of Mill Lane, showing the Borough Compter
Dates: 1826
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/SVD/PL/08/103-104
Collection: Corporation of London: SurveyorÂ’s Department
Description: Plans of Southwark Compter
Dates: 1818, 1843