Horsemonger Lane Gaol

Surrey Gaol Act 1791
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for building a new Common Gaol and Session House, with Accommodations thereto, for the County of Surrey, and for disposing of the present County Gaol and the Ground thereto belonging.
Citation31 Geo. 3. c. 22
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent13 May 1791
Commencement10 August 1790
Repealed21 July 2008
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as the Surrey County Gaol or the New Gaol) was a prison close to present-day Newington Causeway in Southwark, south London. Built at the end of the 18th century, it was in use until 1878.