 Brixton Hill had been known as "Bristowe Causeway" long before the modern Brixton area was developed.The Surrey House of Correction, now known as Brixton Prison, was opened there in 1820.The hundred contained the parishes of Battersea (including the detached part of Penge), Bermondsey (also later Rotherhithe), Camberwell, Hatcham, Lambeth, Walworth, Streatham, Barnes, Merton, Mortlake (also later Wimbledon and Putney), Tooting and Wandsworth.