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{{Short description|Village and parish in Surrey, England}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country           = England
| official_name     = Peper Harow
| map_type          = Surrey
| coordinates       = {{coord|51.191750|-0.666885|display=inline,title}}
| population = 185
|population_ref=(Civil Parish 2011)<ref name=ons>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] [[United Kingdom Census 2011]] ''[[Office for National Statistics]]'' Retrieved 21 November 2013</ref>
|area_total_km2=5.34
|civil_parish='''Peper Harow'''
| os_grid_reference = SU932444
| shire_district    = [[Waverley, Surrey|Waverley]]
| shire_county      = [[Surrey]]
| region            = South East England
| constituency_westminster = [[South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Surrey]]
| post_town         = [[Godalming]]
| postcode_district = GU8
| postcode_area     = GU
| dial_code         = 01483
|static_image=PeperHarowHouse1.jpg
|static_image_width=250px
|static_image_caption=Peper Harow House
}}
'''Peper Harow''' is a rural village and [[civil parish]] in southwest [[Surrey]] close to the town of [[Godalming]]. It was a noted early [[cricket]] venue. Its easternmost fields are in part given up to the [[A3 road (Great Britain)|A3 trunk road]].
==Location and history==
The name "Peper Harow" is very unusual and comes from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''Pipers Hear(g)'' perhaps meaning, approximately "The pagan stone altar of the pipers"; however, hearg can also be haeg meaning more prosaically hedged enclosure (of the pipers), or even hay meadow. Pipers might mean musicians, or sandpipers (the green sandpiper and wood sandpiper are migrants to marsh and swampy ground – as this is).
There is also a possibility that the name ''Peper Harow'' is derived from the [[Old English language|Saxon]] ''piþa har hleow'', meaning ''the old pith refuge'' pith being used for making tallow lights. The Burghal Hideage records 'Eashing' as one of the forts, however the forts are not necessarily in the locations recorded or the locations have moved. The most likely location for this fort is at ''Warren Hill'' in the parish of Peper Harow, and its size fits the expected size of this fort. <ref>[https://saxonhistory.co.uk/9998_translate_place.php English Village names] Saxonhistory.co.uk</ref>
Peper Harow appears in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' of 1086 as ''Pipereherge''. It was held by Girard (Gerard) from Walter, son of Othere. Its domesday assets were: 3 [[hide (unit)|hide]]s. It had 3 [[plough]]s, 1 [[Mill (grinding)|mill]] worth 15s, {{convert|7|acre|ha}} of [[meadow]]. It rendered £5 per year to its [[feudal system|feudal]] overlords. Later documented forms are: Pipereherge (11th century); Piperinges (13th century); Pyperhaghe (14th century).<ref name=m>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42927 |title=Parishes: Peper Harow |editor=H.E. Malden  |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1911 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 |access-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref>
In the graveyard of St. Nicholas's Church (dating to 1301) is an ancient [[Taxus baccata|yew]] tree which has been dated to being 800 years old which could stand on the site of an old pagan site.{{citation needed|reason=to being 800 years old|date=March 2016}} Close to Peper Harow at Bonville Hanger Wood is a [[Holy well]] called ''Bonfield Spring'' that is also thought to have held pre-Christian religious significance.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}
;Descent of the manor
Denzil Holles (who had no issue) died in 1694, and the manor reverted to John, [[Duke of Newcastle]], his male heir who sold it in February 1699 – 1700 to Philip Frowde, who in 1713 sold it to Alan Brodrick, who was elevated to the Viscountcy of Midleton.
In 1725, this [[Viscount Midleton]] was 'expected to reside [in the [[Manorialism|manor]]] shortly, and was patron (sponsor) of the church, whose son died 1747. In the son's time his first cousin Vice-Admiral Thomas Brodrick also lived at the estate. George Brodrick, the third viscount died holding it in 1765. He was succeeded by his son George, created [[Baron Brodrick]] of Peper Harow in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]], who died 1836. His son George Alan was succeeded in 1848 by his cousin Charles, grandson of the third viscount, who died in 1863. The manor passed to his brother, the Very Rev. [[William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton|W J Brodrick]], who dying in 1870 was succeeded by his son William, appointed (for the year term) [[Lord Lieutenant of Surrey]]. This Viscount Midleton died in 1907, and was succeeded by his eldest son.<ref name=m/>
[[George Broderick]], (who married [[Rene Ray]]), was the eldest son of five children born to St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton by his first wife, Lady Hilda Charteris.
;21st-century history
St. Nicholas's church was almost destroyed by fire in December 2007.<ref>[http://www.peperharow.info/church.htm Church information] Peperharow.info</ref> The yew was unharmed and the church has been restored. Parts of the village are privately owned with restricted access.
==Cricket==
[[File:A view of Cricket at Peper Harow 2010 DSC 8907.jpg|right|thumb|Playing cricket at Peper Harow]]
[[Cricket]] has long been played here, with evidence of rules and matches dating to 1727.<ref>Marshall, pp.45–48.</ref> [[Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton]] was a cricket patron and one match against a side organised by [[Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond]] is believed to have taken place at Peper Harow in the [[1727 English cricket season]].<ref>McCann, pp.6–7.</ref>
==Other activities==
During the Second World War, Peper Harow was used as a holding area for Canadian Forces.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/04/a4542004.shtml People's War] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426014724/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/04/a4542004.shtml |date=26 April 2010 }}</ref> Part of the park not in the parish is used annually for [[Point to point (steeplechase)|point-to-point horse racing]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=Bramley Historical Society |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=25 July 2005 |url=http://www.pointingse.webeden.co.uk/#/peperharow/4525940675 |title=Tanks give way to bicycles }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/#map|title=Election Maps}}</ref>
== Peper Harow House ==
Peper Harow House was built by [[William Chambers (architect)|Sir William Chambers]] for [[George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton]] in 1765. Still incomplete when the 3rd Viscount died (in 1765), it was completed by his son after he came of age. It is a [[Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1435898|desc=Peper Harow Park |access-date= 22 January 2018}}</ref>  [[Capability Brown|Lancelot 'Capability' Brown]] landscaped the park in 1762–3, and many fine trees remain from this time. Particularly notable are the [[Lebanon Cedar]]. According to 'A History of the County of Surrey' published in 1911, the park and grounds at Peper Harow contained some fine timber at that time, notably the cedars of Lebanon, which were put in as seedlings from pots in 1735.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp49-52|title = Parishes: Peper Harow &#124; British History Online}}</ref>
[[File:Somerset Bridge from the Southeast with the river Wey at Summer level DSC 1565.jpg|thumb|Somerset Bridge]]  There is also an ancient bridge called Somerset Bridge which crosses the River Wey and connects Peper Harow with nearby [[Elstead]].
The house was owned by the [[Viscount Midleton|Midleton]] family until 1944 when it was sold to property developers. It, and the entire village, is now owned by a trust.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
==Demography and housing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''2011 Census Homes'''
|-
!Output area !!Detached  !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments!!Caravans/temporary/mobile homes!!shared between households<ref name=ons/>
|-
|(Civil Parish)||31	||	24	||	8	||	4	||	0	||	0
|}
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''2011 Census Key Statistics'''
|-
!Output area !!Population !!Households !!% Owned outright !!% Owned with a loan!!hectares<ref name=ons/>
|-
|(Civil Parish)||185	||	67	||43.3%	||37.3%||534
|}
The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%.  The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%.  The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Birley |first=Derek |author-link=Derek Birley |title=A Social History of English Cricket |year=1999 |publisher=Aurum }}
* {{cite book |last=McCann |first=Tim |author-link=Timothy J. McCann |title=Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Sussex Record Society }}
* {{cite book |last=Marshall |first=John |author-link=John Marshall |title=The Duke who was Cricket |publisher=Muller |year=1961 }}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Peper Harow}}
*[http://www.peperharow.info Peper Harow website]
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42927 Peper Harow history ]
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