Peper Harow is a rural village and civil parish in southwest Surrey close to the town of Godalming.
[citation needed] 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.
In 1725, this Viscount Midleton was 'expected to reside [in the manor] shortly, and was patron (sponsor) of the church, whose son died 1747.
He was succeeded by his son George, created Baron Brodrick of Peper Harow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, who died 1836.
W J Brodrick, who dying in 1870 was succeeded by his son William, appointed (for the year term) Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.
[3] 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.
[8][9] Peper Harow House was built by Sir William Chambers for George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton in 1765.
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.
The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%.