Pepperharrow, Surrey

Historical Description

Pepperharrow, a parish in Surrey, on the river Wey, 3 miles W of Godalming station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town and money order office, Godalming; telegraph office, Lower Easling, Acreage, 1320; population, 159. Pepperharrow House belongs to Viscount Middleton, and stands in grounds containing some very grand cedars of Lebanon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £120 with residence. Patron, Viscount Middleton. The church is partly Norman, was restored under the direction of Pugin, and contains several brasses.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Surrey History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Surrey online.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Pepperharrow from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Peper-Harow (St. Nicholas))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Pepperharrow are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Surrey papers online:

• Surrey Mirror
• Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
• Surrey Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Surrey, 1662-1668 is available on the Heraldry page.