East Molesey and Hampton Court Picture Hall opened in Bridge Road (It was re-named The Court Cinema in 1932 and closed in 1958). Martin Cross, Chris Martin, Ian McNuff, Greg Searle, Jonny Searle, Philip Simmons, Andrew Triggs Hodge We also welcome those who have previously gained experience at other clubs or completed a learn to row course with other clubs in the last 2 years. This group is open to experienced rowers who wish to join all year round. The present St. Mary’s church built in the Early English style replaced the old fire-damaged church. Julius Vogel (1835–1899), Prime Minister of New Zealand, resident in East Molesey in his final years

George Nash: Olympic bronze: 2- 2012, World Championships gold 8+ 2013, Cambridge Blue 2010, 2011, 2013. In 1992, with a storming finish former Hampton schoolboys Jonnie and Greg Searle with cox Gary Herbert won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in the coxed pair. The First World War occasioned much suffering and hardship during and after the War. Belgian refugees were accommodated in the Methodist Church School Hall in 1915. The Royal Flying Corps and WRAF were stationed on Hurst Park. Food shortages were severe in 1917 when rationing started. The war memorials have 146 names of those who died in the Great War. The Poyntz Arms Public House and Molesey East & West Conservative Club host matches in the Tolworth and District Pool League. Over a hundred local servicemen, servicewomen and civilians were killed during the Second World War. Local workshops and factories made items for the services. Canadians troops were stationed on the sports ground in Hurst Lane and Americans on Hurst Park. Children from The Orchard School were evacuated to Exeter.Shaw Savouring Chelsea Contest". Southampton F.C. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013 . Retrieved 17 August 2013. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Greater London Built-up area (E34004707)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 9 March 2022. Molesey Juniors F.C. is a community youth football organisation based at the Wilderness Playing Fields, East Molesey

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Underwood, Michael (1737–1820), man-midwife and surgeon". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/28000. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) History of Elmbridge Borough Council". Archived from the original on 23 December 2010 . Retrieved 21 April 2010. The Old Manor House and Quillets Royal in Bell Road (Grade II listed) became the poor house for distressed inhabitants until 1834 when the Moleseys came under Kingston workhouse.

Artist's family sell home to raise cash". Surrey Comet. 5 August 2005. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023.Darts is a very popular sport in Molesey, played at several public houses including the Molesey Football Club, The Royal Oak, The Cannon and the Royal British Legion. Teams are made up of patrons and club members. All teams compete in the Molesey and District Darts League. The club consists of approximately 700 members, consisting of juniors, novices, seniors, veterans and Great Britain internationals of both genders. In the early 2000s Andy Triggs-Hodge joined the club as a promising newcomer and went on to become one of the greatest rowers in British rowing history. He won golds at Beijing (in the 4-), London (In the 4-) and Rio (in the VIII). Another club member Tom James also won golds with Andy in the 4- at Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012. Also George Nash won a bronze at London in the coxless pair and a gold in the four at Rio. Finally James Foad won a bronze in the eight at London. Of course in addition to the Olympic medals these rowers won numerous world championship and Henley medals.

In 2012 Bradley Wiggins won the Olympic Time Trial event. The course passed through East and West Molesey and Hurst Park, and the event finish was at Hampton Court Palace, which has an East Molesey postcode: Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU. Metropolitan Police F.C. is a non-league football team based in East Molesey and are based at the Imber Court Sports Ground. Around 1330, John de Matham married Isabella de Molesey. Her estate became known as Molesey Matham. The manor house of Molesey Matham was built around this time. (The house with its later, mainly 17 th-century, additions still survives at 6 Matham Road).The adult crewed courses run late summer/early autumn and participants need to have completed the Sculling Experience at MBC or have sculling experience from another club. The LTR course involves rowing as part of a crew, learning navigation and safety on our stretch of the Thames, and how to cox a boat with confidence. The group meets twice a week on Sundays mornings and Wednesdays evenings. At the end of the course there is a sculling, coxing and safety assessment. Those who pass the course and wish to continue rowing will be invited to join Molesey Boat Club as a member and start rowing with the Explore group. Alfred Sisley (1839–1899), Anglo-French impressionist painter, resided in East Molesey in 1874, executing nearly twenty paintings of the Upper Thames A great team of experienced coaches will lead you through the basics of crewed rowing but please note that both the Sculling Experience Week and Adult Learn to Row courses are run based on coaching availability, and the availability of spaces for progression into the Explore Group. Bill Cotton, the television producer and executive and the son of big-band leader Billy Cotton, lived in East Molesey in his later years