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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 club was the first place that Queen guitarist Brian May used his Red Special guitar live on stage with his group 1984.

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.Alfred Sisley (1839–1899), Anglo-French impressionist painter, resided in East Molesey in 1874, executing nearly twenty paintings of the Upper Thames The continuing demand for housing led to the developments of the Hurst Park, Fleetside estates in the 1960s and the Kings Chase and Bishop Fox estates in the 1980s and 1990s. The fourth Hampton Court Bridge was opened by Edward, the Prince of Wales. Its construction involved the demolition of the popular Castle Hotel (1930), alterations to the Mole and Ember and the construction of Hampton Court Way. A farmhouse was built that became an inn and coach house in the 18 th c. (The Bell Inn is now Grade II listed. The first post offices were the Bell in East Molesey and the Royal Oak in West Molesey).

Jim Walker: Olympic Games GBR 8+ 1992, 8+ 1996; World Championships GBR 8+ 1989 (Bronze); Junior World Championships GBR 4- 1986 (Silver) The manorial lands of Engelram d’Abernon gifted to Merton Priory who now own the manor, which comes to be named the Manor of Molesey Priory, for the next 400 years. Parry, John, musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales . Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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The last bank in Molesey – a branch of Lloyds in the Walton Road – closed. Barclays in West Molesey closed in 2013. Finally, in 2021 Ollie Stanhope won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the PR3 4+. Ollie is of course the aforementioned Richard Stanhope’s son. AFC Molesey is a former non-league football team that was also based in West Molesey, a member of the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) Division One and played at the West Molesey Recreation Ground, Walton Road. Up to the date that the club folded, the club had seen its popularity grown significantly following its winning several honours including the Lower Junior County Cup in the 2007/08 season and successful consecutive league promotions. Upper Mill in the Manor of Molesey Matham and Lower Mill in the Manor of Molesey Prior existed on the Mole. (Upper Mill, a gunpowder mill from the 1650s, was demolished in 1780. In the 19 thc. Lower Mill was a corn mill and saw mill). Find sources: "Molesey"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)