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3 unusual facts about Molesey


Roberts Radio

The company was initially based in central London, near Oxford Circus and then at Rathbone Place, but moved to East Molesey in 1941.

In 1962, the company had a purpose-built factory constructed in West Molesey, and still retains premises in the area.

Thomas Brend

Thomas Brend (c. 1516 – 21 September 1598) of West Molesey, Surrey, was a London scrivener, and the owner of the land on which the Globe Theatre was built.


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Communities outside the administrative area of Greater London that are within the code are Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Loughton and Sewardstone in Essex; Borehamwood, Bushey, Carpenders Park, Elstree and South Oxhey in Hertfordshire; and Ewell, Molesey, Thames Ditton and Whyteleafe in Surrey.

Molesey Lock

The reservoirs at Molesey on the southern bank were established in 1872, by the Lambeth Waterworks Company, followed three years later by the Chelsea Waterworks Company.


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