West Molesey / East and West Molesey / Molesey / Moleseye / Molesham / West Moulsey / Mulesey

There are four entries for [East and West] Molesey [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/east-and-west-molesey/] [accessed 20 October 2015], one of which mentions a church in it. [NB: this church was, accoring to the VCH [cf. infra], the one at West Molesey]. Allen (1831) does not mention a font in "West Moulsey", noting that "it was only a chapel of ease to the church of Walton-on-Thames"; he gives no dedication for this church. Allen (ibid.), however, does report a baptismal font in the church at "East Moulsey",, again, without dedication: "The font is an octagon, with a quatrefoil on each of those faces which are visible, supported by an hexagon pillar." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "The two Moleseys, East and West, are two small parishes, which consisted in 1086 of three manors, all called Molesham. Parochially they first appear as two chapelries, which later became parishes, and now form one urban district under the Act of 1894 [...] There was a church on the Domesday holding of Odard at Molesey, the origin of West Molesey Church; but the church is not mentioned in the Taxatio of 1291, and was a chapel of ease to Walton on Thames [...] The church of WEST MOLESEY, whose dedication is unknown, consists of chancel with north vestry, nave with north aisle, west tower, and south porch. With the exception of the tower the whole building is of yellow brick, having been rebuilt in modern times. The tower is of 16th-century date and is built of flint and stone. [...] The font is of 15th-century date and has an octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panels inclosing flowers, an octagonal panelled stem and a moulded base."