River Mole in 1613. In John Speed's 1611 map of Surrey this stretch of the river is denoted by a series of hills accompanied by the legend "The river runneth under". However the river's name is unlikely to have derived from this behaviour: The "Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names" suggests that "Mole" either comes from the Latin "mola" (a mill) or is a back-formation from "Molesey" (Mul's island). In John Rocque's 1768 map of Surrey, the name "Moulsey River" is used. In common with much of the rest of the Weald, the earliest evidence of human settlement along the Upper Mole
John Mole (poet) a manner relevant to young people. He wrote the libretto to the opera "Alban", a community opera composed by Tom Wiggall and performed in May 2009 in St Albans Cathedral. "Treatment" is a string of poems that amount to a personal response to a course of chemotherapy. A reading of his poetry for the Poetry Archive appeared on CD. He is also a jazz clarinetist. John Mole (poet) John Mole (born 1941 in Taunton, England) is an English poet for adults and children. Mole has won several prizes for his poetry, including an Eric Gregory Award, the Cholmondeley Award, and