© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Wiltshire
Affpuddle : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Transferred from Collingbourne Kingston 1997. Ref: NPOR, K00193 Alderton : Barrel organ installed 1858. Ref: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (WSHC), PR/Alderton: St. Giles/1078/16 Register: baptisms Bradford-on-Avon : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1855. Ref: Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette (18 Oct. 1855) p.2 Britford : Walker barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (16 Aug. 1841) p.4 Chiseldon : Barrel organ sold 1868. Ref: North Wilts Herald (30 Mar. 1868) p.1; NPOR, N08398 Christian Malford : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); WSHC, PR/Christian Malford: All Saints/1710/30 Memoranda book belonging to Rev. R.V. Law Collingbourne Kingston : Bevington & Son barrel organ transferred from Great Bedwyn. Transferred to Affpuddle 1997. Ref: NPOR, K00191 Corsley : Barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: Somerset Standard (7 Jul. 1967) p.17; ‘Corsley’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.8 (London, 1965) pp.13-25. BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp13-25 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Crockerton : Barrel & finger organ installed 1856. Ref: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (3 Apr. 1856) p.3 Devizes : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘The borough of Devizes: Religious and cultural history’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.10 (London, 1975) pp.285-314, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol10/pp285-314 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Downton : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ installed 1826. Ref: NPOR, R01349 *Enford : James S. Eagles barrel organ installed 1815. Converted to finger organ. Everleigh : Barrel organ installed 1814. Ref: North Wilts Herald (6 Oct. 1933) p.11; Everleigh Village Website https://www.everleigh.org/st-peters-church/ [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Fisherton Anger : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Fisherton Anger’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.6 (London, 1962) pp.180-194, BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol6/pp180-194 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Great Bedwyn : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Transferred to Collingbourne Kingston . Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Boston (1959) p.123 *Great Durnford : Barrel organ. Liddington : See Surviving instruments Lydiard Tregoze : Barrel organ. Ref: Country Life (25 Jun. 1948) p.1286 Maiden Bradley : Barrel organ. Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (12 Feb. 1876) p.4; Somerset Standard (12 May 1967) p.18 Monkton Farleigh : Barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: Charles Hobhouse, ‘Some account of the parish of Monkton Farleigh’, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, LVIII (1882) pp.97 & LIX p.194 North Bradley : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1824. Converted to finger organ 1876. Ref: ‘North Bradley’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.8 (London, 1965), pp.218-234. BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp218-234 [accessed 5 March 2022] Norton : T.C. Bates barrel organ. Ref: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard (18 Feb. 1911) p.7 Poulshot : Barrel organ. Ref: Stanley Harper & Dennis W. Hampton, Historical Sketch of Poulshot Church (1933) *Purton : Barrel organ. Stanton St Quintin : Bevington barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Bevington (2022) *Steeple Ashton : Barrel & finger organ installed 1835. Ref: Stephen Glynne, ‘Notes on Wiltshire Churches’, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, CXXXIX (Dec. 1923) pp.292-3; Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser (2 Dec. 1876) p.2; ‘Steeple Ashton’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.8, pp.198-218, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp198-218 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Stratford-sub-Castle : J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1852. Converted to finger organ 1876. Ref: WSHC, PR/Stratford-sub-Castle: St. Lawrence/2474/11 Subscription lists and estimate for converting the barrel organ into a manual instrument (1876); ‘Stratford-sub-Castle’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.6, pp.199-213, BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol6/pp199-213 [accessed 5 March 2022] Swallowcliffe : Barrel organ. Rebuilt 1850. Ref: NPOR, A00261 West Lavington : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1869. Ref: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (21 Oct. 1869) p.1 Wilsford : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ. Ref: WSHC, PR/Wilsford with Lake, St Michael/1986/10 memoranda concerning installation of a barrel organ (1845) Wroughton : Barrel organ. Ref: Reading Mercury (22 Jan. 1848) p.2 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.97
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Wiltshire
Affpuddle : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Transferred from Collingbourne Kingston 1997. Ref: NPOR, K00193 Alderton : Barrel organ installed 1858. Ref: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (WSHC), PR/Alderton: St. Giles/1078/16 Register: baptisms Bradford-on-Avon : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1855. Ref: Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette (18 Oct. 1855) p.2 Britford : Walker barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (16 Aug. 1841) p.4 Chiseldon : Barrel organ sold 1868. Ref: North Wilts Herald (30 Mar. 1868) p.1; NPOR, N08398 Christian Malford : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); WSHC, PR/Christian Malford: All Saints/1710/30 Memoranda book belonging to Rev. R.V. Law Collingbourne Kingston : Bevington & Son barrel organ transferred from Great Bedwyn. Transferred to Affpuddle 1997. Ref: NPOR, K00191 Corsley : Barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: Somerset Standard (7 Jul. 1967) p.17; ‘Corsley’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.8 (London, 1965) pp.13-25. BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp13-25 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Crockerton : Barrel & finger organ installed 1856. Ref: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (3 Apr. 1856) p.3 Devizes : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘The borough of Devizes: Religious and cultural history’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.10 (London, 1975) pp.285-314, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol10/pp285-314 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Downton : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ installed 1826. Ref: NPOR, R01349 *Enford : James S. Eagles barrel organ installed 1815. Converted to finger organ. Everleigh : Barrel organ installed 1814. Ref: North Wilts Herald (6 Oct. 1933) p.11; Everleigh Village Website https://www.everleigh.org/st-peters-church/ [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Fisherton Anger : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Fisherton Anger’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.6 (London, 1962) pp.180-194, BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol6/pp180-194 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Great Bedwyn : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Transferred to Collingbourne Kingston . Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Boston (1959) p.123 *Great Durnford : Barrel organ. Liddington : See Surviving instruments Lydiard Tregoze : Barrel organ. Ref: Country Life (25 Jun. 1948) p.1286 Maiden Bradley : Barrel organ. Ref: Salisbury and Winchester Journal (12 Feb. 1876) p.4; Somerset Standard (12 May 1967) p.18 Monkton Farleigh : Barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: Charles Hobhouse, ‘Some account of the parish of Monkton Farleigh’, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, LVIII (1882) pp.97 & LIX p.194 North Bradley : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1824. Converted to finger organ 1876. Ref: ‘North Bradley’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.8 (London, 1965), pp.218-234. BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp218-234 [accessed 5 March 2022] Norton : T.C. Bates barrel organ. Ref: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard (18 Feb. 1911) p.7 Poulshot : Barrel organ. Ref: Stanley Harper & Dennis W. Hampton, Historical Sketch of Poulshot Church (1933) *Purton : Barrel organ. Stanton St Quintin : Bevington barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Bevington (2022) *Steeple Ashton : Barrel & finger organ installed 1835. Ref: Stephen Glynne, ‘Notes on Wiltshire Churches’, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, CXXXIX (Dec. 1923) pp.292-3; Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser (2 Dec. 1876) p.2; ‘Steeple Ashton’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.8, pp.198-218, BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/pp198-218 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Stratford-sub-Castle : J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1852. Converted to finger organ 1876. Ref: WSHC, PR/Stratford-sub-Castle: St. Lawrence/2474/11 Subscription lists and estimate for converting the barrel organ into a manual instrument (1876); ‘Stratford-sub-Castle’, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: vol.6, pp.199-213, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol6/pp199-213 [accessed 5 March 2022] Swallowcliffe : Barrel organ. Rebuilt 1850. Ref: NPOR, A00261 West Lavington : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1869. Ref: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (21 Oct. 1869) p.1 Wilsford : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ. Ref: WSHC, PR/Wilsford with Lake, St Michael/1986/10 memoranda concerning installation of a barrel organ (1845) Wroughton : Barrel organ. Ref: Reading Mercury (22 Jan. 1848) p.2 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.97