© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Berkshire
*Abingdon
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1815. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Nigel Hammond,
First Organ at St Nicholas Church
http://www.aaahs.org.uk/files/Newsletters/Spring05.pdf
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
*Aldermaston :
Flight & Robson barrel organ. Part-exchanged 1851.
Arborfield :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Arborfield WI,
History, Stories & Customs of the Parish of Arborfield and the Liberty of Newland
(1922)
http://www.arborfieldhistory.org.uk/Arborfield_WI.htm
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Ascot :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Reading Mercury
(28 Oct. 1865) p.6
*Ashbury
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Notes & Queries
, CXLVII (15 Nov. 1924) p.363
*Barkham :
Barrel organ.
Ref: P.H. Ditchfield,
The Parson's Pleasaunce
(1810) p.7;
Hampshire Observer & Basingstoke News
(31 Aug. 1910) p.6; MacDermott (1948)
p.67
Basildon :
Gray & Davison improved barrel & finger organ installed 1848.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1848) p.158
Bisham :
Barrel organ installed c.1845.
Ref:
Reading Observer
(20 Aug. 1881) p.2;
South Bucks Standard
(8 Jan. 1897) p.7;
Maidenhead Advertiser
(13 Feb. 1901) p.6
Boxford :
See
Surviving instruments
Buckland
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Daniel Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1851. Barrel mechanism removed.
Ref: NPOR, D05928
*Coxwell
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ.
Ref:
Suffolk and Essex Free Press
(24 Aug. 1898) p.1; H. Prosser Chanter, Letter,
Notes & Queries
, X (3 Jun. 1922) p.437
*Cumnor
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Elliot & Hill barrel & finger organ transferred from
Eynsham
(Oxon.). Removed c.1924.
East Garston :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
(6 Mar. 1902) p.3
Enborne :
Henry Bevington barrel organ.
Ref:
Reading Mercury
(31 Dec. 1892) p.2
Greenham :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Berkshire Chronicle
(29 Jun. 1861) p.4
Hampstead Norreys :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1840. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: NPOR, N09941
*Hamstead Marshall :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840.
Ref:
Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
(23 Feb. 1893) p.6
Old Windsor :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Windsor and Eton Express
(25 May 1889) p.3
Shellingford :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1850) p.179
Shrivenham :
Barrel organ.
Ref: E.F. Hill,
A Record of the Parish of Shrivenham
(1928) p.10
Sonning :
Barrel organ transferred to a church in Lincolnshire 1849.
Ref: Hugh Pearson,
Memorials of the Church and Parish of Sonning
(1890) pp.xiv & 50
Streatley :
J.C. Bishop barrel organ installed 1836.
Ref: NPOR, D01790
Sulham :
Barrel organ.
Ref: NPOR, D02126
*Sunninghill :
Barrel organ. Removed 1861.
Thatcham :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1844.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844 ) p.220
Tilehurst :
Barrel organ installed 1836.
Ref: Berkshire Record Office, D/P 132/5/7 Vouchers and papers (1836)
Warfield :
Barrel organ.
Ref: ‘Parishes: Warfield’, A
History of the County of Berkshire: vol.3
(London, 1923) pp.184-191, BHO
http://www.british-
history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp184-191
[accessed 5 Mar. 2022]
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
p.70
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Berkshire
*Abingdon
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ
installed 1815. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Nigel Hammond,
First Organ at St Nicholas Church
http://www.aaahs.org.uk/files/Newsletters/Spring05.pdf
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
*Aldermaston :
Flight & Robson barrel organ. Part-
exchanged 1851.
Arborfield :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Arborfield WI,
History, Stories & Customs of the Parish of
Arborfield and the Liberty of Newland
(1922)
http://www.arborfieldhistory.org.uk/Arborfield_WI.htm
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Ascot :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Reading Mercury
(28 Oct. 1865) p.6
*Ashbury
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Notes & Queries
, CXLVII (15 Nov. 1924) p.363
*Barkham :
Barrel organ.
Ref: P.H. Ditchfield,
The Parson's Pleasaunce
(1810) p.7;
Hampshire Observer & Basingstoke News
(31 Aug. 1910) p.6;
MacDermott (1948) p.67
Basildon :
Gray & Davison improved barrel & finger organ
installed 1848.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1848) p.158
Bisham :
Barrel organ installed c.1845.
Ref:
Reading Observer
(20 Aug. 1881) p.2;
South Bucks Standard
(8 Jan. 1897) p.7;
Maidenhead Advertiser
(13 Feb. 1901) p.6
Boxford :
See
Surviving instruments
Buckland
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Daniel Gray barrel & finger
organ installed 1851. Barrel mechanism removed.
Ref: NPOR, D05928
*Coxwell
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Barrel organ. Converted to
finger organ.
Ref:
Suffolk and Essex Free Press
(24 Aug. 1898) p.1; H. Prosser
Chanter, Letter,
Notes & Queries
, X (3 Jun. 1922) p.437
*Cumnor
(now Oxfordshire)
:
Elliot & Hill barrel & finger
organ transferred from
Eynsham
(Oxon.). Removed c.1924.
East Garston :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Newbury Weekly News and
General Advertiser
(6 Mar. 1902) p.3
Enborne :
Henry Bevington barrel organ.
Ref:
Reading Mercury
(31 Dec. 1892) p.2
Greenham :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Berkshire Chronicle
(29 Jun. 1861) p.4
Hampstead Norreys :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ
installed 1840. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: NPOR, N09941
*Hamstead Marshall :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ
installed c.1840. Ref:
Newbury Weekly News and General
Advertiser
(23 Feb. 1893) p.6
Old Windsor :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Windsor and Eton Express
(25 May 1889) p.3
Shellingford :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1850) p.179
Shrivenham :
Barrel organ.
Ref: E.F. Hill,
A Record of the Parish of Shrivenham
(1928) p.10
Sonning :
Barrel organ transferred to a church in Lincolnshire
1849. Ref: Hugh Pearson,
Memorials of the Church and Parish
of Sonning
(1890) pp.xiv & 50
Streatley :
J.C. Bishop barrel organ installed 1836.
Ref: NPOR, D01790
Sulham :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
NPOR, D02126
*Sunninghill :
Barrel organ. Removed 1861.
Thatcham :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1844.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844 ) p.220
Tilehurst :
Barrel organ installed 1836.
Ref:
Berkshire Record
Office, D/P 132/5/7 Vouchers and papers (1836)
Warfield :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
‘Parishes: Warfield’, A
History of
the County of Berkshire: vol.3
(London, 1923) pp.184-191, BHO
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp184-191
[accessed 5 Mar. 2022]
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
p.70
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