© 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