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Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cheshire
Aston by Sutton (St Peter) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Liverpool Evening Express (6 Jul. 1950) 3
Audlem (St James) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Sir Stephen R. Glynne, Notes on the Churches of Cheshire
(ed. J.A. Atkinson) The Chetham Society, 32 (1894) 11
Barthomley (St Bertoline) : Barrel organ ex Crewe Hall
1842. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1842) 165
Chester (St Bridget) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed
1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) 127
Farndon (St Chad) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Sold 1869. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) 123;
Chester Chronicle (6 Mar. 1869) 4
Heswall (St Peter) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Liverpool Mercury (21 Sep. 1875) 6
Holmes Chapel (St Luke) : Barrel organ installed 1816.
Ref: NPOR, H00023
Hulme Walfield (St Michael) : Gray & Davison barrel organ
installed 1857. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1857) 3
Kelsall (St Philip) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Chester Courant (17 Nov. 1869) p8
Little Budworth (St Peter) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Crewe Chronicle (27 Jul. 1935) 10
Marbury (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6
Mar. 1875), 162 & 13 Mar. 1875) 175; Glynne (1894) 20
Marthall (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger
organ 1885. Ref: Crewe Guardian (30 Oct. 1909) 7
Mobberley (St Wilfred) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger
organ. Ref: Stockport Advertiser and Guardian (6 Feb. 1885) 3;
Glynne (1894) 76; Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser (16 Apr.
1909) 3; Winsford Chronicle (3 Jan. 1953) 10
Over Peover (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ installed 1826.
Ref: Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser (13 May 1898) 3
Plemstall (St Peter) : Barrel organ sold 1872.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (5 Oct. 1872) 4
Runcorn : Barrel organ.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (27 Jul. 1827) 1
Tarporley (St Helen) : Barrel organ. Ref: Cheshire Observer
(20 Sep. 1913) 7; Winsford Chronicle (4 Apr. 1953) 9
Tarvin (St Andrew) : Barrel organ sold 1875.
Ref: Crewe Chronicle (1 May 1875) 4; Chester Chronicle (5 May
1875) 4; Glynne (1894) 128
Tattenhall (St Alban) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1894) 42
*Tushingham (St Chad) : Barrel organ installed 1841.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (6 May 1950) 10
Weaverham (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne (1894) 57; Northwich Guardian (2 Jul. 1904) 5;
Manchester Evening News (16 Aug. 1923), 3
Whitchurch (St Catherine) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (10 Dec. 1870) 8
Whitegate (St Mary) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed
1828. Ref: Rachel Cowgill, ‘The London Apollonicon Recitals,
1817-32: A Case-Study in Bach, Mozart and Haydn
Reception’, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, vol.123
no.2 (1998) 192
*Woodchurch (Holy Cross) : Barrel organ. Removed to
vicarage.
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 71