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Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cheshire
Aston by Sutton : Barrel organ.
Ref: Liverpool Evening Express (6 Jul. 1950) p.3
Audlem : Barrel organ.
Ref: Sir Stephen R. Glynne, Notes on the Churches of Cheshire (ed. J.A. Atkinson) The Chetham Society, 32 (1894) p.11
Barthomley : Barrel organ transferred from Crewe Hall 1842.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1842) p.165
Chester : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.127
Farndon : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Sold 1869.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123; Chester Chronicle (6 Mar. 1869) p.4
Heswall : Barrel organ.
Ref: Liverpool Mercury (21 Sep. 1875) p.6
Holmes Chapel : Barrel organ installed 1816.
Ref: NPOR, H00023
Hulme Walfield : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1857.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1857) p.3
Kelsall : Barrel organ.
Ref: Chester Courant (17 Nov. 1869) p. 8
Little Budworth : Barrel organ.
Ref: Crewe Chronicle (27 Jul. 1935) p.10
Marbury : Barrel organ.
Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162 & 13 Mar.1875) p.175; Glynne (1894) p.20
Marthall : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1885.
Ref: Crewe Guardian (30 Oct. 1909) p.7
Mobberley : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Glynne (1894) p.76; Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser (16 Apr. 1909) p.3; Winsford Chronicle (3 Jan. 1953) p.10
Over Peover : Barrel organ installed 1826.
Ref: Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser (13 May 1898) p.3
Plemstall : Barrel organ sold 1872.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (5 Oct. 1872) p.4
Runcorn : Barrel organ.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (27 Jul. 1827) p.1
Tarporley : Barrel organ.
Ref: Cheshire Observer (20 Sep. 1913) p.7; Winsford Chronicle (4 Apr. 1953) p.9
Tarvin : Barrel organ sold 1875.
Ref: Crewe Chronicle (1 May 1875) p.4; Chester Chronicle (5 May 1875) p.4; Glynne (1894) p.128
Tattenhall : Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne (1894) p.42
*Tushingham : Barrel organ installed 1841.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (6 May 1950) p.10
Weaverham : Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne (1894) p.57; Northwich Guardian (2 Jul. 1904) p.5; Manchester Evening News (16 Aug. 1923), p.3
Whitchurch : Barrel organ.
Ref: Chester Chronicle (10 Dec. 1870) p.8
Whitegate : 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) p.192
*Woodchurch : Barrel organ. Removed to vicarage.
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.71