© Maggie Kilbey 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cornwall
Lanhydrock (St Hyderock) : Barrel organ.
Ref: T. Cann Hughes, ‘Sir Stephen Glynne’s notes on the churches of Cornwall’, Notes & Queries, vol.C (1934-5)
Lanivet (St Ia) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1840) 140; Royal Cornwall Gazette (13 Jun. 1889) 4; Woodhouse (1997) 108
Lawhitton (St Michael) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1840) 138;
Woodhouse (1997) 108
Madron (St Maddern) : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Cornishman (6 Aug. 1924) 3; Woodhouse (1997) 54 & 108
Mawgan (St Mawgan) : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1827.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VIII’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.212 (1973-74) 122; Royal Cornwall Gazette (12 Sep. 1884) 6
Mylor (St Mylor) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Hugh P. Olivey, Notes on the Parish of Mylor, Cornwall (Taunton, 1907)
*Probus (St Probus & St Grace) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 42 & 67
Redruth (St Euny) : Alexander Buckingham barrel organ installed 1833.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VIII’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.212 (1973-74) 126; Woodhouse (1997) 54 & 109
Roche (St Gonand of the Rock) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) 21
St Austell (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ installed 1820. Ref: Woodhouse (1997) 54
St Columb Major (St Columb) : Barrel organ. Ref: Cornish Guardian (16 May 1963) 10
St Germans (St Germans) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Cornwall (1934-5)
*St Ives (St Ia) : Barrel organ installed 1831. Transferred to St Ives Museum.
Ref: C.W. Pearce, Notes on English Organs of the Period 1800-1810 (London, 1912) 149; Woodhouse (1997) 54
Stoke Climsland (All Saints) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1847.
Ref: Kresen Kernow, P215/1/5 list of subscriptions for organ
Truro (St John the Evangelist) : Gray & Son improved barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Royal Cornwall Gazette (25 Sept. 1840) 2
& (5 Oct. 1849) 8; West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (9 Oct. 1840) 2
Withiel (St Clement) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1831.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VIII’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.212 (1973-74) 126
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 71-3
*Camborne (St Martin & St Meriadoc) : John Lincoln barrel organ installed
1803.
Ref: William Tuck, Reminiscences of Camborne (c.1880): Camborne Old
Cornwall Society camborne.wikidot.com/tuck [accessed 7 Mar. 2022];
MacDermott (1948) 67; David C. Wickens, The Instruments of Samuel Green
(1987) 163; Harry Woodhouse, Face the Music. Church and Chapel Bands in
Cornwall (St Austell, 1997) 54 & 107
Gulval (St Gulval) : Barrel organ. Ref: Woodhouse (1997) 54 & 108
Kenwyn (St Keyne) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: Royal
Cornwall Gazette (25 Dec. 1846) 2; Woodhouse (1997) 54 & 108
Photo: M. Kilbey
Mylor
© Maggie Kilbey 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cornwall
*Camborne (St Martin & St Meriadoc) : John Lincoln barrel
organ installed 1803. Ref: William Tuck, Reminiscences of
Camborne (c.1880): Camborne Old Cornwall Society
camborne.wikidot.com/tuck [accessed 7 Mar. 2022];
MacDermott (1948) 67; David C. Wickens, The Instruments of
Samuel Green (1987) 163; Harry Woodhouse, Face the Music.
Church and Chapel Bands in Cornwall (St Austell, 1997) 54 &
107
Gulval (St Gulval) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Woodhouse (1997) 54 & 108
Kenwyn (St Keyne) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ installed 1824.
Ref: Royal Cornwall Gazette (25 Dec. 1846) 2; Woodhouse
(1997) 54 & 108
Lanhydrock (St Hyderock) : Barrel organ.
Ref: T. Cann Hughes, ‘Sir Stephen Glynne’s notes on the
churches of Cornwall’, Notes & Queries, vol.C (1934-5)
Lanivet (St Ia) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1840) p.140; Royal
Cornwall Gazette (13 Jun. 1889) 4; Woodhouse (1997) 108
Lawhitton (St Michael) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed
1840. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1840) 138;
Woodhouse (1997) 108
Madron (St Maddern) : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref:
Cornishman (6 Aug. 1924) 3; Woodhouse (1997) 54 & 108
Mawgan (St Mawgan) : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed
1827. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VIII’, The
Organ, vol.LIII no.212 (1973-74) 122; Royal Cornwall Gazette
(12 Sep. 1884) 6
Mylor (St Mylor) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Hugh P. Olivey,
Notes on the Parish of Mylor, Cornwall (Taunton, 1907)
*Probus (St Probus & St Grace) : Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) 42 & 67
Redruth (St Euny) : Alexander Buckingham barrel organ
installed 1833. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part
VIII’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.212 (1973-74) 126; Woodhouse
(1997) 54 & 109
Roche (St Gonand of the Rock) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ,
vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) 21
St Austell (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ installed 1820.
Ref: Woodhouse (1997) 54
St Columb Major (St Columb) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Cornish Guardian (16 May 1963) 10
St Germans (St Germans) : Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne, Cornwall (1934-5)
*St Ives (St Ia) : Barrel organ installed 1831. Transferred to
St Ives Museum.
Ref: C.W. Pearce, Notes on English Organs of the Period 1800-
1810 (London, 1912) p.149; Woodhouse (1997) 54
Stoke Climsland (All Saints) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger
organ installed 1847.
Ref: Kresen Kernow, P215/1/5 list of subscriptions for organ
Truro (St John the Evangelist) : Gray & Son improved barrel
organ installed 1840. Ref: Royal Cornwall Gazette (25 Sept.
1840) 2 & (5 Oct. 1849) 8; West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
(9 Oct. 1840) 2
Withiel (St Clement) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ
installed 1831. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part
VIII’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.212 (1973-74) 126
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 71-3
Mylor
Photo: M. Kilbey
