© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cumberland
Alston : Bevington & Sons barrel organ transferred from private house 1852. Transferred to Nenthead 1881. Ref: NPOR, N01522 Bromfield : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Wigton Advertiser (12 Nov. 1881), p.4; Musical Opinion (1 May 1892) pp. 361-2 Calder Bridge : Timothy Russell barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser (30 May 1843) p.2 Gosforth : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Directory (1929) p.154 *Nenthead : Bevington & Sons barrel organ transferred from Alston 1881. Westward : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1849. Ref: Cumbria Archive Centre, PR 56/32 Subscription book and two letters re acquisition of a barrel organ (1849) Wigton : Barrel organ replaced by another 1858. Ref: Wigton Advertiser (1 Nov. 1858) p.1 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.73 Westmorland Bowness : Barrel organ. Sold 1847. Ref: Liverpool Albion (14 Jun. 1847) p.5 Burton : J. & W. Holt barrel organ. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (23 Dec. 1853) p.2
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cumberland
Alston : Bevington & Sons barrel organ transferred from private house 1852. Transferred to Nenthead 1881. Ref: NPOR, N01522 Bromfield : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Wigton Advertiser (12 Nov. 1881), p.4; Musical Opinion (1 May 1892) pp. 361-2 Calder Bridge : Timothy Russell barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser (30 May 1843) p.2 Gosforth : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Directory (1929) p.154 *Nenthead : Bevington & Sons barrel organ transferred from Alston 1881. Westward : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1849. Ref: Cumbria Archive Centre, PR 56/32 Subscription book and two letters re acquisition of a barrel organ (1849) Wigton : Barrel organ replaced by another 1858. Ref: Wigton Advertiser (1 Nov. 1858) p.1 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.73 Westmorland Bowness : Barrel organ. Sold 1847. Ref: Liverpool Albion (14 Jun. 1847) p.5 Burton : J. & W. Holt barrel organ. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (23 Dec. 1853) p.2