© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cumberland (now Cumbria)
Alston (St Augustine) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ ex private house 1852. Transferred to Nenthead 1881. Ref: NPOR, N01522 Bridekirk (St Bridget) : Barrel organ. Ref: Carlisle Patriot (24 Dec. 1868) p.1 Bromfield (St Mungo) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Wigton Advertiser (12 Nov. 1881), p.4; Musical Opinion (1 May 1892) pp. 361-2 Calder Bridge (St Bridget) : Timothy Russell barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser (30 May 1843) p.2 Gosforth (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitehaven News (14 Apr. 1898) p.5; Kelly's Directory (1929) p.154 Millom (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitehaven News (21 Nov. 1907) p.4 *Nenthead (St John) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ ex Alston 1881. Westward (St Hilda) : 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); Penrith Observer (13 June 1899) p.6; Wigton Advertiser (18 May 1935) p.3 Wigton (St Mary) : 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 (now Cumbria) Bowness-on-Windermere (St Martin) : Barrel organ. Sold 1847. Ref: Liverpool Albion (14 Jun. 1847) p.5 Burton-in-Kendal (St James) : J. & W. Holt barrel organ. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (23 Dec. 1853) p.2 Kirby Lonsdale (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1799. Ref: Gerald Sumner, 'Wilkinson & Son of Kendal: the origins and history of the firm in the nineteenth century', JBIOS 31 (2007) p.102
© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Cumberland (now Cumbria)
Alston (St Augustine) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ ex private house 1852. Transferred to Nenthead 1881. Ref: NPOR, N01522 Bridekirk (St Bridget) : Barrel organ. Ref: Carlisle Patriot (24 Dec. 1868) p.1 Bromfield (St Mungo) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Wigton Advertiser (12 Nov. 1881), p.4; Musical Opinion (1 May 1892) pp. 361-2 Calder Bridge (St Bridget) : Timothy Russell barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser (30 May 1843) p.2 Gosforth (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitehaven News (14 Apr. 1898) p.5; Kelly's Directory (1929) p.154 Millom (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitehaven News (21 Nov. 1907) p.4 *Nenthead (St John) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ ex Alston 1881. Westward (St Hilda) : 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); Penrith Observer (13 June 1899) p.6; Wigton Advertiser (18 May 1935) p.3 Wigton (St Mary) : 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 (now Cumbria) Bowness-on-Windermere (St Martin) : Barrel organ. Sold 1847. Ref: Liverpool Albion (14 Jun. 1847) p.5 Burton-in-Kendal (St James) : J. & W. Holt barrel organ. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (23 Dec. 1853) p.2 Kirby Lonsdale (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1799. Ref: Gerald Sumner, 'Wilkinson & Son of Kendal: the origins and history of the firm in the nineteenth century', JBIOS 31 (2007) p.102