© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Derbyshire
Cromford : Chamber organ purchased by Richard Arkwright for use at Willersley Castle. Barrel added, transferred to Cromford Chapel.
L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) p.23
Duffield : Barrel & finger organ.
Ref: Old Duffield Village, Church, and Castle, With some Personal Reminiscences. A Lecture given before the Duffield Branch of the Church of England
Men's Society, Dec. 8th. 1921 transcribed here http://www.jjb.uk.com/duffield/12remin.htm
Kirk Hallam : Barrel organ.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (n.d.) p.262
*Morley : George Pyke Barrel organ.
Morton : Flight & Robson barrel organ sold 1864.
Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (26 Feb. 1864) p.4
Mugginton : Barrel organ.
Ref: Derby Daily Telegraph (19 Jul. 1907) p.2
*Peak Forest : Barrel organ installed c.1850 (NOT 1700).
Ref: Percy A. Scholes, ‘Barrel Organs in Church’, Radio Times (2 Mar. 1934) p.620; Kilbey (2019)
Ravenstone : Barrel organ.
Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162; (13 Mar. 1875) p.175
*Repton : Barrel organ, transferred to Burton-on-Trent Museum.
*Stanton by Dale : Barrel organ.
*Stanton in Peak (nr Bakewell) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1847. Empty case still in west gallery (see photo).
Ref: Bevington (1847); Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald (16 Sep. 1893) p.6
Stretton : Barrel organ.
Ref: St Chad’s Burton & St Mary’s Stretton https://stchadstmary.org.uk/st-marys-church-building/ [accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Tansley : Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from South Elkington (Lincs.) 1848.
Ref: NPOR, N00492
*Ticknall : See Calke.
*Trusley : Barrel organ.
Ref: Sunday Times (30 Apr. 1950)
Wingerworth : Walker barrel organ on hire.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 6 (1856) p.6
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.73
Stanton-in-Peak
Ashbourne : Barrel organ.
Ref: BOA, Hill Estimate Book 1 (1838) p.34
Bakewell : Barrel organ installed 1809.
Ref: Boeringer, 1, p.258
Ballidon : John Ward barrel organ transferred from Barton-upon-Humber (Lincs.)
1856.
Ref: Stamford Mercury (4 Apr. 1856) p.2; Sir Stephen Glynne, ‘Church Notes’, Antiquary,
34 (July. 1898) p.201; NPOR, R01621
Calke : Ticknall church, in the grounds of Calke Abbey. Flight & Robson barrel organ
installed 1810.
Ref: Burton Observer & Chronicle (19 Jun. 1969) p.7; Derbyshire Family History Society,
Magazine (Jun. 2017) pp.42-3
Chapel-en-le-Frith : Barrel organ.
Ref: William Braylesford Bunting, The Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket, Chapel-en-le-
Frith (Manchester, 1925)
Photo: M. Kilbey