© Maggie Kilbey 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Derbyshire
Duffield (St Alkmund) : Gray & Davison 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; Tomkins (1995) 21-22 Great Barlow (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: St Lawrence Church Barlow www.barlow-church.org.uk/history.html [accessed 6 Jan. 2025] Kirk Hallam (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (n.d.) 262 Matlock (St Giles) : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: Tomkins (1995) *Morley (St Matthew) : George Pyke barrel organ Morton (Holy Cross) : Flight & Robson barrel organ sold 1864. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (26 Feb. 1864) 4 Mugginton (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Derby Daily Telegraph (19 Jul. 1907) 2 *Peak Forest (King Charles the Martyr) : 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 (St Michael & All Angels) : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) 162; (13 Mar. 1875) 175 *Repton (St Wystan) : Barrel organ, transferred to Burton-on-Trent Museum *Stanton by Dale (St Michael & All Angels) : Barrel organ *Stanton in Peak nr Bakewell (Holy Trinity) : 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) 6 Stretton (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: St Chad’s Burton & St Mary’s Stretton stchadstmary.org.uk/st-marys-church-building/ [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] Tansley (Holy Trinity) : Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from South Elkington (Lincs.) 1848. Ref: NPOR, N00492; Tomkins (1995) *Ticknall : See Calke. *Trusley (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Sunday Times (30 Apr. 1950) Wingerworth (All Saints) : Walker barrel organ on hire. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 6 (1856) 6 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 73
Stanton in Peak (Derbyshire)
Stanton-in-Peak
Ashbourne (St Oswald) : Barrel organ. Ref: BOA, Hill Estimate Book 1 (1838) 34 Bakewell (All Saints) : Barrel organ installed 1809. Ref: Boeringer, 1, 258 Ballidon (All Saints) : John Ward barrel organ ex Barton-upon-Humber (Lincs.) 1856. Ref: Stamford Mercury (4 Apr. 1856) 2; Sir Stephen Glynne, ‘Church Notes’, Antiquary, 34 (July. 1898) 201; NPOR, R01621 Calke (St Giles) : See Surviving instruments Carsington (St Margaret) : Barrel organ, removed to Hopton Hall. Ref: Evening Telegraph (12 Mar. 1934) 4 Chapel-en-le-Frith (St Thomas Becket) : Barrel organ. Ref: William Braylesford Bunting, The Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket, Chapel-en-le-Frith (Manchester, 1925) Cromford (St Mary) : 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) 23; Tomkins (1995)
Photo: M. Kilbey
© Maggie Kilbey 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Derbyshire
Duffield (St Alkmund) : Gray & Davison 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; Tomkins (1995) 21-22 Great Barlow (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: St Lawrence Church Barlow www.barlow- church.org.uk/history.html [accessed 6 Jan. 2025] Kirk Hallam (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (n.d.) 262 Matlock (St Giles) : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: Tomkins (1995) *Morley (St Matthew) : George Pyke Barrel organ. Morton (Holy Cross) : Flight & Robson barrel organ sold 1864. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (26 Feb. 1864) 4 Mugginton (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Derby Daily Telegraph (19 Jul. 1907) 2 *Peak Forest (King Charles the Martyr) : Barrel organ installed c.1850 (NOT 1700). Ref: Percy A. Scholes, ‘Barrel Organs in Church’, Radio Times (2 Mar. 1934) 620; Kilbey (2019) Ravenstone (St Michael & All Angels) : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) 162; (13 Mar. 1875) 175 *Repton (St Wystan) : Barrel organ, transferred to Burton- on-Trent Museum. *Stanton by Dale (St Michael & All Angels) : Barrel organ. *Stanton in Peak nr Bakewell (Holy Trinity) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1847. Empty case still in west gallery. Ref: Bevington (1847); Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald (16 Sep. 1893) 6 Stretton (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: St Chad’s Burton & St Mary’s Stretton stchadstmary.org.uk/st-marys-church- building/ [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] Tansley (Holy Trinity) : Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from South Elkington (Lincs.) 1848. Ref: NPOR, N00492; Tomkins (1995) *Ticknall : See Calke. *Trusley (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Sunday Times (30 Apr. 1950) Wingerworth (All Saints) : Walker barrel organ on hire. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 6 (1856) 6 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 73
Ashbourne (St Oswald) : Barrel organ. Ref: BOA, Hill Estimate Book 1 (1838) 34 Bakewell (All Saints) : Barrel organ installed 1809. Ref: Boeringer, 1, 258 Ballidon (All Saints) : John Ward barrel organ ex Barton- upon-Humber (Lincs.) 1856. Ref: Stamford Mercury (4 Apr. 1856) 2; Sir Stephen Glynne, ‘Church Notes’, Antiquary, 34 (July. 1898) 201; NPOR, R01621 Calke (St Giles) : See Surviving instruments Carsington (St Margaret) : Barrel organ, removed to Hopton Hall. Ref: Evening Telegraph (12 Mar. 1934) 4 Chapel-en-le-Frith (St Thomas Becket) : Barrel organ. Ref: William Braylesford Bunting, The Parish Church of St Thomas a Becket, Chapel-en-le-Frith (Manchester, 1925) Cromford (St Mary) : 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) 23; Tomkins (1995)
Stanton in Peak (Derbyshire)
Stanton-in-Peak
Photo: M. Kilbey