© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Devon
Abbotsham : Barrel organ. Transferred to private collection. Ref: North Devon Journal (13 Oct. 1910) p.8 Alphington : Barrel organ. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (9 Feb. 1877) p.7 Ashford : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162 & 13 Mar. 1875) p.175 Beer : Barrel organ. Ref: T. Cann Hughes, Sir Stephen Glynne’s notes on the churches of Devon, Notes & Queries, CLXIII (5 Nov. 1932) pp.328–31 to CLXVI (24 Mar. 1934) pp.200–3 Bicton : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Transferred to Otterton. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (21 April 1871) p.7; NPOR, K00256 Bideford : Barrel organ. Ref: A. Hutchings, Church Music in the Nineteenth Century (London, 1967) p.119; Turner (2000) p.20 Brampford-Speke : Improved barrel organ. Ref: George Cornelius Gorham, The Church Discipline Act made an Instrument of Vexation to the Clergy in the Diocese of Exeter (London, 1856) Bratton Fleming : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275 Chittlehampton : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) *Chivelstone : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67 *Clawton : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67 Combe Raleigh : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.108 Cornwood : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.159 Culmstock : John Gray barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.133 *Drewsteignton : John Gray barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1875. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.113 East Budleigh : Barrel organ installed 1810. Ref: T.N. Brushfield, ‘The Church of All Saints, East Budleigh, pt.1’, Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the advancement of Science, xxiii (1891) p.30; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Exbourne : Barrel organ. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (11 Oct. 1877) p.4 *Exminster : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Fremington : William Hill barrel & finger organ transferred from private collection 1856. Ref: NPOR, D05753 Gittisham : John Gray barrel organ installed 1826. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1826) p.48 Harpford : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) *Inwardleigh : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275 Kingskerswell : Barrel organ. Ref: William White, Devon History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devon County (1878) p.562; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Lee : H.P. Dicker barrel organ installed 1854. Ref: Lee Bay, North Devon http://leebay.co.uk/the-church/ [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] Lifton : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) *Milton Abbot : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed c.1818. Ref: A Selection of PSALMS & HYMNS, AS SET ON THE Organ, The Gift of His Grace the Duke of Bedford to the Parish Church of Milton Abbot (London, c.1818); Rachel Evans, Home scenes: or, Tavistock and its vicinity (London, 1846) p.202; Boston (1959) p.110 Newton St Cyres : Barrel organ. Ref: Western Times (20 Mar. 1894) p. 4 North Molton : Barrel organ sold 1865. Ref: North Devon Journal (30 Mar. 1865) p.1 North Tawton : Barrel organ rebuilt 1868. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (29 Apr. 1910) p.14; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Oakford : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.157 Otterton : Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from Bicton. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162; (13 Mar. 1875) p.175; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Parkham : Barrel organ sold 1870. Ref: North Devon Gazette (22 Mar. 1870) p.1 Peter Tavy : Battel organ installed 1820. Ref: Tim Sandles, Legendary Dartmoor https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/peters_church.htm [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] Pilton : Barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Colin Pykett, ‘The Hope-Jones Organ in Pilton Parish Church’, Organists Review (Nov. 1993) South Tawton : H.P. Dicker barrel & finger organ installed 1855. Barrel mechanism removed 1887. Ref: NPOR, N10520 Spreyton : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67 *Stoke : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Barrel mechanism removed. Stoke Gabriel : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Stoodleigh : Barrel organ. Ref: J. George Tetley, Old Times and New (1904) p.117 Sutcombe : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, J00175 Tavistock : Barrel organ installed 1790. Ref: Bryan Hughes, ‘The Music & Organs of St Eustachius Church’, Musical Opinion (Mar. 1991) p.91 Tawstock : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Woodbury : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Woodleigh : Barrel organ. Ref: John Stabb, Some Old Devon Churches (London, 1908-16): www.wissensdrang.com/stabb253.htm [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.73-4
Milton Abbot (Devon)
Milton Abbot
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© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Devon
Abbotsham : Barrel organ. Transferred to private collection. Ref: North Devon Journal (13 Oct. 1910) p.8 Alphington : Barrel organ. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (9 Feb. 1877) p.7 Ashford : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162 & 13 Mar. 1875) p.175 Beer : Barrel organ. Ref: T. Cann Hughes, Sir Stephen Glynne’s notes on the churches of Devon, Notes & Queries, CLXIII (5 Nov. 1932) pp.328–31 to CLXVI (24 Mar. 1934) pp.200–3 Bicton : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Transferred to Otterton. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (21 April 1871) p.7; NPOR, K00256 Bideford : Barrel organ. Ref: A. Hutchings, Church Music in the Nineteenth Century (London, 1967) p.119; Turner (2000) p.20 Brampford-Speke : Improved barrel organ. Ref: George Cornelius Gorham, The Church Discipline Act made an Instrument of Vexation to the Clergy in the Diocese of Exeter (London, 1856) Bratton Fleming : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275 Chittlehampton : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) *Chivelstone : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67 *Clawton : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67 Combe Raleigh : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.108 Cornwood : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.159 Culmstock : John Gray barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.133 *Drewsteignton : John Gray barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1875. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.113 East Budleigh : Barrel organ installed 1810. Ref: T.N. Brushfield, ‘The Church of All Saints, East Budleigh, pt.1’, Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the advancement of Science, xxiii (1891) p.30; Glynne, Devon (1932- 4) Exbourne : Barrel organ. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (11 Oct. 1877) p.4 *Exminster : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Fremington : William Hill barrel & finger organ transferred from private collection 1856. Ref: NPOR, D05753 Gittisham : John Gray barrel organ installed 1826. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1826) p.48 Harpford : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) *Inwardleigh : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275 Kingskerswell : Barrel organ. Ref: William White, Devon History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devon County (1878) p.562; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Lee : H.P. Dicker barrel organ installed 1854. Ref: Lee Bay, North Devon http://leebay.co.uk/the-church/ [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] Lifton : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) *Milton Abbot : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed c.1818. Ref: A Selection of PSALMS & HYMNS, AS SET ON THE Organ, The Gift of His Grace the Duke of Bedford to the Parish Church of Milton Abbot (London, c.1818); Rachel Evans, Home scenes: or, Tavistock and its vicinity (London, 1846) p.202; Boston (1959) p.110 Newton St Cyres : Barrel organ. Ref: Western Times (20 Mar. 1894) p. 4 North Molton : Barrel organ sold 1865. Ref: North Devon Journal (30 Mar. 1865) p.1 North Tawton : Barrel organ rebuilt 1868. Ref: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette (29 Apr. 1910) p.14; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Oakford : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.157 Otterton : Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from Bicton. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162; (13 Mar. 1875) p.175; Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Parkham : Barrel organ sold 1870. Ref: North Devon Gazette (22 Mar. 1870) p.1 Peter Tavy : Battel organ installed 1820. Ref: Tim Sandles, Legendary Dartmoor https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/peters_church.htm [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] Pilton : Barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Colin Pykett, ‘The Hope-Jones Organ in Pilton Parish Church’, Organists Review (Nov. 1993) South Tawton : H.P. Dicker barrel & finger organ installed 1855. Barrel mechanism removed 1887. Ref: NPOR, N10520 Spreyton : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67 *Stoke : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Barrel mechanism removed. Stoke Gabriel : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Stoodleigh : Barrel organ. Ref: J. George Tetley, Old Times and New (1904) p.117 Sutcombe : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, J00175 Tavistock : Barrel organ installed 1790. Ref: Bryan Hughes, ‘The Music & Organs of St Eustachius Church’, Musical Opinion (Mar. 1991) p.91 Tawstock : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Woodbury : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Devon (1932-4) Woodleigh : Barrel organ. Ref: John Stabb, Some Old Devon Churches (London, 1908-16): www.wissensdrang.com/stabb253.htm [accessed 7 Mar. 2022] * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.73-4