© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Devon
Abbotsham
(St Helen)
:
Barrel organ. Transferred to private collection.
Ref:
North Devon Journal
(13 Oct. 1910) p.8
Alphington
(St Michael)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(9 Feb. 1877) p.7
Ashford
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Church Bells
(6 Mar. 1875) p.162 & 13 Mar. 1875) p.175
Beer
(St Michael)
:
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
(St Mary)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ. Transferred to
Otterton
.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(21 April 1871) p.7; NPOR, K00256
Bideford
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
A. Hutchings,
Church Music in the Nineteenth Century
(
London, 1967) p.119; Turner (2000) p.20
Brampford Speke
(St Peter)
:
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
(St Peter)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275
Chittlehampton
(St Hieritha)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
*Chivelstone
(St Sylvester)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
MacDermott (1948) p.67
*Clawton
(St Leonard)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
MacDermott (1948) p.67
Combe Raleigh
(St Nicholas)
:
Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.108
Cornwood
(St Michael & All Angels)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.159
Culmstock
(All Saints)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed 1837.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.133
*Drewsteignton
(Holy Trinity)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1875.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.113
East Budleigh
(All Saints)
:
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)
East Down
(St John the Baptist)
:
Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.257
Exbourne
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(11 Oct. 1877) p.4
*Exminster
(St Martin)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Fremington
(St Peter)
:
William Hill barrel & finger organ transferred from private collection 1856.
Ref:
NPOR, D05753
Gittisham
(St Michael)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed 1826.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1826) p.48
Harpford
(St Gregory)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
*Inwardleigh
(St Petroc)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275
Kingskerswell
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: William White,
Devon History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devon County
(1878) p.562; Glynne, Devon (1932-4)
Lee (
St Matthew & St Wardrede)
:
H.P. Dicker barrel organ installed 1854.
Ref:
Lee Bay, North Devon
http://leebay.co.uk/the-church/
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Lifton
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
*Milton Abbot
(St Constantine)
:
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
(St Cyr & St Juletta)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Western Times
(20 Mar. 1894) p. 4
North Molton
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ sold 1865.
Ref:
North Devon Journal
(30 Mar. 1865) p.1
North Tawton
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ rebuilt 1868.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(29 Apr. 1910) p.14; Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Oakford
(St Peter)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841.
Ref: BOA
, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.157
Otterton
(St Michael)
:
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
(St James)
:
Barrel organ sold 1870.
Ref:
North Devon Gazette
(22 Mar. 1870) p.1
Peter Tavy
(St Peter)
:
Battel organ installed 1820.
Ref: Tim Sandles,
Legendary Dartmoor
https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/peters_church.htm
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Pilton
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ installed 1843.
Ref: Colin Pykett, ‘The Hope-Jones Organ in Pilton Parish Church’,
Organists Review
(Nov. 1993)
Shobrooke
(St Swithun)
:
Barrel organ installed 1828. Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(24 Nov. 1923) p.5
South Tawton
(St Andrew)
:
H.P. Dicker barrel & finger organ installed 1855. Barrel mechanism removed 1887.
Ref:
NPOR, N10520
Spreyton
(St Michael)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
MacDermott (1948) p.67
*Stoke
(St Nectan)
:
G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Barrel mechanism removed.
Stoke Gabriel
(St Gabriel)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Stoodleigh
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
J. George Tetley,
Old Times and New
(1904) p.117
Sutcombe
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
NPOR, J00175
Tavistock
(St Eustachius)
:
Barrel organ installed 1790.
Ref: Bryan Hughes, ‘The Music & Organs of St Eustachius Church’,
Musical Opinion
(Mar. 1991) p.91
Tawstock
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Upton Pyne
(Church of Our Lady) : J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1851. Ref: Plumley (2023)
Woodbury
(St Swithun)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Woodleigh
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: John Stabb,
Some Old Devon Churches
(London, 1908-16):
www.wissensdrang.com/stabb253.htm
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Yarcombe
(St John the Baptist)
:
Barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(18 March 1848) p.5
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.73-4
Milton Abbot
Photo: M. Kilbey
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Devon
Abbotsham
(St Helen)
:
Barrel organ. Transferred to private
collection. Ref:
North Devon Journal
(13 Oct. 1910) p.8
Alphington
(St Michael)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(9 Feb. 1877) p.7
Ashford
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Church Bells
(6 Mar. 1875) p.162 & 13 Mar. 1875) p.175
Beer
(St Michael)
:
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
(St Mary)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ. Transferred
to
Otterton
. Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(21 April 1871)
p.7; NPOR, K00256
Bideford
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: A. Hutchings,
Church Music in the Nineteenth Century
(
London, 1967) p.119; Turner (2000) p.20
Brampford Speke
(St Peter)
:
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
(St Peter)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ
installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846)
p.275
Chittlehampton
(St Hieritha)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
*Chivelstone
(St Sylvester)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67
*Clawton
(St Leonard)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67
Combe Raleigh
(St Nicholas)
:
Gray & Son barrel organ
installed 1839.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.108
Cornwood
(St Michael & All Angels)
:
Gray & Davison barrel
organ installed 1841.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.159
Culmstock
(All Saints)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed
1837. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.133
*Drewsteignton
(Holy Trinity)
:
John Gray barrel organ
installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1875.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.113
East Budleigh
(All Saints)
:
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)
East Down
(St John the Baptist)
:
Gray & Davison improved
barrel organ installed 1844.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.257
Exbourne
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(11 Oct. 1877) p.4
*Exminster
(St Martin)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Fremington
(St Peter)
:
William Hill barrel & finger organ
transferred from private collection 1856. Ref: NPOR, D05753
Gittisham
(St Michael)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed
1826. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1826) p.48
Harpford
(St Gregory)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
*Inwardleigh
(St Petroc)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ
installed 1846.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.275
Kingskerswell
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: William White,
Devon History, Gazetteer and Directory of
Devon County
(1878) p.562; Glynne, Devon (1932-4)
Lee
(St Matthew & St Wardrede)
:
H.P. Dicker barrel organ
installed 1854. Ref:
Lee Bay, North Devon
http://leebay.co.uk/the-church/
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Lifton
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
*Milton Abbot
(St Constantine)
:
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
(St Cyr & St Juletta)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Western Times
(20 Mar. 1894) p. 4
North Molton
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ sold 1865.
Ref:
North Devon Journal
(30 Mar. 1865) p.1
North Tawton
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ rebuilt 1868.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(29 Apr. 1910) p.14; Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Oakford
(St Peter)
:
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed
1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.157
Otterton
(St Michael)
:
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
(St James)
:
Barrel organ sold 1870.
Ref:
North Devon Gazette
(22 Mar. 1870) p.1
Peter Tavy
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ installed 1820.
Ref: Tim Sandles,
Legendary Dartmoor
https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/peters_church.htm
[accessed 7 Mar. 2022]
Pilton
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ installed 1843.
Ref: Colin Pykett, ‘The Hope-Jones Organ in Pilton Parish
Church’,
Organists Review
(Nov. 1993)
Shobrooke
(St Swithun)
:
Barrel organ installed 1828.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(24 Nov. 1923) p.5
South Tawton
(St Andrew)
:
H.P. Dicker barrel & finger organ
installed 1855. Barrel mechanism removed 1887.
Ref: NPOR, N10520
Spreyton
(St Michael)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.67
*Stoke
(St Nectan)
:
G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ
installed 1846. Barrel mechanism removed.
Stoke Gabriel
(St Gabriel)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Stoodleigh
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: J. George Tetley,
Old Times and New
(1904) p.117
Sutcombe
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
NPOR, J00175
Tavistock
(St Eustachius)
:
Barrel organ installed 1790.
Ref: Bryan Hughes, ‘The Music & Organs of St Eustachius
Church’,
Musical Opinion
(Mar. 1991) p.91
Upton Pyne
(Church of Our Lady) : J.W. Walker barrel organ
installed 1851. Ref: Plumley (2023)
Tawstock
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-
4)
Woodbury
(St Swithun)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Glynne,
Devon
(1932-4)
Woodleigh
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: John Stabb,
Some Old Devon Churches
(London, 1908-16):
www.wissensdrang.com/stabb253.htm
[accessed 7 Mar.
2022]
Yarcombe
(St John the Baptist)
:
Barrel & finger organ
installed 1848.
Ref:
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
(18 March 1848) p.5
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.73-4
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