Ardleigh (St Mary the Virgin) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1854. Sold 1906. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger, 5 (1854), p.264; Chelmsford Chronicle (2 Apr. 1909) p.4; Maggie Kilbey ‘Barrel organs in Essex parish churches’, JBIOS, 48 (2024) pp.30-53 *Ashdon (All Saints) : Barrel organ converted to finger organ. Barling (All Saints) : Henry Bryceson barrel organ sold 1874. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (15 May 1874) p.5 Barnston (St Andrew) : See Surviving instruments Billericay (St Mary Magdalene) : Barrel organ. Ref: www.billericaychurches.org/stmm/st-marys-history.html (accessed 25 Feb. 2025) Bobbingworth also known as Bovinger (St Germain) : Barrel organ sold 1931. Ref: A.V. Phillips, Essex Review (Jul. 1918) p.158; Essex Record Office (ERO), D/P 127/6 Sale of old barrel organ (1931); Kilbey (2020) Bradfield (St Lawrence) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger, 5 (1850) p.189; Chelmsford Chronicle (4 Jun. 1850) p.4 *Bradwell-on-Sea (St Thomas) : T.C. Bates barrel & finger organ. Barrels removed. Ref: ERO, D/P 51/5/1 Churchwardens’ accounts Broomfield (St Mary & St Leonard) : John Rayment Rust improved barrel organ installed 1849. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (14 Dec. 1849) p.2; Kilbey (2024) Buckhurst Hill (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ rebuilt 1860. Ref: NPOR, E00517 Bulphan (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (30 Jan. 1863) p.3 Chipping Ongar (St Martin) : Barrel & finger organ installed 1835. Sold 1896. Ref: Essex Herald (26 May 1835) p.3; Kilbey (2024) Coggeshall (St Peter ad Vincula) : Barrel organ. Ref: Boston & Langwill (1967) p.23 *Clavering (St Mary & St Clement) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1845. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger, 4 (1845) p.263 Colchester (St Botolph) : Timothy Russell barrel & finger organ installed 1845. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (21 Feb. 1845) p.3; Essex Standard (2 Aug. 1890) p.8 Colchester (St Giles) : Timothy Russell barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (21 Apr. 1854) p.3; Kilbey (2024) *Corringham (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. East Donyland (St Lawrence) : Henry Bryceson barrel & finger organ installed 1840. Ref: Essex Standard (8 May 1840) p.3; Kilbey (2024) East Ham (St Mary Magdalene) : J.C. Bishop barrel organ installed 1837. Replaced by barrel organ ex Stratford 1847. Ref: Review of J.S. Curwen, Studies in Worship Music, Musical Times (Feb. 1881); Stratford Times and South Essex Gazette (9 Feb. 1881) p.3; Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895), p. 85; Christopher Maxim, A Short History of the Organs of St Mary Magdalene’s, East Ham (2021) East Hanningfield (All Saints) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1843. Removed to rectory c.1860. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) p.212; Kilbey (2024) East Horndon (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: ERO, D/P 260/5/2 accounts (1841-2); Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Kilbey (2024) *Elmstead (St Anne & St Laurence) : Dumb organist. Ref: Christopher Turner, ‘Pins, barrels and dumb organists’, Choir & Organ (Jan. 1997) pp.21-3 Epping (St John) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1835. Ref: ERO, D/Q 19/42 Epping & associated charities (1841); Kilbey (2024) *Epping Upland (All Saints) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ. Scrapped 2007. Faulkbourne (St Germans) : ex Wickham Bishops. See Surviving instruments *Felsted (Holy Cross) : Bevington & Sons improved barrel & finger organ installed 1842. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (5 Aug. 1842) p.4; Bevington & Sons (1847); Kilbey (2024) Fingringhoe (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: Christopher Turner, ‘Barrel Organs’, BIOS Reporter (April 1997) Fobbing (St Michael) : See Surviving instruments Forest Gate (Emmanuel) : G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1854. Ref: ERO, D/P 592/5/10 Churchwardens’ a/cs (1854) *Fryerning (St Mary) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed c.1820. Converted to finger organ 1870. Ref: ERO, D/P 249/5/1 Churchwardens' a/cs; E.E. Wilde, Ingatestone and the Essex Great Road with Fryerning (London, 1913) pp.57-60; Kilbey (2024) Goldhanger (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (15 Jan. 1937) p.12 Gosfield (St Catherine) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger, 3 (1839) p.123 Great Baddow (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ installed 1832. Removed 1841. Ref: ERO, T/A 560/1 Great Baddow church & National Schools (1832) Great Burstead (St Mary Magdalene) : Henry Bryceson barrel & finger organ installed 1844. Ref: Essex Herald (2 Jan. 1844) p.4 Great Clacton (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Essex Standard (21 May 1858) p.3 Great Dunmow (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Replaced by Bevington & Son improved barrel & finger organ 1839. Ref: Essex Herald (8 Oct. 1839) p.1; Bevington (c.1841); Kilbey (2024) *Great Leighs (St Mary the Virgin) : W. Phillips chamber barrel organ with drum and triangle placed in church 1914. Removed c.2019. Ref: E. Spurgeon Knights, Essex Review (1933); MacDermott (1948) p.68; Hughes (1955) p.14; Boston (1959) p.112; Letter, Daily Telegraph (3 Mar. 1965); Country Life (26 Aug. 1965) p.520; Geograph www.geograph.org.uk/of/4167849 [accessed 6 Jan. 2025]. Great Totham (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (14 Sep. 1877) p.5 Great Waltham (St Mary & St Lawrence) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1844. Barrel mechanism removed. Ref: ERO, D/P 121/8/1; Bevington & Sons (1847); Kilbey (2024) In the same parish: North End (see below) *Hadstock (St Botolph) : Barrel organ removed 1884. *Helions Bumpstead (St Andrew) : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1851. Barrel mechanism removed. Ref: Saffron Walden Weekly News (4 Oct. 1963) p.22; Plumley (2023); NPOR, N12929 High Ongar (St Mary) : Gray & Son improved barrel organ installed 1840. Sold 1871. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger, 3 (1840) p.134; Chelmsford Chronicle (28 Apr. 1871) p.1; Kilbey (2024) Hockley (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1842. Broken up c.2008. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (7 Apr. 1911) p.6 Hornchurch (St Andrew) : Henry Bevington barrel organ installed 1833. Ref: Essex & Herts Mercury (23 Jul. 1833) p.4; H. Bevington, Psalms and Hymn-Tunes as set on the new organ ... in Hornchurch (London, c.1833); Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Kilbey (2024) Ilford : Barrel organ. Ref: Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser (31 Jul. 1897) p.6 *Ingatestone (St Edmund & St Mary) : Barrel organ removed 1886. Ref: Wilde (1913) pp.57-60 Ingrave (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ. Ref: Evening News, London (30 Jul. 1928) p.9; Chelmsford Chronicle (3 Aug. 1928) p.2 *Layer-de-la-Haye (St John the Baptist) : Imhof & Co. barrel organ installed 1845. Transferred to Colchester Museum. Ref: A.V. Phillips, Essex Review (Jul. 1918) pp.157-8; MacDermott (1948) p.68; NPOR, C00892 *Leytonstone (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ installed 1832. Ref: W.G. Hammock, Leytonstone and its History (London, 1904) pp.77–78 Little Dunmow (St Mary) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1838. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Kilbey (2024) *Little Ilford (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ rebuilt 1892. Ref: ‘Little Ilford’, in: A History of the County of Essex, vol.6 (London, 1973) pp.163-74 Little Totham (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Essex Herald (10 Dec. 1883) p.5 Little Waltham (St Martin) : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Converted to finger organ 1866. Ref: ERO, D/P 220/8/1 Vestry minutes (1839); Chelmsford Chronicle (1 Feb. 1839) p.2; Bevington & Sons (c.1841) Loughton (Essex) (St John) : Elliot & Hill barrel organ ex Loughton (St Nicholas) 1847. Ref: ERO, D/P 233/6/17 Correspondence & papers (c.1830) Loughton (Essex) (St Nicholas) : Elliot & Hill barrel organ installed 1831. Transferred to Loughton (St John) 1847. Ref: ERO, D/P 233/6/17 Correspondence & papers (c.1830); Kilbey (2024) Maldon (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (14 Oct. 1864) p.5 Manningtree (St Michael & All Angels) : Barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: NPOR, R02038 Marks Tey (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (10 Aug. 1928) p.4; Kilbey (2024) *Moreton (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ installed 1869. Ref: A.V. Phillips, Essex Review (Jul. 1918) pp.157-8 Noak Hill (St Thomas) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger, 4 (1843) p.217 North End (Black Chapel, in the parish of Great Waltham): See Surviving instruments Pebmarsh (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Thomas Denis Scott Payley, Pebmarsh Church, Essex (Oxford, 1946) p.48 Pleshey (Holy Trinity) : John Rayment Rust barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: Essex Herald (24 Nov. 1846) p.2; Kilbey (2024) Prittlewell (St Mary the Virgin) : James Eagles barrel & finger organ installed 1839. Ref: The Times (22 Oct. 1839); Essex Standard (15 Nov. 1839) p.2 *Ramsey (Essex) (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Rayne (All Saints) : Barrel organ installed 1867, possibly ex Great Dunmow. Ref: Rayne Heritage www.rayne-heritage.info/all-saints-church-guide [accessed 6 Jan. 2025] *Roydon (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Sandon (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: Essex Herald (21 Apr. 1868) p.4; Kilbey (2024) Shalford (St Andrew) : Timothy Russell barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: Essex Herald (20 Apr. 1847) p.2; Kilbey (2024) Southminster (St Leonard) : Bevington & Sons improved barrel & finger organ installed 1840. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (25 Sept. 1840) p.2; Kilbey (2024) South Weald (St Peter) : Barrel organ installed 1802; replaced by improved barrel organ, sold 1867. Ref: ERO, D/P 128/8/4 Vestry minutes (1802); Chelmsford Chronicle (5 Jul. 1867) p.1; Kilbey (2024) Springfield (All Saints) : John Rayment Rust barrel & finger organ installed 1851. Ref: Essex Herald (22 Apr. 1851) p.2 *Stansted Mountfitchet (St John the Evangelist) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed c.1820. Converted to finger organ 1966. Ref: Kilbey (2024) Stapleford Tawney (St Mary the Virgin) : J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1856. Sold 1873. Ref: Essex Herald (27 May 1873) p.1; Plumley (2023) Stebbing (St Mary the Virgin) : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: Essex Standard (15 Feb. 1839) p.2; Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Kilbey (2024) *Stock (All Saints) : Barrel organ installed 1843. Converted to finger organ 1870. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (21 Jul. 1843) p.1; F.W. Austen, Rectors of Two Essex Parishes and their Times (1943) p.380; Kilbey (2024) *Stondon Massey (St Peter & St Paul) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1850. Stratford (St John) : Barrel organ transferred to East Ham 1847. Ref: Essex Times (9 Feb. 1889) p.6; Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895) p. 85 Takeley (Holy Trinity) : Bevington & Sons improved barrel & finger organ installed 1849. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (20 Apr. 1849) p.2; Kilbey (2024) Theydon Bois (St Mary) : Barrel organ sold 1843. Ref: Theydon Bois Official Guide, 2nd edn. (n.d.) p.10 Theydon Garnon (All Saints) : Barrel organ; replaced by Bevington & Sons improved barrel organ 1858. Ref: ERO, D/P 152/8/4 Vestry minutes (1864); Chelmsford Chronicle (4 Jun. 1858) p.1 & (10 Feb. 1865) p.1; Kilbey (2024) *Thorpe-le-Soken (St Michael) : Flight & Robson barrel organ ex Islington (Middx.) 1835. Ref: ERO, D/P 8/6/25-37 Papers relating to barrel organ (1835); Country Life (30 Sep. 1965) *Tolleshunt d’Arcy (St Nicholas) : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1856. Ref: NPOR, D01266 *Upminster (St Laurence) : Barrel organ. Ref: Hughes (1955) p.14 *Waltham Abbey (Holy Cross) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1819. Rebuilt 1860. Ref: E.W. Gallagher, ‘The Organ at Waltham Abbey’, The Organ (Jul. 1958); Kilbey (2024); NPOR, R02102 Walton-on-the-Naze (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Essex Standard (7 Aug. 1880) p.8 *Wennington (St Mary & St Peter) : Hill & Davison barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (17 Aug. 1838) p.4; ERO, T/P 50/14 Notes on Wennington West Hanningfield (St Mary & St Edward) : John Rayment Rust improved barrel organ installed 1855. Barrels transferred to private collection. Ref: Chelmsford Chronicle (16 Nov. 1855), p.3 & (9 May 1862) p.2; Kilbey (2024) Wickham Bishops (St Barholomew) : See Faulkbourne Widford (Essex) (St Mary) : John Rayment Rust barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: Essex Herald (23 Apr. 1850) p.2; ; Kilbey (2024); NPOR, D06514 Writtle (All Saints) : Bevington & Sons barrel & finger organ installed 1842. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Essex Herald (18 Jan. 1842) p.3; Kilbey (2024) * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.75-77

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