Gloucestershire

Alderley : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 March 1875), p.162 & (13 March 1875), p.175 Arlingham : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from Frampton-on-Severn 1856. Barrel mechanism removed. Ref: NPOR, N00704 Badminton : Barrel organ. Ref: Stroud Journal (21 Jun. 1889) p.5 Barnwood : Barrel organ. Ref: Gloucestershire Chronicle (1 Jun. 1912) p.5 Bourton-on-the-Hill : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Cheltenham Chronicle (16 Dec. 1916) p.3 *Brimpsfield : Barrel organ installed 1833. Charlton Kings : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Sold 1859. Ref: Ecclesiastical Gazette (13 Dec. 1859); The Organ, no. 342 (Nov 2007-Feb 2008), p.64 Chesterton : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1955, dismantled 1981. Ref: NPOR, N07713 Cromhall : Barrel organ installed 1842. Barrels removed. Ref: St Andrew’s Church https://sites.google.com/site/saintandrewscromhall/history [accessed 7 October 2023] *Daglingworth : Barrel organ. Shipped to Malta but lost on voyage 1940s. Dymock : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Dymock’, in A History of the County of Gloucester: vol.12 (Woodbridge, 2010) pp.122-174, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol12/122-174 [accessed 7 October 2023]. Eastington : Barrel organ. Ref: Stroud News and Gloucestershire Advertiser (18 Dec. 1885) p.4 Forthampton : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Parishes: Forthampton’, in A History of the County of Gloucester: vol.8 (London, 1968) pp.196-208 BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol8/pp196-208 [accessed 7 October 2023]. Frampton-on-Severn : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1849. Transferred to Arlingham 1856. Ref: NPOR, K00352 Frocester : Barrel organ. Ref: Gloucestershire Chronicle (2 Dec. 1882) p.3 Lechlade : Barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: Adin Williams, Lechlade: being the history of the town (1888) p.112 Newnham : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Newnham: Church’, in A History of the County of Gloucester: vol.10 (London, 1972) pp.46-9 BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp46-49 [accessed 7 October 2023]. *North Cerney : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Barrel mechanism removed 1877. Ref: Gloucestershire Archives P70 CW 3/1 conversion of barrel organ to finger organ (1877-83); Gloucester Journal (26 May 1883); Letter, Notes and Queries (1924) p.361 Northleach : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1856. Ref: Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard (16 Aug. 1856) p.8; Cirencester Times & Cotswold Advertiser (18 Aug. 1856) p.1; Jackson's Oxford Journal (23 Aug. 1856) Prestbury : Second-hand barrel organ installed 1833. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.103 *Stow-on-the-Wold : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: ‘Parishes: Stow-on-the-Wold’, in A History of the County of Gloucester: vol.6 (London, 1965) pp.142-165. BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol6/pp142-165 [accessed 7 Oct. 2023] Toddington : T.C. Bates dumb organist. Transferred to Bettws Cedewain (Powys) 1872. Ref: NPOR, K00526 Twyning : Barrel organ. Ref: Cheltenham Chronicle (29 Feb. 1908) p.2 Twigworth : Barrel organ. Ref: Gloucestershire Echo (30 May 1910) p.1 Winterbourne : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: CRL, Gray & Davison Ledger *Wormington : Barrel organ. Ref: E.A.B. Barnard, Old Days, Evesham Journal (11 Jul. 1931) * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.78