Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Abbotts Ann : Barrel organ, replaced by John Gray barrel organ 1837. Old organ transferred to Loughton (Bucks.) 1838. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.140 Alton : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1829. Transferred to private collection 1867. Ref: Hampshire Telegraph (5 Jul. 1935) p.8 Avington : See Surviving instruments *Basingstoke : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1820. Ref: NPOR, N11322 *Bembridge (Isle of Wight): Binsted : Barrel organ. Sold 1865. Ref: Hampshire Chronicle (11 Mar. 1865) p.1 *Boldre : T.S. Robson barrel organ. Sold 1855. Ref: W.F. Perkins, Boldre (1935) p.17; MacDermott (1948) p.68; Boston (1959) p.112 Botley : Joseph Walker dumb organist installed 1823. Transferred to Pembury (Kent) 1858. Ref: NPOR, N11337 Burghclere : John Gray barrel organ installed 1838. Removed 1874. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1838) p.109 Buriton : Barrel organ. Ref: Buriton Heritage http://buriton.org.uk/history/st-marys- church-and-the-methodist-chapel/ [accessed 18 Oct. 2023] Bursledon : Barrel organ. Sold 1901. Ref: Hampshire Telegraph (3 Aug. 1901) p.1 Church Oakley : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) p.217 *Crondall : Bevington barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847) Curdridge : Barrel organ. Ref: Hampshire Advertiser (24 Jun. 1939) p. 13 East Boldre : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from Pennington. Sold 1893. Ref: Hampshire Independent (11 Mar. 1893) p.3 East Woodhay : Barrel organ. Ref: Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser (14 Sept. 1899) p.3 Eling : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1848. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1848) p.168 Farlington : Barrel organ. Ref: Farlington Parish https://www.farlingtonparish.co.uk/st- andrews.html [accessed 18 Oct. 2023] Farnborough (Hants) : Barrel organ. Ref: St Peter’s Farnborough https://stpetersfarnborough.org.uk/Groups/271194/History.a spx [accessed 18 Oct. 2023] Fawley : Barrel organ. Ref: Mike Bailey, ‘Presenting west gallery music’, in C. Turner (ed.), Georgian Psalmody I. The Gallery Tradition (Corby Glen, 1997) p.95 Grateley : Barrel organ. Ref: Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser (5 Dec. 1908) p.5 Harbridge : Barrel organ. Ref: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, as set to the Organ of Harbridge Church (1855) Hartley Wintney : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1842) p.159 *Newchurch (Isle of Wight) : See Surviving instruments Overton : Barrel organ installed 1828. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1828) p.60 Pennington : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ transferred to East Boldre. Ref: Hampshire Independent (11 Mar. 1893) p.3 Rockbourne : Bevington & Sons barrel & finger organ installed 1851. Barrel mechanism removed. Ref: NPOR, T00458 Selborne : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162 & (13 Mar. 1875), p.175; Globe (18 May 1893) p.3 Shalfleet (Isle of Wight) : Barrel organ installed 1837. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Hampshire Independent (6 May 1893) p.3; Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter (16 Feb. 1895) p.5; Isle of Wight Observer (14 May 1904) p.5 Southampton (Christ Church) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1847. Converted to finger organ 1861. Ref: Ord-Hume (1978) p.87 Southampton (Pear Tree) : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Sold 1867. Ref: Hampshire Advertiser (6 Jul. 1867) p.10 South Stoneham : See Surviving instruments Stratfield Saye : See Surviving instruments Twyford : Barrel organ. Ref: www.twyford- organ.com/history/1867.html [accessed 10 Oct. 2021] *Ventnor (Isle of Wight): Robson & Son barrel organ transferred to Spridlington (Lincs.) 1859. Ref: Laurence Elvin, Forster and Andrews: their Barrel, Chamber and Small Church Organs (Lincoln, 1976) p.28; Robert Pacey, Lincolnshire Church Organs (Burgh le Marsh, 2002) p.84 West Tytherley : See Surviving instruments *Wootton St Lawrence : Barrel organ. Barrel transferred to Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Ref: A.L. Flay, ‘Barrel-organs in churches’, Musical Opinion (Nov. 1969) *Yateley : Barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Reading Mercury (15 May 1869) p.6; The Times (10 Jun. 1939); MacDermott (1948) p.68 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.78 & 81