© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Herefordshire
*Ashperton : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Bishopstone (Heref.) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.284 *Bosbury : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1844. Transferred to Byford 1844. Ref: Country Life (31 Mar. 1955), p. 878; Boston (1959) p.112 Byford : T.C. Bates barrel organ transferred from Bosbury 1844. Transferred to City Museum, Hereford. Ref: ‘Letter’, The Music Box, vol.12 no.1 (Spring 1985) p.29; NPOR, N09781 *Byton : J.W. Walker chamber organ transferred from private house, barrel mechanism added 1855. *Croft : Bevington & Sons barrel & finger organ installed 1856. Barrel mechanism removed. Dilwyn : Barrel organ. Ref: W. Heather, ‘On Dilwyn Church’, Journal of the British Archaeological Association (London, 1871) p.152 *Dinedor : Barrel organ. *Eardisland : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1834. Converted to finger organ 1864. Fownhope : Barrel organ installed 1845. Ref: Fownhope Parish Council and Village Website https://fownhopeparishcouncil.gov.uk/st-marys-church [accessed 16 Oct. 2023] Hampton Bishop : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edn., 2 (London, 1865) n.p. Humber : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Post Office Directory (1879), p. 63 Linton : Gray & Davison barrel organ. Sold 1875. Ref: Ross Gazette (25 Feb. 1875) p.1; Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162 & 13 Mar. 1875), p.175 Madley : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.203 *Shobdon : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1841. Bevington (1847) *Weston under Penyard : Barrel organ. * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.79
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Herefordshire
*Ashperton : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Bishopstone (Heref.) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.284 *Bosbury : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1844. Transferred to Byford 1844. Ref: Country Life (31 Mar. 1955), p. 878; Boston (1959) p.112 Byford : T.C. Bates barrel organ transferred from Bosbury 1844. Transferred to City Museum, Hereford. Ref: ‘Letter’, The Music Box, vol.12 no.1 (Spring 1985) p.29; NPOR, N09781 *Byton : J.W. Walker chamber organ transferred from private house, barrel mechanism added 1855. *Croft : Bevington & Sons barrel & finger organ installed 1856. Barrel mechanism removed. Dilwyn : Barrel organ. Ref: W. Heather, ‘On Dilwyn Church’, Journal of the British Archaeological Association (London, 1871) p.152 *Dinedor : Barrel organ. *Eardisland : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1834. Converted to finger organ 1864. Fownhope : Barrel organ installed 1845. Ref: Fownhope Parish Council and Village Website https://fownhopeparishcouncil.gov.uk/st-marys-church [accessed 16 Oct. 2023] Hampton Bishop : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edn., 2 (London, 1865) n.p. Humber : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Post Office Directory (1879), p.63 Linton : Gray & Davison barrel organ. Sold 1875. Ref: Ross Gazette (25 Feb. 1875) p.1; Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162 & 13 Mar. 1875), p.175 Madley : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.203 *Shobdon : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1841. Bevington (1847) *Weston under Penyard : Barrel organ. * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.79