© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Herefordshire
*Ashperton (St Bartholomew) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Geograph www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2967296 [accessed 6 Jan. 2025]
Bishopstone (Heref.) (St Lawrence) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed
1846.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.284
*Bosbury (Holy Trinity) : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1844. Transferred to Byford
1844.
Ref: Country Life (31 Mar. 1955), p. 878; Boston (1959) p.112
Byford (St John the Baptist) : 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 (St Mary) : J.W. Walker chamber organ transferred from private house, barrel
mechanism added 1855.
*Croft (St Michael & All Angels) : Bevington & Sons barrel & finger organ installed
1856. Barrel mechanism removed.
Photo: M. Kilbey
Dilwyn (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: Hereford Journal (5 Jan. 1842) p.3; W. Heather, ‘On Dilwyn Church’, Journal of the
British Archaeological Association (London, 1871) p.152
*Dinedor (St Andrew) : Barrel organ.
*Eardisland (St Mary the Virgin) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1834. Converted to finger organ 1864.
Fownhope (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1845.
Ref: Fownhope Parish Council and Village Website fownhopeparishcouncil.gov.uk/st-marys-church [accessed 16 Oct. 2023]
Hampton Bishop (St Andrew) : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edn., 2
(London, 1865)
Humber (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Post Office Directory (1879), p. 63
Linton (St Mary the Virgin) : 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 (Nativity of the BVM) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.203
*Shobdon (St John the Evangelist) : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1841. Bevington (1847)
*Weston under Penyard (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ.
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.79
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© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Herefordshire
*Ashperton (St Bartholomew) : Barrel organ. Converted to
finger organ. Ref: Geograph
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2967296 [accessed 6 Jan. 2025]
Bishopstone (Heref.) (St Lawrence) : Gray & Davison barrel &
finger organ installed 1846.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.284
*Bosbury (Holy Trinity) : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed
1844. Transferred to Byford 1844.
Ref: Country Life (31 Mar. 1955), p. 878; Boston (1959) p.112
Byford (St John the Baptist) : 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 (St Mary) : J.W. Walker chamber organ transferred
from private house, barrel mechanism added 1855.
*Croft (St Michael & All Angels) : Bevington & Sons barrel &
finger organ installed 1856. Barrel mechanism removed.
Dilwyn (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1842.
Ref: Hereford Journal (5 Jan. 1842) p.3; W. Heather, ‘On Dilwyn
Church’, Journal of the British Archaeological Association
(London, 1871) p.152
*Dinedor (St Andrew) : Barrel organ.
*Eardisland (St Mary the Virgin) : Joseph Walker barrel organ
installed 1834. Converted to finger organ 1864.
Fownhope (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1845.
Ref: Fownhope Parish Council and Village Website
https://fownhopeparishcouncil.gov.uk/st-marys-church
[accessed 16 Oct. 2023]
Hampton Bishop (St Andrew) : Barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd
edn., 2 (London, 1865)
Humber (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Post
Office Directory (1879), p. 63
Linton (St Mary the Virgin) : 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 (Nativity of the BVM) : Gray & Davison improved
barrel organ installed 1844. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger
4 (1844) p.203
*Shobdon (St John the Evangelist) : Bevington & Son barrel
organ installed 1841. Bevington (1847)
*Weston under Penyard (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ.
* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.79
