© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Kent
Aylesford : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) p.3; Maidstone Telegraph (16 Dec. 1865) p.3 *Barham : Barrel organ installed 1834. Ref: BL Add. Ms. 47775A; Ashton Oxenden, The History of my Life (London, 1891), pp. 49-51; MacDermott (1948) p.68 Bearsted : Thomas Goodwin barrel organ installed 1848. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (5 Dec. 1848) p.5 Beckenham : Barrel organ. Ref: Stephen Richard Glynne, Notes on the Churches of Kent (London, 1877) p.271 Biddenden : Robson barrel organ. Sold 1881. Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1881) p. 615 Bobbing : Joseph Walker barrel organ transferred from Milton Regis 1862. Converted to finger organ 1870. Ref: NPOR, D05722 *Borden : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Transferred to Tunstall c.1910. Boxley : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) p.3 *Bredgar : Barrel organ. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6C3eplMb98 Ref: Boston (1959) p.113 Bromley (Holy Trinity) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844. Sold 1881. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.203 Canterbury : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald (23 Oct. 1915) p.2 *Chart Sutton : Barrel organ. Ref: Kent History and Library Centre p83/28/7 Letter from South Eastern Gazette (1892) Chevening : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Kent (1877) p.302 Cowden : Barrel organ. Ref: English Mechanic & World of Science (26 Feb. 1875) Cuxton : Barrel organ. Ref: http://www.cuxtonandhalling.org.uk/cuxton.htm [accessed 12 October 2023] Darenth : Barrel organ. Sold 1864. Ref: London Evening Standard (19 Jan. 1864) p.1 Detling : Thomas Goodwin barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (28 Dec. 1847) p.5 Downe : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.273 Eastchurch : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Bevington (2022) p.403 East Farleigh : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) p.3 East Peckham : Barrel organ. Ref: Tonbridge Free Press (28 Feb. 1936) p.9 Eastwell : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (28 Sept. 1901) p.5 Erith : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) Farnborough (Kent) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p. 303 Frittenden : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1847. Sold 1861. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Shop Book 3 (1847) p.10 Great Chart : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: Kentish Gazette (29 Aug. 1854) p.3; Glynne (1877) p.69; Elvin (1976) p.26 Harbledown : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (25 Oct. 1940) p.3 *Harty : T.C. Bates & Son barrel organ. No barrels. Headcorn : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N14790 Herne : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) pp.29-30 Hoo : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162; (13 Mar. 1875), p.175 Kennington : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (14 Dec. 1901) p.5 Leigh : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.152; Kent & Sussex Courier (28 Mar. 1930) p.7 & (19 Feb. 1965) p.13 Loose : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840. Sold 1868. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (3 Feb. 1868) p.1 Lympne : Barrel organ. Ref: Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (29 Oct. 1932) p.8 Lynsted : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1842. Converted to finger organ 1863. Ref: NPOR, D02996 Marden : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p. 86 *Meopham : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1855. Transferred to Trottiscliffe 1865. Ref: Musical Times (1 Jan. 1864) p.196 Mersham : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.58 Milton (Kent) : Barrel organ installed 1829. Converted to finger organ 1887. Ref: Discover Gravesham http://www.discovergravesham.co.uk/gravesend/milton-church.html [accessed 15 Oct. 2023] Milton Regis : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1845. Transferred to Bobbing 1862. Ref: NPOR, D05722 Molash : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (30 Nov. 1895) p.6 Newchurch : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (4 Mar. 1871) p.7 New Romney : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.64; Kentish Express (26 May 1933) p.5; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (4 Mar. 1939) p.9 Norton : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal (18 Dec. 1915) p.6 *Pembury : J.W. Walker dumb organist transferred from Botley (Hants.) 1858. Ref: Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (30 Jun. 1950) p.7 & (21 Sep. 1962), p.9 Penshurst : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.282 Rainham : Barrel organ. Ref: St James Chronicle (9 Jan. 1840) p.1; Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (14 Jan. 1840) p.4; The Satirist (2 Feb. 1840) p.35 Ringwould : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.100; Studies in Modern Kentish History (Maidstone 1983) River : Barrel organ. Ref: Dover Express (24 May 1901) p.2 Sandhurst : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.220 Sheldwich : Barrel organ. Ref: Faversham News (22 Jul. 1899), p. 2 *Shoreham : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Ref: Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (2 May 1930) p.2 *Shorne : Barrel organ installed 1817. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.313 Snodland : Barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.295; Andrew Ashbee, A Little History of Snodland www.snodlandhistory.org.uk/localhis/churches.htm [accessed 15 October 2023] Staplehurst : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.89 Stone : John Gray barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1862. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.105 Sundridge : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.347 *Swalecliffe : Bevington & Sons barrel organ. Transferred to Aldro School chapel. Teynham : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.178 *Tonge : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Transferred to the Mechanical Music Museum, Cotton (Suffolk). Now in The Grange Musical Collection. Ref: Berks and Bucks Advertiser (20 Jul. 1928) p.7; Framlingham Weekly News (13 Jun. 1931) p. 3 Trottiscliffe : See Surviving instruments Tunstall : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from Borden c.1910. Transferred to The Netherlands 1994. Ref: NPOR, D03971 Upchurch : Barrel organ. Ref: East Kent Gazette (28 Jul. 1888) p.5 Waldershare : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (6 Dec. 1924) p.5 Wateringbury : Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Bromley Journal and West Kent Herald (20 Mar. 1896) p.7; Kentish Express (2 Jan. 1959) p.6 West Farleigh : Ref: ‘All Saints Church’, The Farleighs http://www.thefarleighs.co.uk/all_saints_church.html [accessed 15 October 2023] West Peckham : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1842) p.151 *Willesborough : William Goldfinch barrel organ installed 1817. Converted to finger organ 1850. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.73; MacDermott (1948) p.68 Wrotham : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1845. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Brockley News, New Cross & Hatcham Review (8 June 1928), p.2 Wye : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) p.220 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.81-2
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Kent
Aylesford : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) p.3; Maidstone Telegraph (16 Dec. 1865) p.3 *Barham : Barrel organ installed 1834. Ref: BL Add. Ms. 47775A; Ashton Oxenden, The History of my Life (London, 1891), pp. 49-51; MacDermott (1948) p.68 Bearsted : Thomas Goodwin barrel organ installed 1848. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (5 Dec. 1848) p.5 Beckenham : Barrel organ. Ref: Stephen Richard Glynne, Notes on the Churches of Kent (London, 1877) p.271 Biddenden : Robson barrel organ. Sold 1881. Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1881) p. 615 Bobbing : Joseph Walker barrel organ transferred from Milton Regis 1862. Converted to finger organ 1870. Ref: NPOR, D05722 *Borden : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Transferred to Tunstall c.1910. Boxley : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) p.3 *Bredgar : Barrel organ. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6C3eplMb98 Ref: Boston (1959) p.113 Bromley (Holy Trinity) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844. Sold 1881. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) p.203 Canterbury : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald (23 Oct. 1915) p.2 *Chart Sutton : Barrel organ. Ref: Kent History and Library Centre p83/28/7 Letter from South Eastern Gazette (1892) Chevening : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Kent (1877) p.302 Cowden : Barrel organ. Ref: English Mechanic & World of Science (26 Feb. 1875) Cuxton : Barrel organ. Ref: http://www.cuxtonandhalling.org.uk/cuxton.htm [accessed 12 October 2023] Darenth : Barrel organ. Sold 1864. Ref: London Evening Standard (19 Jan. 1864) p.1 Detling : Thomas Goodwin barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (28 Dec. 1847) p.5 Downe : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.273 Eastchurch : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Bevington (2022) p.403 East Farleigh : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) p.3 East Peckham : Barrel organ. Ref: Tonbridge Free Press (28 Feb. 1936) p.9 Eastwell : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (28 Sept. 1901) p.5 Erith : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) Farnborough (Kent) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p. 303 Frittenden : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1847. Sold 1861. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Shop Book 3 (1847) p.10 Great Chart : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: Kentish Gazette (29 Aug. 1854) p.3; Glynne (1877) p.69; Elvin (1976) p.26 Harbledown : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (25 Oct. 1940) p.3 *Harty : T.C. Bates & Son barrel organ. No barrels. Headcorn : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N14790 Herne : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) pp.29-30 Hoo : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162; (13 Mar. 1875), p.175 Kennington : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (14 Dec. 1901) p.5 Leigh : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.152; Kent & Sussex Courier (28 Mar. 1930) p.7 & (19 Feb. 1965) p.13 Loose : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840. Sold 1868. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (3 Feb. 1868) p.1 Lympne : Barrel organ. Ref: Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (29 Oct. 1932) p.8 Lynsted : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1842. Converted to finger organ 1863. Ref: NPOR, D02996 Marden : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p. 86 *Meopham : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1855. Transferred to Trottiscliffe 1865. Ref: Musical Times (1 Jan. 1864) p.196 Mersham : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.58 Milton (Kent) : Barrel organ installed 1829. Converted to finger organ 1887. Ref: Discover Gravesham http://www.discovergravesham.co.uk/gravesend/milton- church.html [accessed 15 Oct. 2023] Milton Regis : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1845. Transferred to Bobbing 1862. Ref: NPOR, D05722 Molash : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (30 Nov. 1895) p.6 Newchurch : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (4 Mar. 1871) p.7 New Romney : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.64; Kentish Express (26 May 1933) p.5; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (4 Mar. 1939) p.9 Norton : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal (18 Dec. 1915) p.6 *Pembury : J.W. Walker dumb organist transferred from Botley (Hants.) 1858. Ref: Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (30 Jun. 1950) p.7 & (21 Sep. 1962), p.9 Penshurst : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.282 Rainham : Barrel organ. Ref: St James Chronicle (9 Jan. 1840) p.1; Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (14 Jan. 1840) p.4; The Satirist (2 Feb. 1840) p.35 Ringwould : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.100; Studies in Modern Kentish History (Maidstone 1983) River : Barrel organ. Ref: Dover Express (24 May 1901) p.2 Sandhurst : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.220 Sheldwich : Barrel organ. Ref: Faversham News (22 Jul. 1899), p. 2 *Shoreham : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Ref: Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (2 May 1930) p.2 *Shorne : Barrel organ installed 1817. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.313 Snodland : Barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.295; Andrew Ashbee, A Little History of Snodland www.snodlandhistory.org.uk/localhis/churches.htm [accessed 15 October 2023] Staplehurst : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.89 Stone : John Gray barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1862. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.105 Sundridge : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.347 *Swalecliffe : Bevington & Sons barrel organ. Transferred to Aldro School chapel. Teynham : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.178 *Tonge : Bevington & Son barrel organ. Transferred to the Mechanical Music Museum, Cotton (Suffolk). Now in The Grange Musical Collection. Ref: Berks and Bucks Advertiser (20 Jul. 1928) p.7; Framlingham Weekly News (13 Jun. 1931) p. 3 Trottiscliffe : See Surviving instruments Tunstall : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from Borden c.1910. Transferred to The Netherlands 1994. Ref: NPOR, D03971 Upchurch : Barrel organ. Ref: East Kent Gazette (28 Jul. 1888) p.5 Waldershare : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (6 Dec. 1924) p.5 Wateringbury : Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Bromley Journal and West Kent Herald (20 Mar. 1896) p.7; Kentish Express (2 Jan. 1959) p.6 West Farleigh : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘All Saints Church’, The Farleighs http://www.thefarleighs.co.uk/all_saints_church.html [accessed 15 October 2023] West Peckham : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1842) p.151 *Willesborough : William Goldfinch barrel organ installed 1817. Converted to finger organ 1850. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.73; MacDermott (1948) p.68 Wrotham : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1845. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Brockley News, New Cross & Hatcham Review (8 June 1928), p.2 Wye : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) p.220 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.81-2