Aylesford (St Peter & St Paul) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) 3; Maidstone Telegraph (16 Dec. 1865) 3 *Barham (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ installed 1834. Ref: BL Add. Ms. 47775A; Ashton Oxenden, The History of my Life (London, 1891) 49-51; MacDermott (1948) 68 Bearsted (Holy Cross) : Thomas Goodwin barrel organ installed 1848. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (5 Dec. 1848) 5 Beckenham (St George) : Barrel organ. Ref: Stephen Richard Glynne, Notes on the Churches of Kent (London, 1877) 271 Biddenden (All Saints) : Robson barrel organ. Sold 1881. Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1881) 615 Bobbing (St Bartholomew) : Joseph Walker barrel organ ex Milton Regis 1862. Converted to finger organ 1870. Ref: NPOR, D05722 *Borden (St Peter & St Paul) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Transferred to Tunstall c.1910. Boxley (St Mary the Virgin) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) 3 *Bredgar (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6C3eplMb98 Ref: Boston (1959) 113 Bromley (Holy Trinity) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1844. Sold 1881. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1844) 203 Canterbury (St Stephen) : Barrel organ. Ref: Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald (23 Oct. 1915) 2 *Chart Sutton (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kent History and Library Centre p83/28/7 Letter from South Eastern Gazette (1892) Chevening (St Botolph) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne, Kent (1877) 302 Cowden (St Mary Magdalene) : Barrel organ. Ref: English Mechanic & World of Science (26 Feb. 1875) 613 Cuxton (St Michael & All Angels) : Barrel organ. Ref: www.cuxtonandhalling.org.uk/cuxton.htm [accessed 12 Oct. 2023] Darenth (St Margaret) : Barrel organ. Sold 1864. Ref: London Evening Standard (19 Jan. 1864) 1 Detling (St Martin of Tours) : Thomas Goodwin barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (28 Dec. 1847) 5 Downe (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 273 Eastchurch (All Saints) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ. Ref: South Eastern Gazette (1 Dec. 1863) 1; Bevington (2022) 403 East Farleigh (St Mary) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Ref: St James Chronicle (7 Apr. 1838) 3 East Peckham (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Tonbridge Free Press (28 Feb. 1936) 9 Eastwell (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Kentish Express (28 Sept. 1901) 5 Erith (St John) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) Farnborough (Kent) (St Giles) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 303 Frittenden (St Mary) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1847. Sold 1861. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Shop Book 3 (1847) 10 Great Chart (St Mary) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: Kentish Gazette (29 Aug. 1854) 3; Glynne (1877) 69; Elvin (1976) 26 Harbledown (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (25 Oct. 1940) 3 *Harty (St Thomas) : T.C. Bates & Son barrel organ. No barrels. Headcorn (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N14790 Herne (St Martin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 29-30 Hoo (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), 162; (13 Mar. 1875), 175 Kennington (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (14 Dec. 1901) 5 Leigh (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 152; Kent & Sussex Courier (28 Mar. 1930) 7 & (19 Feb. 1965) 13 Loose (All Saints) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840. Sold 1868. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (3 Feb. 1868) 1 Lympne (St Stephen) : Barrel organ. Ref: Dover Express (18 May 1877) 3; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (29 Oct. 1932) 8 Lynsted (St Peter & St Paul) : Joseph Walker improved barrel organ installed 1842. Converted to finger organ 1863. Ref: Plumley (2023); NPOR, D02996 Marden (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 86 *Meopham (St John the Baptist) : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1855. Transferred to Trottiscliffe 1865. Ref: Musical Times (1 Jan. 1864) 196 Mersham (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 58 Milton (Kent) (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ installed 1829. Converted to finger organ 1887. Ref: Discover Gravesham www.discovergravesham.co.uk/gravesend/milton- church.html [accessed 15 Oct. 2023] Milton Regis (Holy Trinity) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1845. Transferred to Bobbing 1862. Ref: NPOR, D05722 Molash (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (30 Nov. 1895) 6 Newchurch (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (4 Mar. 1871) 7 Otham (St Nicholas) : G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (1 Nov. 1842) 3 New Romney (St Nicholas) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.64; Kentish Express (26 May 1933) 5; Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (4 Mar. 1939) 9 Norton (St Mary) : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal (18 Dec. 1915) 6 *Pembury (St Peter) : J.W. Walker dumb organist ex Botley (Hants.) 1858. Ref: Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (30 Jun. 1950) 7 & (21 Sep. 1962) 9; Plumley (2023) Penshurst (St John) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.282 Rainham (St Margaret) : Barrel organ. Ref: St James Chronicle (9 Jan. 1840) 1; Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser (14 Jan. 1840) 4; The Satirist (2 Feb. 1840) 35 Ringwould (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 100; Studies in Modern Kentish History (Maidstone 1983) River (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Dover Express (24 May 1901) 2 Rodmersham (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ. Ref: East Kent Gazette (10 Jul. 1869) 5 Sandhurst (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 220 Sheldwich (St James) : Barrel organ. Ref: Faversham News (22 Jul. 1899) 2 *Shoreham (St Peter & St Paul) : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Ref: Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser (2 May 1930) 2 *Shorne (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ installed 1817. Ref: Glynne (1877) 313 Sittingbourne (St Michael) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Church & State Gazette (London) (5 Jan. 1849) 11 Snodland (All Saints) : Barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: Glynne (1877) 295; Andrew Ashbee, A Little History of Snodland www.snodlandhistory.org.uk/localhis/churches.htm [accessed 15 Oct. 2023] Staplehurst (All Saints) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 89 Stone (St Mary) : John Gray barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1862. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) 105 Sundridge (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) 347 *Swalecliffe (St John the Baptist) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ. Transferred to Aldro School chapel. Teynham (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Glynne (1877) p.178 *Tonge (St Giles) : 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) 7; Framlingham Weekly News (13 Jun. 1931) 3 Trottiscliffe (St Peter & St Paul) : See Surviving instruments Tunstall (St John the Baptist) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from Borden c.1910. Transferred to The Netherlands 1994. Ref: NPOR, D03971 Upchurch (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: East Kent Gazette (28 Jul. 1888) 5 Waldershare (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: Kentish Express (6 Dec. 1924) 5 Wateringbury (St John the Baptist) : Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Bromley Journal and West Kent Herald (20 Mar. 1896) 7; Kentish Express (2 Jan. 1959) 6 West Farleigh (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘All Saints Church’, The Farleighs https://www.thefarleighs.co.uk/history/posts/all-saints- church [accessed 10 May 2026] West Peckham (St Dunstan) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1842. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1842) 151 *Willesborough (St Mary) : William Goldfinch barrel organ installed 1817. Converted to finger organ 1850. Ref: Glynne (1877) 73; MacDermott (1948) 68 Wrotham (St George) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1845. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Brockley News, New Cross & Hatcham Review (8 June 1928) 2 Wye (St Gregory & St Martin) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1843. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) 220 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 81-2

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