© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Lancashire
Bardsea (Holy Trinity) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1854) p.271 Blawith (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (4 Dec. 1884) p.2 Cartmel (Priory) : John Langshaw barrel organ installed 1781. Ref: Augusta Mary Wakefield, 'Early Recollections of Grange', Cartmel Priory and Sketches of North Lonsdale (1909); Kilbey (2019); Colton (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. Ref: Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector (8 May 1869) p.5 Dalton-in-Furness (St Mary) : John Langshaw barrel organ installed 1789. Ref: Cumbria Archive Service, Dalton-in-Furness BPR 1/C/5/4 Subscriptions for organ &c (1788-90); Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (8 Mar. 1855) p.1; Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmoreland Antiquarian Society, vol.8 pt 1 (1885), pp.121-2; Kilbey (2019) Eccleston now Merseyside (Christ Church) : Barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Ref: The British Magazine (1 Nov. 1838) p.604 *Gressingham (St John the Evangelist) : Barrel organ installed 1859. Marton (St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Henry Fishwick, The History of the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde (1885), p.61; Fleetwood Chronicle (3 Jan. 1930) p.6 Rufford (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: W.T. Bulpit, Notes on Southport and District (1908) St Michael’s on Wyre (St Michael) : James Davis barrel & finger organ installed 1799. Ref: John Porter, History of the Fylde of Lancashire (Fleetwood, 1876) p.465; Henry Fishwick, The History of the Parish of St Michaels-on-Wyre in the County of Lancaster (1891) p.66; Cheetham (1915); Kilbey (2019) Stretford (St Matthew) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘St Matthew, Stretford’ www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Stretford/StMatthew.shtml [accessed 15 Oct. 2023] Tyldesley (St George) : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1860. Ref: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser (31 Mar. 1860) p.2; Leigh Journal and Times (22 Dec. 1877) p.8 Up Holland (St Thomas) : Aviolet barrel organ installed 1808. Ref: Wigan Observer and District Advertiser (3 Mar. 1906) p.12 Warton (St Oswald) : Barrel organ installed 1845. Ref: Halifax Guardian (13 Jun. 1868) p.5; Lancaster Observer and Morecambe Chronicle (8 Nov. 1889) p.3 Worsthorne (St John the Evangelist) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1835. Ref: CRL, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1835) p.113 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.82
© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Lancashire
Bardsea (Holy Trinity) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1854) p.271 Blawith (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (4 Dec. 1884) p.2 Cartmel (Priory) : John Langshaw barrel organ installed 1781. Ref: Augusta Mary Wakefield, 'Early Recollections of Grange', Cartmel Priory and Sketches of North Lonsdale (1909); Kilbey (2019) Colton (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. Ref: Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector (8 May 1869) p.5 Dalton-in-Furness (St Mary) : John Langshaw barrel organ installed 1789. Ref: Cumbria Archive Service, Dalton-in- Furness BPR 1/C/5/4 Subscriptions for organ &c (1788-90); Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (8 Mar. 1855) p.1; Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmoreland Antiquarian Society, vol.8 pt 1 (1885), pp.121-2; Kilbey (2019) Eccleston now Merseyside (Christ Church) : Barrel & finger organ installed 1838. Ref: The British Magazine (1 Nov. 1838) p.604 *Gressingham (St John the Evangelist) : Barrel organ installed 1859. Marton (St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Henry Fishwick, The History of the parish of Poulton-le- Fylde (1885), p.61; Fleetwood Chronicle (3 Jan. 1930) p.6 Rufford (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: W.T. Bulpit, Notes on Southport and District (1908) St Michael’s on Wyre (St Michael) : James Davis barrel & finger organ installed 1799. Ref: John Porter, History of the Fylde of Lancashire (Fleetwood, 1876) p.465; Henry Fishwick, The History of the Parish of St Michaels-on-Wyre in the County of Lancaster (1891) p.66; Cheetham (1915); Kilbey (2019) Stretford (St Matthew) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘St Matthew, Stretford’ www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Stretford/StMatthew.shtml [accessed 15 Oct. 2023] Tyldesley (St George) : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1860. Ref: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser (31 Mar. 1860) p.2; Leigh Journal and Times (22 Dec. 1877) p.8 Up Holland (St Thomas) : Aviolet barrel organ installed 1808. Ref: Wigan Observer and District Advertiser (3 Mar. 1906) p.12 Warton (St Oswald) : Barrel organ installed 1845. Ref: Halifax Guardian (13 Jun. 1868) p.5; Lancaster Observer and Morecambe Chronicle (8 Nov. 1889) p.3 Worsthorne (St John the Evangelist) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1835. Ref: CRL, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1835) p.113 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.82