© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Lancashire
Bardsea : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1854.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1854) p.271
Blawith : Barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer (4 Dec. 1884) p.2
Cartmel : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector (8 May 1869) p.5
Dalton-in-Furness : 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) : Barrel & finger organ installed 1838.
Ref: The British Magazine (1 Nov. 1838) p.604
*Gressingham : Barrel organ installed 1859.
Marton : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: W.T. Bulpit, Notes on Southport and District (1908)
Stretford : Barrel organ.
Ref: ‘St Matthew, Stretford’ www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Stretford/StMatthew.shtml [accessed 15 October 2023]
Tyldesley : 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 : Aviolet barrel organ installed 1808.
Ref: Wigan Observer and District Advertiser (3 Mar. 1906) p.12
Upper Rawcliffe : 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)
Wharton : Barrel organ installed 1845.
Ref: Halifax Guardian (13 Jun. 1868) p.5
Worsthorne : 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 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Lancashire
Bardsea : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed
1854. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1854) p.271
Blawith : Barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: Soulby's Ulverston
Advertiser and General Intelligencer (4 Dec. 1884) p.2
Cartmel : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: Ulverston Mirror and Furness Reflector (8 May 1869) p.5
Dalton-in-Furness : 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) : Barrel & finger organ installed
1838. Ref: The British Magazine (1 Nov. 1838) p.604
*Gressingham : Barrel organ installed 1859.
Marton : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: W.T. Bulpit, Notes on Southport and District (1908)
Stretford : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘St Matthew, Stretford’
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Stretford/StMatthew.shtml
[accessed 15 October 2023]
Tyldesley : 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 : Aviolet barrel organ installed 1808.
Ref: Wigan Observer and District Advertiser (3 Mar. 1906) p.12
Upper Rawcliffe : 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)
Wharton : Barrel organ installed 1845.
Ref: Halifax Guardian (13 Jun. 1868) p.5
Worsthorne : 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
