© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Lincolnshire
*Allington :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1849.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.25
Ancaster :
Barrel organ installed 1826.
Ref:
Grantham Journal
(29 Oct. 1859) p.3; Robert Pacey,
Lincolnshire Church Organs
(Burgh le Marsh, 2002) p.9
Anderby :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.9
*Barrowby :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1849.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.25; Pacey (2002) p.12
Barton-upon-Humber :
John Ward barrel organ installed 1825. Transferred to
Ballidon
(Derbys.) 1856.
Ref: Sir Stephen Glynne, ‘Church Notes’,
Antiquary
, 34 (July. 1898) p.201;
Stamford Mercury
(4 Apr. 1856) p.2; NPOR, R01621
*Belton :
H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1816.
Ref:
L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VII’,
The Organ
, vol.LIII no.211 (1973-74) p.78;
MacDermott (1948) p.69; Pacey (2002) p.14
*Bishop Norton :
Barrel organ transferred from
Market Rasen
1854.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30; Pacey (2002) p.15
Blankney :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.16
Branston :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Grantham Journal
(28 Aug. 1909) p.3
*Broughton (Lincs.) :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1847.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) p.22
*Burton-upon-Stather :
Barrel organ.
Ref: E.L. Blanchard (ed.),
Dugdale's England and Wales delineated
(London, 1860) 2, p.291; J.T.F., ‘Letter’,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May
1922) p.353; Pacey (2002) p.23
Careby :
Barrel organ. Sold 1848.
Ref:
Lincolnshire Chronicle
(3 Mar. 1848) p.4
*Carlton-le-Moorland :
Barrel organ installed 1863. Scrapped c.1885.
Ref:
The Organ
(Jul. 1958); Pacey (2002) p.24
*Colsterworth :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1853.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30; Pacey (2002) p.26
Cumberworth :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.29
Denton :
Bevington & Sons improved barrel organ installed 1843. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847);
Lincolnshire Chronicle
(4 Aug. 1843) p.3;
Leicester Journal
(11 Aug. 1843) p.2;
Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford
Mercury
(18 Aug. 1843); Andrew Hayden, 'Star Organ',
The Organ
(Feb. 2006) pp.2-7
*Donington :
Timothy Russell barrel organ.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(27 Oct. 1837)
Ewerby :
John Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1830. Barrel mechanism removed 1837.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.32
*Fleet :
E. & J. Pistor barrel organ. Transferred to Royal Pump Room, Harrogate.
Ref: Boston (1959) p.123;
Harrogate Advertiser
(13 Jan. 1962); Pacey (2002) p.33
Frampton :
G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1844.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.34
Fulbeck :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1848.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1848) p.180; Pacey (2002) p.35
Gedney :
Thomas S. Robson barrel organ installed 1835.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.37
*Gosberton :
Flight & Son barrel organ installed 1836.
Ref: Walter Jenkinson Kaye,
A Brief History of the Church and parish of Gosberton
(London, 1897) pp.54-55; Pacey (2002) p.37
*Great Ponton :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1848. Converted to barrel & finger organ 1852.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) p.41
*Grimsby :
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1800.
Ref: George Oliver,
The History and Antiquities of [...] St James, Great Grimsby
(Grimsby, 1829) pp.41-2; Stephen E. Maltby, ‘The Organs of
St James’ Church, Grimsby’,
The Organ
(Jan. 1983) pp.24-35; Pacey (2002) p.43; Kilbey (2019)
*Harlaxton :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1856.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26; Pacey (2002) p.46
Haugham :
Barrel organ.
Ref: NPOR, D04745
Horncastle
(Holy Trinity)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ transferred from
Horncastle
(St Mary) 1860. Sold 1869.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.51
Horncastle
(St Mary)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ installed 1810. Transferred to
Horncastle
(Holy Trinity).
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.51
*Huttoft :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1851.
Ref: Lincolnshire Archives, 2 LARKEN 12/10 Photograph; Elvin (1976) p.30; Pacey (2002) p.52
Kingersby :
Barrel organ transferred to
Snelland
1977.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.53
*Louth :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Sold 1870.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) p.64
Mablethorpe :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.65
*Manthorpe :
J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1858.
Ref: J.T.F., Letter,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353; Boston (1959) p.114; Pacey (2002) p.66
Market Deeping :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Organists' Review
(Dec. 2019), p. 36
*Market Rasen :
Barrel organ installed 1847. Transferred to
Bishop Norton
1854.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(1847); Pacey (2002) p.67
Nocton :
B. Flight barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.70
North Owersby :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1849. ‘Chopped up for firewood’ 1940.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.23; Pacey (2002) p.71
North Thoresby :
Barrel organ. Transferred to private collection.
Ref:
Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian
(14 Sep. 1940) p.6
Old Bolingbroke :
H.C. Lincoln barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.72
Raithby :
See
Surviving instruments
*Scremby :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.77
Snelland :
Barrel organ transferred from
Kingerby
1977.
Ref: NPOR, D04167
*South Elkington :
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1836. Transferred to
Tansley
(Derbys.) 1848.
Ref:
Hull Packet
(17 Nov. 1848) p.1; Elvin (1976) p.31; Pacey (2002) p.81
South Ferriby :
Barrel organ installed 1846.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.21
South Kyme :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.28
*Spridlington :
Robson & Son barrel organ transferred from
Ventnor
(Hants.) 1859.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.28; Pacey (2002) p.84
Stoke :
G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref:
Lincolnshire Chronicle
(23 Oct. 1840) p.3
Sutton Bridge :
Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1846.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(25 Dec. 1846) p. 5
Swineshead :
Barrel & finger organ.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(13 Jan. 1843) p.2
Syston :
Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1866. Converted to finger organ 1876.
Ref: NPOR, N14453
Tallington :
H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ. Transferred to
Stoke Dry (Rutland)
1878.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.186
Tathwell :
Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1840) p.123
*Theddlethorpe-All-Saints :
Barrel organ.
Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’
, Notes and Queries,
X (6 May 1922) p.353; Boston (1959) p.114; Pacey (2002) p.89
Wrangle :
Barrel & finger organ installed 1827.
Ref: NPOR, D04380
Wyberton :
Barrel organ.
Ref: William Beebey Lighton,
Autobiography and Early Reminiscences
(Albany, 1854) p.255
*West Halton :
Barrel organ.
Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.83-5
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Lincolnshire
*Allington :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1849.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.25
Ancaster :
Barrel organ installed 1826.
Ref:
Grantham Journal
(29 Oct. 1859) p.3; Robert Pacey,
Lincolnshire Church Organs
(Burgh le Marsh, 2002) p.9
Anderby :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Pacey (2002) p.9
*Barrowby :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1849.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.25; Pacey (2002) p.12
Barton-upon-Humber :
John Ward barrel organ installed
1825. Transferred to
Ballidon
(Derbys.) 1856. Ref: Sir Stephen
Glynne, ‘Church Notes’,
Antiquary
, 34 (July. 1898) p.201;
Stamford Mercury
(4 Apr. 1856) p.2; NPOR, R01621
*Belton :
H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1816.
Ref:
L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VII’,
The Organ
,
vol.LIII no.211 (1973-74) p.78;
MacDermott (1948) p.69; Pacey
(2002) p.14
*Bishop Norton :
Barrel organ transferred from
Market
Rasen
1854.
Ref:
Elvin (1976) p.30; Pacey (2002) p.15
Blankney :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Pacey (2002) p.16
Branston :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Grantham Journal
(28 Aug. 1909) p.3
*Broughton (Lincs.) :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger
organ installed 1847.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) p.22
*Burton-upon-Stather :
Barrel organ.
Ref: E.L. Blanchard (ed.),
Dugdale's England and Wales
delineated
(London, 1860) 2, p.291; J.T.F., ‘Letter’,
Notes and
Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353; Pacey (2002) p.23
Careby :
Barrel organ. Sold 1848.
Ref:
Lincolnshire Chronicle
(3 Mar. 1848) p.4
*Carlton-le-Moorland :
Barrel organ installed 1863.
Scrapped c.1885.
Ref:
The Organ
(Jul. 1958); Pacey (2002) p.24
*Colsterworth :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ
installed 1853. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30; Pacey (2002) p.26
Cumberworth :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Pacey (2002) p.29
Denton :
Bevington & Sons improved barrel organ installed
1843. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847);
Lincolnshire Chronicle
(4 Aug.
1843) p.3;
Leicester Journal
(11 Aug. 1843) p.2;
Lincoln, Rutland
& Stamford Mercury
(18 Aug. 1843); Andrew Hayden, 'Star
Organ',
The Organ
(Feb. 2006) pp.2-7
*Donington :
Timothy Russell barrel organ.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(27 Oct. 1837)
Ewerby :
John Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1830.
Barrel mechanism removed 1837. Ref: Pacey (2002) p.32
*Fleet :
E. & J. Pistor barrel organ. Transferred to Royal Pump
Room, Harrogate. Ref: Boston (1959) p.123;
Harrogate
Advertiser
(13 Jan. 1962); Pacey (2002) p.33
Frampton :
G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed
1844. Ref: Pacey (2002) p.34
Fulbeck :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1848.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1848) p.180; Pacey (2002)
p.35
Gedney :
Thomas S. Robson barrel organ installed 1835.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.37
*Gosberton :
Flight & Son barrel organ installed 1836.
Ref: Walter Jenkinson Kaye,
A Brief History of the Church and
parish of Gosberton
(London, 1897) pp.54-55; Pacey (2002)
p.37
*Great Ponton :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed
1848. Converted to barrel & finger organ 1852.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) p.41
*Grimsby :
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1800.
Ref: George Oliver,
The History and Antiquities of [...] St James,
Great Grimsby
(Grimsby, 1829) pp.41-2; Stephen E. Maltby,
‘The Organs of St James’ Church, Grimsby’,
The Organ
(Jan.
1983) pp.24-35; Pacey (2002) p.43; Kilbey (2019)
*Harlaxton :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ
installed 1856. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26; Pacey (2002) p.46
Haugham :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
NPOR, D04745
Horncastle
(Holy Trinity)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ
transferred from
Horncastle
(St Mary) 1860. Sold 1869.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.51
Horncastle
(St Mary)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ
installed 1810. Transferred to
Horncastle
(Holy Trinity).
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.51
*Huttoft :
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1851.
Ref: Lincolnshire Archives, 2 LARKEN 12/10 Photograph; Elvin
(1976) p.30; Pacey (2002) p.52
Kingersby :
Barrel organ transferred to
Snelland
1977.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.53
*Louth :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed
1846. Sold 1870. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) p.64
Mablethorpe :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Pacey (2002) p.65
*Manthorpe :
J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1858.
Ref: J.T.F., Letter,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353;
Boston (1959) p.114; Pacey (2002) p.66
Market Deeping :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Organists' Review
(Dec. 2019), p. 36
*Market Rasen :
Barrel organ installed 1847. Transferred to
Bishop Norton
1854.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(1847); Pacey (2002) p.67
Nocton :
B. Flight barrel organ.
Ref:
Pacey (2002) p.70
North Owersby :
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ
installed 1849. ‘Chopped up for firewood’ 1940.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.23; Pacey (2002) p.71
North Thoresby :
Barrel organ. Transferred to private
collection. Ref:
Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian
(14
Sep. 1940) p.6
Old Bolingbroke :
H.C. Lincoln barrel organ.
Ref: Pacey (2002) p.72
Raithby :
See
Surviving instruments
*Scremby :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Pacey (2002) p.77
Snelland :
Barrel organ transferred from
Kingerby
1977.
Ref: NPOR, D04167
*South Elkington :
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed
1836. Transferred to
Tansley
(Derbys.) 1848.
Ref:
Hull Packet
(17 Nov. 1848) p.1; Elvin (1976) p.31; Pacey
(2002) p.81
South Ferriby :
Barrel organ installed 1846.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.21
South Kyme :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Elvin (1976) p.28
*Spridlington :
Robson & Son barrel organ transferred from
Ventnor
(Hants.) 1859.
Ref: Elvin (1976) p.28; Pacey (2002) p.84
Stoke :
G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref:
Lincolnshire Chronicle
(23 Oct. 1840) p.3
Sutton Bridge :
Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed
1846. Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(25 Dec. 1846) p. 5
Swineshead :
Barrel & finger organ.
Ref:
Stamford Mercury
(13 Jan. 1843) p.2
Syston :
Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1866.
Converted to finger organ 1876. Ref: NPOR, N14453
Tallington :
H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ. Transferred to
Stoke Dry (Rutland)
1878.
Ref:
Davidson (2003) p.186
Tathwell :
Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1840) p.123
*Theddlethorpe-All-Saints :
Barrel organ.
Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’
, Notes and Queries,
X (6 May 1922) p.353;
Boston (1959) p.114; Pacey (2002) p.89
Wrangle :
Barrel & finger organ installed 1827.
Ref: NPOR, D04380
Wyberton :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
William Beebey Lighton,
Autobiography and Early Reminiscences
(Albany, 1854) p.255
*West Halton :
Barrel organ.
Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.83-5
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