*Allington (Holy Trinity) : Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1849. Ref: Elvin (1976) 25 Ancaster (St Martin) : Barrel organ installed 1826. Ref: Grantham Journal (29 Oct. 1859) 3; Robert Pacey, Lincolnshire Church Organs (Burgh le Marsh, 2002) 9 Anderby (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 9 *Barrowby (All Saints) : Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1849. Ref: Elvin (1976) 25; Pacey (2002) 12 Barton-upon-Humber (St Mary) : John Ward barrel organ installed 1825. Transferred to Ballidon (Derbys.) 1856. Ref: Sir Stephen Glynne, ‘Church Notes’, Antiquary, 34 (July. 1898) 201; Stamford Mercury (4 Apr. 1856) 2; NPOR, R01621 *Belton (St Peter & St Paul) : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1816. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VII’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.211 (1973-74) 78; MacDermott (1948) 69; Pacey (2002) 14 *Bishop Norton (St Peter) : Barrel organ ex Market Rasen 1854. Ref: Elvin (1976) 30; Pacey (2002) 15 Blankney (St Oswald) : Barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 16

Branston (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Grantham Journal (28 Aug. 1909) 3 *Broughton (Lincs.) (St Mary) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1847. Ref: Elvin (1976) 22; Pacey (2002) 22 *Burton-upon-Stather (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: E.L. Blanchard (ed.), Dugdale's England and Wales delineated (London, 1860) 2, 291; J.T.F., ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) 353; Pacey (2002) 23 Careby (St Stephen) : Barrel organ. Sold 1848. Ref: Lincolnshire Chronicle (3 Mar. 1848) 4 *Carlton-le-Moorland (St Mary) : Barrel organ installed 1863. Scrapped c.1885. Ref: The Organ (Jul. 1958); Pacey (2002) 24 *Colsterworth (St John the Baptist) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1853. Ref: Elvin (1976) 30; Pacey (2002) 26 Cumberworth (St Helen) : Barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 29 Denton (St Andrew) : Bevington & Sons improved barrel organ installed 1843. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Lincolnshire Chronicle (4 Aug. 1843) 3; Leicester Journal (11 Aug. 1843) 2; Stamford Mercury (18 Aug. 1843); Andrew Hayden, 'Star Organ', The Organ (Feb. 2006) 2-7 *Donington (St Mary & the Holy Rood) : Timothy Russell barrel organ. Ref: Stamford Mercury (27 Oct. 1837) Ewerby (St Andrew) : John Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1830. Barrel mechanism removed 1837. Ref: Pacey (2002) 32 *Fleet (St Mary Magdalene) : E. & J. Pistor barrel organ. Transferred to Royal Pump Room, Harrogate. Ref: Boston (1959) 123; Harrogate Advertiser (13 Jan. 1962); Pacey (2002) 33 Frampton (St Mary) : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1844. Ref: Pacey (2002) 34; Matthews (2013) 33 Fulbeck (St Nicholas) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1848. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1848) 180; Pacey (2002) 35 Gedney (St Mary Magdalene) : Thomas S. Robson barrel organ installed 1835. Ref: Pacey (2002) 37 *Gosberton (St Peter & St Paul) : Flight & Son barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Walter Jenkinson Kaye, A Brief History of the Church and parish of Gosberton (London, 1897) 54-55; Pacey (2002) 37 *Great Ponton (Holy Cross) : Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1848. Converted to barrel & finger organ 1852. Ref: Elvin (1976) 22; Pacey (2002) 41 *Grimsby (St Mary & St James) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1800. Ref: George Oliver, The History and Antiquities of [...] St James, Great Grimsby (Grimsby, 1829) p41-2; Stephen E. Maltby, ‘The Organs of St James’ Church, Grimsby’, The Organ (Jan. 1983) 24-35; Pacey (2002) 43; Kilbey (2019) Halton Holegate (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: haltonholegatestandrew.co.uk/church-history-2/the-organ/ *Harlaxton (St Mary & St Peter) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1856. Ref: Elvin (1976) 26; Pacey (2002) 46 Haugham (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, D04745 Holywell (St Wilfrid) : G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Lincolnshire Chronicle (8 Dec. 1843) 3 Horncastle (Holy Trinity) : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ transferred from Horncastle (St Mary) 1860. Sold 1869. Ref: Pacey (2002) 51 Horncastle (St Mary) : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ installed 1810. Transferred to Horncastle (Holy Trinity). Ref: Pacey (2002) 51 *Huttoft (St Margaret) : See Surviving instruments Kingerby (St Peter) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ transferred to Snelland 1977. Ref: Pacey (2002) 53 *Louth (Holy Trinity) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Sold 1870. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22; Pacey (2002) 64 Mablethorpe (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 65 Manby (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser (8 Aug. 1936) 3 *Manthorpe (St John the Evangelist) : J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1858. Ref: Lincolnshire Chronicle (4 June 1858) 6; J.T.F., Letter, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) 353; Boston (1959) 114; Pacey (2002) 66 Market Deeping (St Guthlac) : Barrel organ. Ref: Organists' Review (Dec. 2019) 36 *Market Rasen (St Thomas) : Barrel organ installed 1847. Transferred to Bishop Norton 1854. Ref: Stamford Mercury (1847); Pacey (2002) 67 Nocton (St Peter) : B. Flight barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 70 North Owersby (St Martin) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1849. ‘Chopped up for firewood’ 1940. Ref: Elvin (1976) 23; Pacey (2002) 71 North Thoresby (St Helen) : Barrel organ. Transferred to private collection. Ref: Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian (14 Sep. 1940) 6 Old Bolingbroke (St Peter & St Paul) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 72 Raithby (St Peter) : See Surviving instruments *Scremby (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Pacey (2002) 77 Snelland (All Saints) : Barrel organ ex Kingerby 1977. Ref: NPOR, D04167 *South Elkington (All Saints) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1836. Transferred to Tansley (Derbys.) 1848. Ref: Hull Packet (17 Nov. 1848) 1; Elvin (1976) 31; Tomkins (1995); Pacey (2002) 81 South Ferriby (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: Elvin (1976) 21 South Kyme (St Mary & All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Elvin (1976) 28 *Spridlington (St Hilary) : Robson & Son barrel organ ex Ventnor (Hants.) 1859. Ref: Elvin (1976) 28; Pacey (2002) 84 Stoke Rochford (St Mary & St Andrew) : G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: Lincolnshire Chronicle (23 Oct. 1840) 3; Matthews (2013) 32 Sutton Bridge (St Matthew) : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Ref: Stamford Mercury (25 Dec. 1846) 5 Swineshead (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel & finger organ. Ref: Stamford Mercury (13 Jan. 1843) 2 Syston (St Mary) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1866. Converted to finger organ 1876. Ref: NPOR, N14453 Tallington (St Lawrence) : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ. Transferred to Stoke Dry (Rutland) 1878. Ref: Davidson (2003) 186 Tathwell (St Vedast) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1840) 123 *Theddlethorpe-All-Saints (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) 353; Boston (1959) 114; Pacey (2002) 89 *West Halton (St Etheldreda) : Barrel organ. Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) 353 Wrangle (St Mary & St Nicholas) : Barrel & finger organ installed 1827. Ref: NPOR, D04380 Wyberton (St Leodegar) : Barrel organ. Ref: William Beebey Lighton, Autobiography and Early Reminiscences (Albany, 1854) 255 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 83-5

Great Ponton

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