© 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