© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Middlesex & London
Acton (Parish Church) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1860. Ref: The Times (15 Feb. 1860) p.14; Streatham News (16 Aug. 1918) p.5 Cranford (St Dunstan) : Barrel organ. Ref: Country Life (15 Jul. 1965), p. 175 Edgware (St Margaret) : Barrel organ installed 1816. Converted to finger organ 1850. Ref: 'Edgware: Churches', in A History of the County of Middlesex: vol.4 (London, 1971) pp.163-6, BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp163-166 Friern Barnet : Holdich barrel organ. Ref: Stephen S. Stratton, 'Organs and Organists', College of Organists Lectures (London, 1885-6) p.44 Fulham (Parish Church) : Barrel organ. Ref: Hampshire Advertiser (24 Mar. 1923) p.7; Nottingham Journal (29 Jan. 1924) p.4; Ord-Hume (1978) p.33; James Boeringer, Organa Britannica, 2 (1986) p.267; Kilbey (2019) Greenford (Holy Cross) : Barrel organ. Ref: Harrow Gazette (12 Feb. 1870) p.1 Hayes (St Mary) : Elliot barrel & finger organ installed 1812. Ref: C.W. Pearce, Notes on English Organs of the Period 1800-1810 (London, 1912) p.140 Hillingdon (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette (3 Sep. 1937) p.12 *Islington (St Barnabus) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1830. 1835 transferred to Thorpe-le-Soken (Essex). Ref: Country Life (30 Sep. 1965) p.829 Kingsbury (St Andrew) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.163 Marylebone (St Marylebone) : J.C. Bishop barrel & finger organ installed 1823. Ref: Thistlethwaite (2001) *Paul's Wharf (St Benet) : J.C. Bishop barrel & finger organ. Elvin (1976) p.20 Perivale (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: J. Allen Brown, The Chronicles of Greenford Perva, or Perivale, Past and Present (London), pp.121-43; Middlesex & Surrey Express (9 Aug. 1899) p.2; Acton Gazette (11 Aug. 1899) p.3; Bristol Times and Mirror (23 Mar. 1907) p.9; st-marys-perivale.org.uk/histgalintdrawings.htm Pinner (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Ben Brierley's Journal (15 Jun. 1889) p.11 *South Mimms (St Giles) : Barrel organ installed 1813. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Barnet Press (22 Jun. 1889) p.8; S. Baring-Gould, Old Country Life (1899) p.93; ‘South Mimms: Churches’, in A History of the County of Middlesex: vol.5 (London, 1976) pp.298-301, BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp298-301 Stanmore (St John the Evangelist) : Barrel organ transferred to Bovingdon (Herts) 1853. Ref: Musical World (1852) p.373; Kilbey (2020) *Uxbridge Moor (St John) : Barrel organ. Whetstone (St John) : Barrel organ. Ref: Stratton, 'Organs and Organists', p.44 Willesden (St Mary) : John Watlen barrel organ installed 1810. Ref: Evening Mail (25 Sep. 1811) p.1; Kilburn Times (6 Apr. 1906) p.5 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.85
© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Middlesex & London
Acton (Parish Church) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1860. Ref: The Times (15 Feb. 1860) p.14; Streatham News (16 Aug. 1918) p.5 Cranford (St Dunstan) : Barrel organ. Ref: Country Life (15 Jul. 1965), p. 175 Edgware (St Margaret) : Barrel organ installed 1816. Converted to finger organ 1850. Ref: 'Edgware: Churches', in A History of the County of Middlesex: vol.4 (London, 1971) pp.163-6, BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp163-166 Friern Barnet : Holdich barrel organ. Ref: Stephen S. Stratton, 'Organs and Organists', College of Organists Lectures (London, 1885-6) p.44 Fulham (Parish Church) : Barrel organ. Ref: Hampshire Advertiser (24 Mar. 1923) p.7; Nottingham Journal (29 Jan. 1924) p.4; Ord-Hume (1978) p.33; James Boeringer, Organa Britannica, 2 (1986) p.267; Kilbey (2019) Greenford (Holy Cross) : Barrel organ. Ref: Harrow Gazette (12 Feb. 1870) p.1 Hayes (St Mary) : Elliot barrel & finger organ installed 1812. Ref: C.W. Pearce, Notes on English Organs of the Period 1800- 1810 (London, 1912) p.140 Hillingdon (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette (3 Sep. 1937) p.12 *Islington (St Barnabus) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1830. 1835 transferred to Thorpe-le-Soken (Essex). Ref: Country Life (30 Sep. 1965) p.829 Kingsbury (St Andrew) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.163 Marylebone (St Marylebone) : J.C. Bishop barrel & finger organ installed 1823. Ref: Thistlethwaite (2001) *Paul's Wharf (St Benet) : J.C. Bishop barrel & finger organ. Elvin (1976) p.20 Perivale (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: J. Allen Brown, The Chronicles of Greenford Perva, or Perivale, Past and Present (London), pp.121-43; Middlesex & Surrey Express (9 Aug. 1899) p.2; Acton Gazette (11 Aug. 1899) p.3; Bristol Times and Mirror (23 Mar. 1907) p.9; st-marys-perivale.org.uk/histgalintdrawings.htm Pinner (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Ben Brierley's Journal (15 Jun. 1889) p.11 *South Mimms (St Giles) : Barrel organ installed 1813. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Barnet Press (22 Jun. 1889) p.8; S. Baring-Gould, Old Country Life (1899) p.93; ‘South Mimms: Churches’, in A History of the County of Middlesex: vol.5 (London, 1976) pp.298-301, BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp298-301 [accessed 5 October 2023] Stanmore (St John the Evangelist) : Barrel organ transferred to Bovingdon (Herts) 1853. Ref: Musical World (1852) p.373; Kilbey (2020) *Uxbridge Moor (St John) : Barrel organ. Whetstone (St John) : Barrel organ. Ref: Stratton, 'Organs and Organists', p.44 Willesden (St Mary) : John Watlen barrel organ installed 1810. Ref: Evening Mail (25 Sep. 1811) p.1; Kilburn Times (6 Apr. 1906) p.5 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.85