© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Northamptonshire
Abthorpe :
J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from
Sandy
(Beds.) c.1872.
Ref: NPOR, R01310
Aynho :
Bevington & Son
barrel organ installed 1834.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841);
Jackson's Oxford Journal
(31 Oct. 1863); Hilary Davidson,
Choirs, Bands and Organs
(Oxford, 2003) p.67
Brackley :
J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ. Given to local school 1869.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.72
Broughton (Northants.) :
John Gray barrel organ installed 1829.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1829) p.76; Davidson (2003) p.75
*Bulwick :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Arthur Tindal Hart,
The Nineteenth-Century Country Parson
(Shrewsbury, 1954); Boston (1959) p.114; Davidson (2003) p.76
*Byfield :
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1833.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.76
Castor :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Peterborough Advertiser
(30 Nov. 1889) p.5
Clipston :
Barrel organ installed 1800.
Ref:
Northampton Chronicle and Echo
(11 Sep. 1926) p.2; Davidson (2003) p.79
*Cold Ashby :
Bevington barrel organ. H. Bryceson barrel organ transferred to Leicester City Museum.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Davidson (2003) p.80
Cosgrove :
John Watlen barrel organ installed c.1810.
Ref:
Evening Mail
(25 Sep. 1811) p.1
Croughton :
Barrel organ. Sold 1872.
Ref:
Banbury Advertiser
(1 Jun. 1933) p.5
*Dingley
(now Leicestershire)
:
T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1858. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.88
*Draughton :
Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from
Stony Stratford
.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.89
Easton-on-the-Hill :
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Surviving instruments
Ecton :
Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1843.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847);
Northampton Mercury
(13 May 1843) p.3
Edgcote :
See
Surviving instruments
Eydon :
J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1868.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.92
Eye :
Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123; Davidson (2003) p.93
Farthinghoe :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840. No barrels.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Davidson (2003) p.93
*Fawsley :
Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1839.
Ref: Boston (1959) p.114; Davidson (2003) p.93;
https://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/organ/fawsley-northants-restoration-1839-joseph-
walker-finger-barrel-organ/
*Greens Norton :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.102
Harrington :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1840. Given to local school 1887.
Ref: Stephen J. Weston, ‘Choir-Band Instrumentation: Two County Surveys’,
The Galpin Society Journal
, LII (1999) pp.305-13; Davidson
(2003) p.104
Holcot :
G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1845. No barrels.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.108
Hollowell :
Barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.108
*Horton :
T.C. Bates & Son barrel & finger organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.109
Kingsthorpe :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.114
*Lilbourne :
H. Bryceson barrel & finger organ installed 1845.
Ref:
Coventry Evening Standard
(18 Aug. 1969) p.9; Davidson (2003) p.116
Little Houghton :
Richard Webber barrel & finger organ installed 1845.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.117
Long Buckby :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Northampton Record
(17 Sep. 1909) p. 5
Lutton :
H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: NPOR, D00554
Moulton :
Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841);
Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser
(5 Dec. 1908) p.5
Norton (Northants) :
Robson & Son barrel & finger organ.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.134
*Piddington :
G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1853. Barrel mechanism removed.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.141
Potterspury :
Barrel organ installed 1839. Converted to finger organ 1862.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.143
Spratton :
G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1864.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.150
Staverton :
Bevington & Son barrel organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.153
Stoke Bruerne :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1843. Converted to finger organ c.1860.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) p.213; Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.154
Sutton (Northants.) :
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Surviving instruments
Titchmarsh :
John Gray barrel organ installed 1837.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.140; Davidson (2003) p.159
Wadenhoe :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Bedfordshire Mercury
(27 Oct. 1911), p.4
West Haddon :
Bunting barrel & finger organ installed 1829.
Ref:
Northampton Mercury
(22 Aug 1829) p.3
Whittlebury :
Barrel organ installed 1848.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.171
Winwick :
See
Surviving instruments
Wootton :
John Watlen barrel organ installed c.1810.
Ref:
Evening Mail
(25 Sep. 1811) p.1
Yardley Hastings :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.173
Yelvertoft :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.174
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.87-9
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Northamptonshire
Abthorpe :
J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ transferred
from
Sandy
(Beds.) c.1872. Ref: NPOR, R01310
Aynho :
Bevington & Son
barrel organ installed 1834.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841);
Jackson's Oxford Journal
(31
Oct. 1863); Hilary Davidson,
Choirs, Bands and Organs
(Oxford, 2003) p.67
Brackley :
J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ. Given to local
school 1869. Ref: Davidson (2003) p.72
Broughton (Northants.) :
John Gray barrel organ installed
1829. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1829) p.76;
Davidson (2003) p.75
*Bulwick :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Arthur Tindal Hart,
The
Nineteenth-Century Country Parson
(Shrewsbury, 1954); Boston
(1959) p.114; Davidson (2003) p.76
*Byfield :
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1833.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.76
Castor :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Peterborough Advertiser
(30 Nov. 1889) p.5
Clipston :
Barrel organ installed 1800.
Ref:
Northampton Chronicle and Echo
(11 Sep. 1926) p.2;
Davidson (2003) p.79
*Cold Ashby :
Bevington barrel organ. H. Bryceson barrel
organ transferred to Leicester City Museum.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Davidson (2003) p.80
Cosgrove :
John Watlen barrel organ installed c.1810.
Ref:
Evening Mail
(25 Sep. 1811) p.1
Croughton :
Barrel organ. Sold 1872.
Ref:
Banbury Advertiser
(1 Jun. 1933) p.5
*Dingley
(now Leicestershire)
:
T.C. Bates barrel organ
installed 1858. Converted to finger organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.88
*Draughton :
Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred from
Stony Stratford
. Ref: Davidson (2003) p.89
Easton-on-the-Hill :
See
Surviving instruments
Ecton :
Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1843.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847);
Northampton Mercury
(13 May
1843) p.3
Edgcote :
See
Surviving instruments
Eydon :
J.W. Walker barrel organ installed 1868.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.92
Eye :
Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839.
Ref: BOA, Gray
& Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123; Davidson (2003) p.93
Farthinghoe :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed
c.1840. No barrels.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Davidson (2003) p.93
*Fawsley :
Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed
1839. Ref: Boston (1959) p.114; Davidson (2003) p.93;
https://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/organ/fawsley-northants-
restoration-1839-joseph-walker-finger-barrel-organ/
*Greens Norton :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.102
Harrington :
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1840.
Given to local school 1887. Ref: Stephen J. Weston, ‘Choir-
Band Instrumentation: Two County Surveys’,
The Galpin
Society Journal
, LII (1999) pp.305-13;
Davidson (2003) p.104
Holcot :
G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1845. No barrels.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.108
Hollowell :
Barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.108
*Horton :
T.C. Bates & Son barrel & finger organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.109
Kingsthorpe :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.114
*Lilbourne :
H. Bryceson barrel & finger organ installed
1845. Ref:
Coventry Evening Standard
(18 Aug. 1969) p.9;
Davidson (2003) p.116
Little Houghton :
Richard Webber barrel & finger organ
installed 1845. Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.117
Long Buckby :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Northampton Record
(17 Sep. 1909) p. 5
Lutton :
H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: NPOR, D00554
Moulton :
Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841);
Tower Hamlets Independent
and East End Local Advertiser
(5 Dec. 1908) p.5
Norton (Northants) :
Robson & Son barrel & finger organ.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.134
*Piddington :
G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed
1853. Barrel mechanism removed.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.141
Potterspury :
Barrel organ installed 1839. Converted to
finger organ 1862. Ref: Davidson (2003) p.143
Spratton :
G.M. Holdich barrel organ installed 1864.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.150
Staverton :
Bevington & Son barrel organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.153
Stoke Bruerne :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1843.
Converted to finger organ c.1860.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1843) p.213; Weston
(1999); Davidson (2003) p.154
Sutton (Northants.) :
See
Surviving instruments
Titchmarsh :
John Gray barrel organ installed 1837.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1837) p.140; Davidson
(2003) p.159
Wadenhoe :
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Bedfordshire Mercury
(27 Oct. 1911), p.4
West Haddon :
Bunting barrel & finger organ installed 1829.
Ref:
Northampton Mercury
(22 Aug 1829) p.3
Whittlebury :
Barrel organ installed 1848.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.171
Winwick :
See
Surviving instruments
Wootton :
John Watlen barrel organ installed c.1810.
Ref:
Evening Mail
(25 Sep. 1811) p.1
Yardley Hastings :
Barrel organ.
Ref: Davidson (2003) p.173
Yelvertoft :
Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850.
Ref: Weston (1999); Davidson (2003) p.174
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.87-9
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