© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Nottinghamshire
*Rampton
(All Saints)
:
Martin barrel & finger organ installed 1821.
Ref:
Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury
(23 Nov. 1821); Ord-Hume (1978) p.79
Rolleston
(Holy Trinity)
:
Barrel organ installed 1853.
Ref:
Holy Trinity Rolleston
www.rollestonchurch.org.uk/registers.html
[accessed 18 Oct. 2023]
Scofton
(St John the Evangelist)
:
Robson & Son barrel organ installed 1834.
Ref:
NPOR, D07699
Stanton Hill
(All Saints)
:
Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1852.
Ref:
NPOR, N13640
Staunton
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ sold to
Hook
(Yorks.) 1854. Replaced by improved barrel organ. See
Surviving instruments
Sturton-le-Steeple
(St Peter & St Paul)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Retford and Worksop Herald and North Notts Advertiser
(9 Mar. 1901) p.8
Widmerpool
(St Peter)
:
Barrel & finger organ. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VIX’,
The Organ
, vol.LIV no.213 (1975-76) p.45
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.89-90
*Colwick
(St John the Baptist)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Nottingham Journal
(29 Nov. 1860) p.2
*Edwinstowe
(St Mary)
:
Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1845.
Replaced by Forster & Andrews organ & dumb organist 1862.
See
Surviving instruments
*Gamston
(St Peter & St Paul)
:
Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ
installed 1856. Scrapped 1964. Ref:
Churches of Kent
(London, 1877) p.69; Elvin
(1976) p.26; Ord-Hume (1978) p.152
*Harworth
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353 & (20 May 1922) p.398
Kelham
(St Wilfrid)
:
Nicholson barrel & finger organ installed 1848.
Ref:
Bradford Observer
(13 Apr. 1848) p.8
*Kinoulton
(St Luke)
:
Flight & Robson clockwork barrel & finger organ ex
Gosfield Hall (Essex) 1947. Sold to private collection 2001.
Ossington
(Holy Rood)
:
See
Surviving instruments
Photo: M. Kilbey
Scofton
© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Nottinghamshire
*Colwick
(St John the Baptist)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Nottingham Journal
(29 Nov. 1860) p.2
*Edwinstowe
(St Mary)
:
Gray & Davison improved barrel
organ installed 1845. Replaced by Forster & Andrews organ
& dumb organist 1862. See
Surviving instruments
*Gamston
(St Peter & St Paul)
:
Forster & Andrews barrel &
finger organ installed 1856. Scrapped 1964. Ref:
Churches
of Kent
(London, 1877) p.69; Elvin (1976) p.26; Ord-Hume
(1978) p.152
*Harworth
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’,
Notes and Queries
, X (6 May 1922) p.353 &
(20 May 1922) p.398
Kelham
(St Wilfrid)
:
Nicholson barrel & finger organ
installed 1848. Ref:
Bradford Observer
(13 Apr. 1848) p.8
*Kinoulton
(St Luke)
:
Flight & Robson clockwork barrel &
finger organ ex Gosfield Hall (Essex) 1947. Sold to private
collection 2001.
Ossington
(Holy Rood)
:
See
Surviving instruments
*Rampton
(All Saints)
:
Martin barrel & finger organ installed
1821. Ref:
Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury
(23 Nov. 1821);
Ord-Hume (1978) p.79
Rolleston
(Holy Trinity)
:
Barrel organ installed 1853.
Ref:
Holy Trinity Rolleston
www.rollestonchurch.org.uk/registers.html
[accessed 18 Oct.
2023]
Scofton
(St John the Evangelist)
:
Robson & Son barrel organ
installed 1834. Ref: NPOR, D07699
Stanton Hill
(All Saints)
:
Forster & Andrews barrel organ
installed 1852. Ref: NPOR, N13640
Staunton
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ sold to
Hook
(Yorks.) 1854. Replaced by improved barrel organ.
See
Surviving instruments
Sturton-le-Steeple
(St Peter & St Paul)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Retford and Worksop Herald and North Notts Advertiser
(9
Mar. 1901) p.8
Widmerpool
(St Peter)
:
Barrel & finger organ.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VIX’,
The Organ
,
vol.LIV no.213 (1975-76) p.45
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.89-90
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