© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Nottinghamshire
*Colwick : Barrel organ. Ref: Nottingham Journal (29 Nov. 1860) p.2 *Edwinstowe : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1845. Forster & Andrews organ & dumb organist installed 1862. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.28 *Gamston : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) p.353 & (20 May 1922) p.398 Kelham : Nicholson barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Ref: Bradford Observer (13 Apr. 1848) p.8 *Kinoulton : Flight & Robson clockwork barrel & finger organ transferred from Gosfield Hall (Essex) 1947. Sold to private collection 2001. Ossington : See Surviving instruments *Rampton : Martin barrel & finger organ installed 1821. Ref: Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury (23 Nov. 1821); Ord-Hume (1978) p.79 Rolleston : Barrel organ installed 1853. Ref: Holy Trinity Rolleston http://www.rollestonchurch.org.uk/registers.html [accessed 18 October 2023] Scofton : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, D07699 Stanton Hill : Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1852. Ref: NPOR, N13640 Staunton : Barrel organ sold to Hook (Yorks.) 1854. Replaced by improved barrel organ. See Surviving instruments Sturton-le-Steeple : Barrel organ. Ref: Retford and Worksop Herald and North Notts Advertiser (9 Mar. 1901) p.8 Widmerpool : Barrel & finger organ. 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
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Nottinghamshire
*Colwick : Barrel organ. Ref: Nottingham Journal (29 Nov. 1860) p.2 *Edwinstowe : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1845. Forster & Andrews organ & dumb organist installed 1862. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.28 *Gamston : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: J.T.F., ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) p.353 & (20 May 1922) p.398 Kelham : Nicholson barrel & finger organ installed 1848. Ref: Bradford Observer (13 Apr. 1848) p.8 *Kinoulton : Flight & Robson clockwork barrel & finger organ transferred from Gosfield Hall (Essex) 1947. Sold to private collection 2001. Ossington : See Surviving instruments *Rampton : Martin barrel & finger organ installed 1821. Ref: Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury (23 Nov. 1821); Ord- Hume (1978) p.79 Rolleston : Barrel organ installed 1853. Ref: Holy Trinity Rolleston http://www.rollestonchurch.org.uk/registers.html [accessed 18 October 2023] Scofton : Flight & Robson barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, D07699 Stanton Hill : Forster & Andrews barrel organ installed 1852. Ref: NPOR, N13640 Staunton : Barrel organ sold to Hook (Yorks.) 1854. Replaced by improved barrel organ. See Surviving instruments Sturton-le-Steeple : Barrel organ. Ref: Retford and Worksop Herald and North Notts Advertiser (9 Mar. 1901) p.8 Widmerpool : Barrel & finger organ. 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