Adderbury (St Mary the Virgin) : G.M. Holdich dumb organist installed 1845. Ref: Henry J. Gepp, Adderbury (Banbury, 1924); Banbury Guardian (7 Apr. 1977) p.4Begbroke (St Michael) : Barrel organ.Ref: Church Bells (6 March 1875), p.162; (13 March 1875), p.175*Bladon (St Martin) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ.Ref: Suffolk and Essex Free Press (24 Aug. 1898) p.1; H. Prosser Chanter, ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (3 Jun. 1922) p.437; Boston (1959) p.118Brightwell Baldwin (St Bartholomew) : See Surviving instrumentsBurford (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette (4 Sept. 1841) p.4Cassington (St Peter) : Barrel & finger organ. Rebuilt c.1900.Ref: NPOR, N09573
Chipping Norton (St Mary the Virgin) : Bishop & Sons barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1882. Ref: Stroud Journal (19 Jul. 1856) p.1; Oxfordshire Weekly News (11 Oct. 1882) p.9*Churchill (All Saints) : ?Flight & Robson barrel & finger organ installed c.1825.Dunsden (Nativity of the BVM) : Barrel organ. Ref: Reading Standard (7 Jan. 1938) p.16*Ewelme (St Mary the Virgin) : William Hill barrel & finger organ installed 1840. Barrel mechanism removed.Ref: Nicholas Thistlethwaite, The Making of the Victorian Organ (Cambridge, 1990) pp. 189, 238, 248 & 558*Eynsham (St Leonard) : Elliot & Hill barrel & finger organ. Transferred to Cumnor (Berks.).Ref: Gentleman’s Magazine (1857) p.76; Suffolk and Essex Free Press (24 Aug. 1898) p.1; Prosser Chanter (1922) p.437; Boston (1959) p.118; ‘Eynsham: Churches’, in: A History of the County of Oxford: vol.12 (London, 1990) pp.147-52,BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp147-152Goring (St Thomas of Canterbury) : Bishop barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: The Berkshire Organist, 43 (1990) p.21Great Haseley (St Peter) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1847) p.277Hampton Gay (St Giles) : See Surviving instrumentsHeadington (Parish church) : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1886.Ref: Oxford Journal (5 Jun. 1886) p.5; W. Henry Jewitt, ‘Headington Village and Orlando Jewitt’, Antiquary (Feb. 1910) p.52Highmoor (St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N09546Kidlington (St Mary the Virgin) : John Gray barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News (3 May 1919) p.2King’s Sutton (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Banbury Guardian (15 Jan. 1942) p.3Kirtlington (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ installed 1839.Ref: ‘Parishes: Kirtlington’, in: A History of the County of Oxford: vol.6 (London, 1959) pp.219-32,BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol6/pp219-232Nuneham Courtenay (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Ball barrel organ installed 1797.Ref: ‘Parishes: Nuneham Courtenay’, in: A History of the County of Oxford: vol.5 (London, 1957) pp.234-249,BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp234-249 ; L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) pp.18-19; Kilbey (2019)*Oxford (St Cross) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Jubal’, The Parish Choir (22 Sep. 1847)*Oxford (St Ebbe) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Jubal’ (1847)*Oxford (St Giles) : Barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: ‘Jubal’ (1847); MacDermott (1948) p.69; Boston (1959) p.118Ramsden (St James) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1850) p.193*Sandford St Martin (St Martin) : Barrel organ.Sarsden (St James) : J.C. Bishop barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: Thistlethwaite (2001)Shirburn (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69South Newington (St Peter ad Vincula) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123*South Weston (St Lawrence) : John Fincham barrel organ installed 1860. Transferred to West Cornwall Museum of Mechanical Music c.1973, destroyed by fire 1974.Ref: ‘Editorial’, The Music Box, vol.6 no.7 (Autumn 1974) p.433; Ord-Hume (1978) p.155Sydenham (St Mary) : Barrel organ transferred from private residence. Ref: NPOR, N09554Woodstock (St Mary Magdalene) : Barrel organ installed c.1790. Sold 1802.Ref: 'Woodstock: Church', in A History of the County of Oxford: vol.12 (London, 1990) pp.406-14,BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp406-414* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.90
Adderbury (St Mary the Virgin) : G.M. Holdich dumb organist installed 1845. Ref: Henry J. Gepp, Adderbury (Banbury, 1924); Banbury Guardian (7 Apr. 1977) p.4Begbroke (St Michael) : Barrel organ.Ref: Church Bells (6 March 1875), p.162; (13 March 1875), p.175*Bladon (St Martin) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ.Ref: Suffolk and Essex Free Press (24 Aug. 1898) p.1; H. Prosser Chanter, ‘Letter’, Notes and Queries, X (3 Jun. 1922) p.437; Boston (1959) p.118Brightwell Baldwin (St Bartholomew) : See Surviving instrumentsBurford (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette (4 Sept. 1841) p.4Cassington (St Peter) : Barrel & finger organ. Rebuilt c.1900.Ref: NPOR, N09573Chipping Norton (St Mary the Virgin) : Bishop & Sons barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1882. Ref: Stroud Journal (19 Jul. 1856) p.1; Oxfordshire Weekly News (11 Oct. 1882) p.9
*Churchill (All Saints) : ?Flight & Robson barrel & finger organ installed c.1825.Dunsden (Nativity of the BVM) : Barrel organ. Ref: Reading Standard (7 Jan. 1938) p.16*Ewelme (St Mary the Virgin) : William Hill barrel & finger organ installed 1840. Barrel mechanism removed.Ref: Nicholas Thistlethwaite, The Making of the Victorian Organ(Cambridge, 1990) pp. 189, 238, 248 & 558*Eynsham (St Leonard) : Elliot & Hill barrel & finger organ. Transferred to Cumnor (Berks.).Ref: Gentleman’s Magazine (1857) p.76; Suffolk and Essex Free Press (24 Aug. 1898) p.1; Prosser Chanter (1922) p.437; Boston (1959) p.118; ‘Eynsham: Churches’, in: A History of the County of Oxford: vol.12 (London, 1990) pp.147-52 BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp147-152Goring (St Thomas of Canterbury) : Bishop barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: The Berkshire Organist, 43 (1990) p.21Great Haseley (St Peter) : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1847) p.277Hampton Gay (St Giles) : See Surviving instrumentsHeadington (Parish church) : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1886. Ref: Oxford Journal (5 Jun. 1886) p.5; W. Henry Jewitt, ‘Headington Village and Orlando Jewitt’, Antiquary (Feb. 1910) p.52Highmoor (St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N09546Kidlington (St Mary the Virgin) : John Gray barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News (3 May 1919) p.2King’s Sutton (St Peter & St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Banbury Guardian (15 Jan. 1942) p.3Kirtlington (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ installed 1839.Ref: ‘Parishes: Kirtlington’, in: A History of the County of Oxford: vol.6 (London, 1959) pp.219-32,BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol6/pp219-232Nuneham Courtenay (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Ball barrel organ installed 1797. Ref: ‘Parishes: Nuneham Courtenay’, in: A History of the County of Oxford: vol.5 (London, 1957) pp.234-249,BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp234-249 ; L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) pp.18-19; Kilbey (2019)*Oxford (St Cross) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Jubal’, The Parish Choir (22 Sep. 1847)*Oxford (St Ebbe) : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Jubal’ (1847)*Oxford (St Giles) : Barrel organ installed 1837. Ref: ‘Jubal’ (1847); MacDermott (1948) p.69; Boston (1959) p.118Ramsden (St James) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1850) p.193*Sandford St Martin (St Martin) : Barrel organ.Sarsden (St James) : J.C. Bishop barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: Thistlethwaite (2001)Shirburn (All Saints) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69South Newington (St Peter ad Vincula) : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123*South Weston (St Lawrence) : John Fincham barrel organ installed 1860. Transferred to West Cornwall Museum of Mechanical Music c.1973, destroyed by fire 1974.Ref: ‘Editorial’, The Music Box, vol.6 no.7 (Autumn 1974) p.433; Ord-Hume (1978) p.155Sydenham (St Mary) : Barrel organ transferred from private residence. Ref: NPOR, N09554Woodstock (St Mary Magdalene) : Barrel organ installed c.1790. Sold 1802. Ref: 'Woodstock: Church', in A History of the County of Oxford: vol.12 (London, 1990) pp.406-14,BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp406-414* Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.90