© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Oxfordshire
Begbroke : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 March 1875), p.162; (13 March 1875), p.175 *Bladon : 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.118 Brightwell Baldwin : See Surviving instruments Cassington : Barrel & finger organ. Rebuilt c.1900. Ref: NPOR, N09573 Chipping Norton : 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 : ?Flight & Robson barrel & finger organ installed c.1825. Dunsden : Barrel organ. Ref: Reading Standard (7 Jan. 1938) p.16 *Ewelme : 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 : 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/pp147-152 [accessed 4 March 2022] Great Haseley : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1847) p.277 Hampton Gay : See Surviving instruments Headington : 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.52 Highmoor : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N09546 Kidlington : John Gray barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News (3 May 1919) p.2 King’s Sutton : Barrel organ. Ref: Banbury Guardian (15 Jan. 1942) p.3 Kirtlington : 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/pp219-232 [accessed 4 March 2022] Nuneham Courtenay : 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 [accessed 4 March 2022]; 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.118 Ramsden : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1850) p.193 Shirburn : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69 South Newington : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123 *South Weston : 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.155 Sydenham : Barrel organ transferred from private residence. Ref: NPOR, N09554 Woodstock : 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 http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp406-414 [accessed 10 Oct. 2023] * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.90
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Oxfordshire
Begbroke : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 March 1875), p.162; (13 March 1875), p.175 *Bladon : 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.118 Brightwell Baldwin : See Surviving instruments Cassington : Barrel & finger organ. Rebuilt c.1900. Ref: NPOR, N09573 Chipping Norton : 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 : ?Flight & Robson barrel & finger organ installed c.1825. Dunsden : Barrel organ. Ref: Reading Standard (7 Jan. 1938) p.16 *Ewelme : 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 : 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/pp147-152 [accessed 4 March 2022] Great Haseley : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1847) p.277 Hampton Gay : See Surviving instruments Headington : 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.52 Highmoor : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, N09546 Kidlington : John Gray barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News (3 May 1919) p.2 King’s Sutton : Barrel organ. Ref: Banbury Guardian (15 Jan. 1942) p.3 Kirtlington : 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/pp219-232 [accessed 4 March 2022] Nuneham Courtenay : 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 [accessed 4 March 2022]; 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.118 Ramsden : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1850. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1850) p.193 Shirburn : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69 South Newington : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1839) p.123 *South Weston : 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.155 Sydenham : Barrel organ transferred from private residence. Ref: NPOR, N09554 Woodstock : 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 http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp406-414 [accessed 10 Oct. 2023] * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.90