Shropshire

Acton Scott : Barrel organ. Ref: Eddowe's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales (27 May 1868) p.5 Albrighton : Henry Bevington barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Lichfield & District Organists' Association, Newsletter (Feb. 2014) p.1 Astley Abbotts : Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1852. Transferred to Tasley. Ref: NPOR, N00688 *Bishop's Castle : Bishop & Son barrel & finger organ. Transferred to Llanfair Waterdine 1907. Ref: D.C. Cox (ed.), ‘Sir Stephen Glynne's Church Notes for Shropshire’, Shropshire Record Series Publications, 1 (1997) Burford : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Cox (1997); Tenbury Wells Advertiser (4 Sep. 1900) p.5 Cardeston : See Surviving instruments Church Stretton : Barrel organ installed 1832. Ref: ‘Church Stretton’, in: A History of the County of Shropshire: vol.10 (London, 1998) pp.72-120. BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol10/pp72-120 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] *Clun : Barrel organ. Condover : Dumb organist. Ref: Todmorden Advertiser and Hebden Bridge Newsletter (6 Jun. 1902) p.7 *Coreley : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1860. Ref: Country Quest - A Magazine for Wales and the Borders (Spring 1965) p.21 Diddlebury : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: NPOR, N04664 Dorrington : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1861. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 6 (1861) p.20 Dudleston : Barrel organ. Ref: Cox (1997) *Eyton-upon-the-Weald-Moors : Barrel organ. Ref: Archaeological Journal (1943) p.65; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Boston (1959) p.119 *Fitz : J.C. Bishop barrel organ. Sold to private collector 1977. Ref: Country Quest (Spring 1965) p.21; World's Fair (19 Mar. 1977) p.14 *Great Ness : T.C. Bates barrel organ installed 1840. Scrapped 1959. Ref: Kelly's Directory (1934) p.171; Boston (1959) p.119 *Hengoed : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Barrel Organs in Church’, Musical Times (1 Jun. 1930) p.544 Hopton Wafers : Barrel organ. Ref: Kelly's Directory (1870) p.66 Kinlet : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Part- exchanged for finger organ 1871. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.157 *Knockin : Barrel organ. Llanfair Waterdine : See Surviving instruments Middleton-in-Chirbury : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ transferred from Montgomery (Powys) 1876. Ref: NPOR, N00821 Onibury : J.W. Walker barrel organ. Scrapped c.1903. Ref: NPOR, D05386 *Preston-upon-the-Weald-Moors : J.W. Walker barrel organ. Transferred to private collection. Ref: ‘Preston upon the Weald Moors: Church’, in: A History of the County of Shropshire: vol.11 (London, 1985) pp.181-2, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp181-182 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] Ryton (Shrops.) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1853. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1853) p.256; Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895) p. 85 Sheriffhales : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1841) p.170 Shipton : Barrel organ. Ref: ‘Shipton’, in: A History of the County of Shropshire: vol.10, pp.368-80, BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol10/pp368-380 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] St Martins : Barrel organ. Ref: Cox (1997) Stanton Lacy : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1854. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1854) p.266 Stanton upon Hine Heath : Barrel organ. Ref: Eddowes's Journal (7 June 1882) p.6 *Tasley : Bevington & Son barrel organ transferred from Astley Abbotts. Transferred to Bishops Palace, Hereford & then private collection. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162; (13 Mar. 1875) p.175; Country Quest (Spring 1965) p.21; Turner (1999) Upton Magna : Barrel organ. Ref: Cox (1997) *Westbury : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1847. Whitchurch : Barrel organ. Ref: Chester Chronicle (10 Dec. 1870) p.8 Whittington : Barrel organ installed 1810. Removed 1851. Ref: T. Gregory, A Gazetteer of Shropshire (1824) transcribed: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Whittington/Whitting tonGaz1824G; Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser (3 Nov. 1894) p.3 Wistanstow : Barrel organ. Ref: Cox (1997) Woodcote : Barrel organ. Ref: Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895), p. 85 Wrockwardine : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.276; ‘Wrockwardine: Church’, in: A History of the County of Shropshire: vol.11, pp.317-321. BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp317-321 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.91