© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Staffordshire
*Aldridge (St Mary) : John Watlen barrel organ installed 1807. Replaced by H.J. Prosser barrel organ, transferred to Canon Boston’s collection. Ref: Archaeological Journal (1943) p.66; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Boston (1959) p.116 Blithfield (St Leonard) : Barrel organ. Ref: Lichfield Mercury (25 Sep. 1891) p.6 Bradley in the Moors (St Leonard) : Barrel organ. Ref: A. Archibald Armstrong, ‘Notes on Archaeology in Provincial Museums’, Antiquary, 28 (Dec. 1893) p.254 Cauldron (St Mary & St Laurence) : Barrel organ. Ref: Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser (5 Dec. 1908) p.5 Clifton Campville (St Andrew) : Bevington barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Staffordshire Advertiser (29 Oct. 1853) p.1 Eccleshall (Holy Trinity) : William Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1810. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) pp.19-20 Ellenhall (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Sold 1861. Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1861) p.147 Goldenhill (Christ Church) : Barrel organ. Sold 1867. Ref: Staffordshire Advertiser (1 Jun. 1867) p.8 Hanbury (St Werburgh) : Barrel organ. Ref: Burton Observer & Chronicle (4 Dec. 1920) p.9 Ilam (Holy Cross) : T. Elliot barrel organ. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) p.24 Leigh (All Saints) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Coventry Standard (20 Nov. 1846) p.3 *Longnor (St Bartholomew) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1852. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30; Ord-Hume (1978) p.152; ‘Alstonefield: Longnor’, in: A History of the County of Stafford: vol.7 (London, 1996) pp.41-9, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol7/pp41-49 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] Salt (St James the Great) : Barrel organ. Ref: W.H. Quarrel, ‘Re: Barrel Organs in Churches’, Notes and Queries (1900) p.35 Shareshill (St Mary & St Luke) : Barrel organ. Ref: Gordon Anderson, ‘The Old Church Bands’, Antiquary, 10 (Jul. 1914) p.267 Smethwick (Old Church) : Barrel organ. Ref: 'Smethwick: Churches', in A History of the County of Stafford: vol.17 (London, 1976) pp.123-9. BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol17/pp123-129 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] Standon (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle (22 Apr. 1910) p. 2 Stonnall (St Peter) : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ. Barrel mechanism removed 1925. Ref: Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle (10 Jan. 1925) p.9 Waterfall (St James & St Bartholomew) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1867. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.29 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.93-4
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Staffordshire
*Aldridge (St Mary) : John Watlen barrel organ installed 1807. Replaced by H.J. Prosser barrel organ, transferred to Canon Boston’s collection. Ref: Archaeological Journal (1943) p.66; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Boston (1959) p.116 Blithfield (St Leonard) : Barrel organ. Ref: Lichfield Mercury (25 Sep. 1891) p.6 Bradley in the Moors (St Leonard) : Barrel organ. Ref: A. Archibald Armstrong, ‘Notes on Archaeology in Provincial Museums’, Antiquary, 28 (Dec. 1893) p.254 Cauldron (St Mary & St Laurence) : Barrel organ. Ref: Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser (5 Dec. 1908) p.5 Clifton Campville (St Andrew) : Bevington barrel organ installed 1843. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Staffordshire Advertiser (29 Oct. 1853) p.1 Eccleshall (Holy Trinity) : William Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1810. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) pp.19-20 Ellenhall (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Sold 1861. Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1861) p.147 Goldenhill (Christ Church) : Barrel organ. Sold 1867. Ref: Staffordshire Advertiser (1 Jun. 1867) p.8 Hanbury (St Werburgh) : Barrel organ. Ref: Burton Observer & Chronicle (4 Dec. 1920) p.9 Ilam (Holy Cross) : T. Elliot barrel organ. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) p.24 Leigh (All Saints) : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Coventry Standard (20 Nov. 1846) p.3 *Longnor (St Bartholomew) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1852. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30; Ord-Hume (1978) p.152; ‘Alstonefield: Longnor’, in: A History of the County of Stafford: vol.7 (London, 1996) pp.41-9, BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol7/pp41-49 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] Salt (St James the Great) : Barrel organ. Ref: W.H. Quarrel, ‘Re: Barrel Organs in Churches’, Notes and Queries (1900) p.35 Shareshill (St Mary & St Luke) : Barrel organ. Ref: Gordon Anderson, ‘The Old Church Bands’, Antiquary, 10 (Jul. 1914) p.267 Smethwick (Old Church) : Barrel organ. Ref: 'Smethwick: Churches', in A History of the County of Stafford: vol.17 (London, 1976) pp.123-9. BHO http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol17/pp123-129 [accessed 4 Mar. 2022] Standon (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle (22 Apr. 1910) p. 2 Stonnall (St Peter) : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ. Barrel mechanism removed 1925. Ref: Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle (10 Jan. 1925) p.9 Waterfall (St James & St Bartholomew) : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1867. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.29 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.93-4