© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Staffordshire
*Aldridge : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: Lichfield Mercury (25 Sep. 1891) p.6
Bradley in the Moors : Barrel organ
Ref: A. Archibald Armstrong, ‘Notes on Archaeology in Provincial Museums’, Antiquary, 28 (Dec. 1893) p.254
Cauldron : Barrel organ.
Ref: Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser (5 Dec. 1908) p.5
Clifton Campville : Bevington barrel organ installed 1843.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Staffordshire Advertiser (29 Oct. 1853) p.1
Eccleshall : 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 : Barrel organ. Sold 1861.
Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1861) p.147
Goldenhill : Barrel organ. Sold 1867.
Ref: Staffordshire Advertiser (1 Jun. 1867) p.8
Hanbury : Barrel organ.
Ref: Burton Observer & Chronicle (4 Dec. 1920) p.9
Ilam : T. Elliot barrel organ.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) p.24
Leigh : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Coventry Standard (20 Nov. 1846) p.3
*Longnor : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: W.H. Quarrel, ‘Re: Barrel Organs in Churches’, Notes and Queries (1900) p.35
Shareshill : Barrel organ.
Ref: Gordon Anderson, ‘The Old Church Bands’, Antiquary, 10 (Jul. 1914) p.267
Smethwick : 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 Bridge : Barrel organ.
Ref: Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle (22 Apr. 1910) p. 2
Stonnall : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ. Barrel mechanism removed 1925.
Ref: Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle (10 Jan. 1925) p.9
Waterfall : 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 : 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 : Barrel organ.
Ref: Lichfield Mercury (25 Sep. 1891) p.6
Bradley in the Moors : Barrel organ
Ref: A. Archibald Armstrong, ‘Notes on Archaeology in
Provincial Museums’, Antiquary, 28 (Dec. 1893) p.254
Cauldron : Barrel organ. Ref: Tower Hamlets Independent and
East End Local Advertiser (5 Dec. 1908) p.5
Clifton Campville : Bevington barrel organ installed 1843.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Staffordshire Advertiser (29 Oct.
1853) p.1
Eccleshall : 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 : Barrel organ. Sold 1861.
Ref: Musical Times (1 Dec. 1861) p.147
Goldenhill : Barrel organ. Sold 1867.
Ref: Staffordshire Advertiser (1 Jun. 1867) p.8
Hanbury : Barrel organ.
Ref: Burton Observer & Chronicle (4 Dec. 1920) p.9
Ilam : T. Elliot barrel organ. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s
Travels: Part VI’, The Organ, vol.LIII no.210 (1973-74) p.24
Leigh : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1840.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Coventry Standard (20 Nov.
1846) p.3
*Longnor : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: W.H. Quarrel, ‘Re: Barrel Organs in
Churches’, Notes and Queries (1900) p.35
Shareshill : Barrel organ. Ref: Gordon Anderson, ‘The Old
Church Bands’, Antiquary, 10 (Jul. 1914) p.267
Smethwick : 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 Bridge : Barrel organ.
Ref: Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle (22 Apr. 1910) p. 2
Stonnall : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ. Barrel
mechanism removed 1925.
Ref: Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle (10 Jan.
1925) p.9
Waterfall : 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
