Suffolk

*Ampton : Barrel organ. Ref: Percy A. Scholes, ‘Barrel Organs in Church’, Radio Times (2 Mar. 1934) p.620 Boxted : Barrel organ. Ref: Suffolk and Essex Free Press (23 Jun. 1886) p.5; Bury Free Press (26 Jun. 1886) p.8 Burgh : Barrel organ. Ref: Westminster Gazette (30 Apr. 1898) p.2 *Buxhall : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Bury Free Press (19 May 1928) p.5 Coddenham : William Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1817. Removed 1896. Ref: D. Allen, ‘The Vanished Barrel Organ of Coddenham Church’, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology (1996) pp.442-54; Turner (1999) pp.66-70; Turner (2002) p.36 *Dalham : Barrel organ installed 1833. Converted to finger organ 1860. Ref: NPOR, D00564 *Denham : J.W. Walker barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Dennington : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: Edmund Farrer, ‘The Dunthorne MSS.’, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, XX Part 2 (1929) p.166 Earl Soham : Barrel organ. Ref: The Ipswich Journal (9 Oct. 1869) p.8 Fornham All Saints : Barrel organ. Sold 1892. Ref: East Anglian Daily Times (1 Nov. 1892), p.6 Great Cornard : Barrel organ. Ref: Bury and Norwich Post (9 Sep. 1862) p.7 *Great Glemham : Flight & Son barrel & finger organ. Barrel mechanism removed. Ref: NPOR, D00067 *Great Waldingfield : J.W. Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1855. Transferred to Sutton (Northants.) 1888. Ref: NPOR, N13355 Halesworth : J.W. Walker barrel organ. Ref: Ipswich Journal (23 Apr. 1853) *Hartest : Flight & Robson barrel organ transferred to Phoenix Brewery, Sudbury 1923. Ref: Suffolk and Essex Free Press (14 Jul. 1920) p.6 *Henley : Barrel organ installed 1848. *Hoxne : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1836. Converted to finger organ 1867. Ref: NPOR, D00247 Hundon : Barrel organ. Ref: Musical News (23 Oct. 1897), p. 365 Kelsale : Barrel organ. Ref: George Irving-Davies, ‘Kelsale Church’, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, VIII Part 1(1892) p.37 *Knodishall : Barrel organ. Ref: J.S. Curwen, Studies in Church Music (1888) p.184; Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895) p.85 Leiston : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1849. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1849) p.181 Little Bealings : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1868. Ref: The Halesworth Times and East Suffolk Advertiser (17 Mar. 1868) p.4; The Ipswich Journal (21 Mar. 1868) p.5 *Little Cornard : Dumb organist. Put on a bonfire 1985. John Budgen, ‘Experiences with Barrel Organs’, BIOS Reporter (Apr. 1997) *Monks Eleigh : Barrel organ installed 1836. *Needham Market : Barrel organ. Ref: Edward T. Lingwood, ‘Notes on Needham Market Church’, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, XVII Part 2 (1920) p.135 Old Felixstowe : Barrel organ. Ref: Felixstowe Times (21 Apr. 1928) p.7 Old Newton : Barrel organ installed 1838. Converted to finger organ 1871. Ref: NPOR, A01043 Otley : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1871. Ref: The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express (8 Jul. 1871) p.11 Oulton : Gray & Son barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1840) p.138 Polstead : Barrel organ. Ref: Samuel Lewis, A topographical dictionary of England, 4th edn., III (London, 1865) p.522 *Poslingford : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1870. Ref: Suffolk and Essex Free Press (14 Jul. 1920) p.6 Shelland : See Surviving instruments Shotley : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Ref: Framlingham Weekly News (3 Oct. 1874) p.4 Snape : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Ref: NPOR, A01006 *South Elmham : Barrel organ. Ref: Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, XX Part 1 (1928) p.106 Sternfield : Barrel organ installed 1866. Ref: Pearson's Weekly (5 May 1900) p.18 Stradbroke : Barrel & finger organ. Sold 1871. Ref: Norfolk Chronicle (4 Feb. 1871) p.4 Stradishall : Barrel organ. Sold 1872. Ref: Bury Free Press (7 Sep. 1872) p.4 Stutton : Barrel organ installed 1832. Ref: Harold Mills West, Suffolk Villages (2002) Toxford : Barrel organ. Ref: Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895), p. 85 Walsham-le-Willows : Joseph Walker barrel & finger organ installed 1842. Ref: The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express (16 Jul. 1842) p.4 Winston : Barrel organ. Ref: Suffolk and Essex Free Press (24 Aug. 1898) p.1 Wissington : See Surviving instruments Wortham : Benjamin Flight barrel organ transferred from Diss (Norfolk) 1844. Ref: NPOR, K00428 *Yoxford : Barrel organ. Ref: J.S. Curwen, Studies in Church Music (1888) p.184; Henry Parr, ‘Yoxford Church’, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, VIII Part 1(1892) p.37 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.94