© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Sussex
Canon K.H. MacDermott lived in this county and discovered many church barrel organs.
*Albourne
(St Bartholomew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: K.H. MacDermott,
Sussex Church Music in the Past
(Chichester, 1922) p.91; K.H.
MacDermott,
The Old Church Gallery Minstrels
(London, 1948) p.69
*Angmering
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ installed 1852. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.69;
Worthing Herald
(20 Sep. 1946) p.8; Stephen J. Weston, ‘Choir-Band Instrumentation: Two County Surveys’,
The Galpin Society Journal
, LII (1999) pp.305-13
Battle
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1845. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Lambeth Archives, IV/35
Theobald Papers: Rev. William Simmonds, Dean of Battle, and Thomas Croft, Theobald's cousin
*Berwick
(St Michael & All Angels)
:
Clockwork barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.52; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 69; Allan Phillip,
‘An Old Sussex Barrel Organ’,
Musical Times
(Nov. 1953) p.517; Christopher Wenlock, ‘Old Barrel-organs in Sussex Churches’,
Sussex County
Magazine
(Jan. 1955) pp. 8-11
*Bexhill
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ installed 1811. Ref: Wenlock (1955)
*Bishopstone
(Sussex) (St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69
Bognor Regis
(Bognor Chapel)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel organ installed 1821.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part III’,
The Organ
, vol.LII no.207 (1972-73) p.103
*Boxgrove
(St Mary & St Blaise)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69
Brightling
(St Thomas Becket)
:
Alexander Buckingham barrel organ, sent to New Zealand 1829.
Now in
Whanganui Regional Museum, 1898.156
. Replaced by another barrel organ during 1820s. See
Surviving instruments
*Brighton
(All Souls)
:
Bevington & Son barrel organ installed c.1835.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); John Sawyer,
The Churches of Brighton
, vol. 3 (London, 1882) pp.190-1
*Buxted
(St Margaret the Queen)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Chiddingly
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Crowhurst
(St George)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69
Cuckfield
(Holy Trinity)
:
Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed 1839. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Weston (1999);
West Sussex
Organists' Association,
A Millenium Survey of the Pipe Organs of West Sussex
(Chichester, 2000)
p.90
*East Grinstead
(St Swithun)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1825. Ref: W. Sussex Record Office (WSRO), Par/348/4/36 papers in
connection with purchase of barrel organ (1825); Michael Poffley,
The Organ
(Aug. 1998) pp.137-40;
Millenium Survey
, p.102
*Eastbourne
(St Mary)
:
John Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1833. Part-exchanged for finger organ 1854.
Ref: Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.111;
Sussex Advertiser
(26 Sep. 1854) p.2;
Eastbourne Chronicle
(24 Apr. 1915) p.2 & (10 Aug. 1929)
p.5 & (6 Feb. 1932) p.3; MacDermott (1948) p.69
*Eastergate
(St George)
:
Barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; ‘Eastergate’, in:
A History of the County of Sussex: vol.5 Part 1
(London, 1997)
pp.148-60, BHO
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/pp148-160
*Falmer
(St Laurence)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Fernhurst
(St Margaret of Antioch)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69
*Ferring
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Fittleworth
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70;
stmarysfittleworth.co.uk/our-church/
*Funtingdon
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999)
*Guestling
(St Lawrence)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Hartfield
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1826 (NOT 1726).
Ref: E. Sussex Record Office (ESRO), AMS6062/1/1 George Jenner Notes & Recollections of Alterations & Changes in Hartfield;
MacDermott (1922) p.52; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Kilbey (2019)
*Henfield
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Horsted Keynes
(St Giles)
:
Barrel organ.
Hurstpierpoint
(St Lawrence)
:
Wright of Brighton barrel organ installed 1838. Ref:
Sussex Express
(20 Jul. 1928) p.13
*Ifield
(St Margaret of Antioch)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Jevington
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ installed 1830.
Ref:
Warrington Guardian
(15 Apr. 1865) p.7; MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70;
The Choir
(May 1958)
*Laughton
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Mid Sussex Times
(5 Mar. 1907) p.8
Lewes
(All Saints)
:
Joseph Walker dumb organist installed 1829.
Ref:
Sussex Advertiser
(9 Feb. 1829) p.3
Merrow
(St John)
:
Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref:
Bevington & Sons
(1847);
West Sussex Gazette
(18 Sep. 1930) p.4
Northiam
(St Mary)
:
Clementi & Co. barrel organ installed 1813.
Ref: ESRO, FRE/235 list of tunes played by the Northiam organ (1807-14); Weston (1999)
*Oving
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ installed 1834. Sold 1881.
Ref:
The British Magazine
(1834) p.236;
Bognor Regis Observer (
13 Jul. 1904) p.5; MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Pagham
(St Thomas Becket)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Parham
(St Peter)
:
Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1825. Transferred to Parham House.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92;
Eastbourne Chronicle
(15 Sep. 1923) p.3; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70; Allan Phillip, ‘An Old Sussex
Barrel Organ’,
Musical Times
(Nov. 1953) p.517; Wenlock (1955)
Patching
(St John the Divine)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Lakes Herald
(12 Jun. 1908) p.7; ‘Patching’, in:
A History of the County of Sussex: vol.6 Part 1
(London, 1980) pp.185-92, BHO
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp185-192
*Piddinghoe
(St John)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.51 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70;
Country Life
(14 Oct. 1949) p.1150;
Phillip (1953); Wenlock (1955); Ord-Hume (1978) plate 31
Playden
(St Michael)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
South Eastern Advertiser
(5 Sept. 1914) p.4
*Pulborough
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
Ringmer
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Sold 1866. Ref:
Musical Times
(1 Nov. 1866) p.396
Robertsbridge
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Country Life
(30 Sep. 1922) p. 418
*Rogate
(St Bartholomew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Staffordshire Sentinel
(31 Aug. 1907) p.5; MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott
(1948); Phillip
(1953); Wenlock (1955); Stanley Godman,
Sussex County Magazine
(1955) pp.99-100
*Rotherfield
(St Denys)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
Rudgwick
(Holy Trinity)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Millenium Survey
, p.224
*Rye
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel organ. Part-exchanged 1846. Ref: William Holloway,
The History and Antiquities of the Ancient
Town and Port of Rye
(1847) p.514; MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999)
*Salehurst
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Bevington & Son barrel organ installed 1836. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); ESRO, PAR477/4/2/1 Draft
subscription list for a new barrel organ (1835); MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Sedlescombe
(St John the Baptist)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Sussex County Magazine
(Mar. 1955) p.150
*Sennicotts
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p. 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Shipley
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Singleton
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.50 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.40 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Weston (1999)
Slinfold
(St Peter)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1868. Ref:
Musical Times
(1 Feb. 1868) p.278
South Bersted
(St Mary Magdalene)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ.
Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part III’,
The Organ
, vol.LII no.207 (1972-73) p.103;
Musical Opinion
(Nov. 1895), p. 85;
MacDermott (1922) p.91;
Bognor Regis Observer
(17 Jan. 1942) p.5; MacDermott (1948) p.69
South Harting
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Godman
(1955)
Southover
(St John the Baptist)
:
Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1829.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70; Richard Graves, ‘All of a Sing-Song,’
Musical Times
(Aug. 1992) p.424
*Stanmer
(Parish Church)
:
William Pilc her barrel & finger organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70
*Steyning
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel & finger organ installed 1820. Barrel mechanism removed 1853.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Stopham
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Storrington
(St Mary)
:
John Watlen barrel organ installed 1813.
Ref: WSRO, Par/188/4/6 Subscription list for the purchase of a barrel-organ (1811-13)
*Tangmere
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Thakeham
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
Tillington
(All Hallows)
:
Gray & Davison organ & dumb organist installed 1865. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 8A (1865) p.279
*Twineham
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
*Udimore
(St Mary)
:
Bryceson barrel organ. Transferred to Winchelsea Museum. Sold to private collection. Ref:
Hastings and St Leonards
Observer
(7 May 1870) p.3 & (19 Aug. 1939) p.2;
Framlingham Weekly News
(14 May 1938) p.2;
West Sussex Gazette
(24 Mar. 1938) p.4 & (30
Mar. 1939) p.5;
The Times
(28 Mar. 1938); MacDermott (1948) p.70; Phillip (1953); Wenlock (1955); Boston (1959) p.122
*Wadhurst
(St Peter & St Paul)
:
William Pilcher barrel & finger organ. Sold 1858.
Ref:
Sussex Advertiser
(18 May 1858) p.4; MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Wannock
(Parish Church)
:
Clockwork barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70
*Warbleton
(St Mary)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed 1836. Destroyed by flying bomb 1940s.
Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1836) p.125; MacDermott (1922) p.92; K.H. MacDermott (1948) p.70; Wenlock (1955)
Warnham
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
West Sussex Gazette
(24 Apr. 1913) p.12
West Firle
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*West Grinstead
(St George)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999)
West Hoathly
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Hampshire Advertiser
(10 Feb. 1940) p.4
*Willingdon
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999)
*Winchelsea
(St Thomas)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.95-7
© Maggie Kilbey 2025
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Sussex
Canon K.H. MacDermott lived in this county and
discovered many church barrel organs.
*Albourne
(St Bartholomew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: K.H.
MacDermott,
Sussex Church Music in the Past
(Chichester,
1922) p.91; K.H. MacDermott,
The Old Church Gallery
Minstrels
(London, 1948) p.69
*Angmering
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ installed 1852.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948)
p.69;
Worthing Herald
(20 Sep. 1946) p.8; Stephen J. Weston,
‘Choir-Band Instrumentation: Two County Surveys’,
The
Galpin Society Journal
, LII (1999) pp.305-13
Battle
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Bevington & Sons barrel organ
installed c.1845. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Lambeth
Archives, IV/35 Theobald Papers: Rev. William Simmonds,
Dean of Battle, and Thomas Croft, Theobald's cousin
*Berwick
(St Michael & All Angels)
:
Clockwork barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.52; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 &
69; Allan Phillip, ‘An Old Sussex Barrel Organ’,
Musical Times
(Nov. 1953) p.517; Christopher Wenlock, ‘Old Barrel-organs
in Sussex Churches’,
Sussex County Magazine
(Jan. 1955) pp.
8-11
*Bexhill
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ installed 1811.
Ref: Wenlock (1955)
*Bishopstone
(Sussex) (St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69
Bognor Regis
(Bognor Chapel)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel organ
installed 1821. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part
III’,
The Organ
, vol.LII no.207 (1972-73) p.103
*Boxgrove
(St Mary & St Blaise)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69
Brightling
(St Thomas Becket)
:
Alexander Buckingham
barrel organ, sent to New Zealand 1829.
Now in
Whanganui Regional Museum, 1898.156
.
Replaced by another barrel organ during 1820s.
See
Surviving instruments
*Brighton
(All Souls)
:
Bevington & Son barrel organ
installed c.1835. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); John
Sawyer,
The Churches of Brighton
, vol. 3 (London, 1882)
pp.190-1
*Buxted
(St Margaret the Queen)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Chiddingly
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Crowhurst
(St George)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69
Cuckfield
(Holy Trinity)
:
Bevington & Sons barrel organ
installed 1839. Ref: Bevington & Sons (c.1841); Weston
(1999);
West Sussex Organists' Association,
A Millenium
Survey of the Pipe Organs of West Sussex
(Chichester, 2000)
p.90
*East Grinstead
(St Swithun)
:
Flight & Robson barrel organ
installed 1825. Ref: W. Sussex Record Office (WSRO),
Par/348/4/36 papers in connection with purchase of barrel
organ (1825); Michael Poffley,
The Organ
(Aug. 1998) pp.137-
40;
Millenium Survey
, p.102
*Eastbourne
(St Mary)
:
John Gray barrel & finger organ
installed 1833. Part-exchanged for finger organ 1854.
Ref: Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) p.111;
Sussex Advertiser
(26 Sep. 1854) p.2;
Eastbourne Chronicle
(24 Apr. 1915) p.2 &
(10 Aug. 1929) p.5 & (6 Feb. 1932) p.3; MacDermott (1948)
p.69
*Eastergate
(St George)
:
Barrel organ installed 1840.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69;
‘Eastergate’, in:
A History of the County of Sussex: vol.5 Part 1
(London, 1997) pp.148-60,
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/pp148-160
*Falmer
(St Laurence)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Fernhurst
(St Margaret of Antioch)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69
*Ferring
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999)
*Fittleworth
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70;
stmarysfittleworth.co.uk/our-church/
*Funtingdon
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H. Bryceson barrel
organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948)
p.70; Weston (1999)
*Guestling
(St Lawrence)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Hartfield
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ
installed 1826 (NOT 1726).
Ref: E. Sussex Record Office (ESRO), AMS6062/1/1 George
Jenner Notes & Recollections of Alterations & Changes in
Hartfield; MacDermott (1922) p.52; MacDermott (1948)
pp.41 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Kilbey (2019)
*Henfield
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Horsted Keynes
(St Giles)
:
Barrel organ.
Hurstpierpoint
(St Lawrence)
:
Wright of Brighton barrel
organ installed 1838. Ref:
Sussex Express
(20 Jul. 1928) p.13
*Ifield
(St Margaret of Antioch)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Jevington
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ installed 1830.
Ref:
Warrington Guardian
(15 Apr. 1865) p.7; MacDermott
(1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70;
The Choir
(May 1958)
*Laughton
(All Saints)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref:
Mid Sussex Times
(5 Mar. 1907) p.8
Lewes
(All Saints)
:
Joseph Walker dumb organist installed
1829. Ref:
Sussex Advertiser
(9 Feb. 1829) p.3
Merrow
(St John)
:
Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840.
Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847);
West Sussex Gazette
(18 Sep.
1930) p.4
Northiam
(St Mary)
:
Clementi & Co. barrel organ installed
1813. Ref: ESRO, FRE/235 list of tunes played by the
Northiam organ (1807-14); Weston (1999)
*Oving
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ installed 1834. Sold 1881.
Ref:
The British Magazine
(1834) p.236;
Bognor Regis Observer
(
13 Jul. 1904) p.5; MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott
(1948) p.70
*Pagham
(St Thomas Becket)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Parham
(St Peter)
:
Joseph Walker barrel organ installed
1825. Transferred to Parham House.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92;
Eastbourne Chronicle
(15 Sep. 1923) p.3; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70; Allan
Phillip, ‘An Old Sussex Barrel Organ’,
Musical Times
(Nov.
1953) p.517; Wenlock (1955)
Patching
(St John the Divine)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Lakes
Herald
(12 Jun. 1908) p.7; ‘Patching’, in:
A History of the
County of Sussex: vol.6 Part 1
(London, 1980) pp.185-92, BHO
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp185-192
*Piddinghoe
(St John)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) pp.51 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70;
Country Life
(14
Oct. 1949) p.1150; Phillip (1953); Wenlock (1955); Ord-Hume
(1978) plate 31
Playden
(St Michael)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
South Eastern
Advertiser
(5 Sept. 1914) p.4
*Pulborough
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
Ringmer
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Sold 1866.
Ref:
Musical Times
(1 Nov. 1866) p.396
Robertsbridge
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Country Life
(30
Sep. 1922) p. 418
*Rogate
(St Bartholomew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Staffordshire
Sentinel
(31 Aug. 1907) p.5; MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92;
MacDermott (1948); Phillip
(1953); Wenlock (1955); Stanley
Godman,
Sussex County Magazine
(1955) pp.99-100
*Rotherfield
(St Denys)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
Rudgwick
(Holy Trinity)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Millenium
Survey
, p.224
*Rye
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H.C. Lincoln barrel organ. Part-
exchanged 1846. Ref: William Holloway,
The History and
Antiquities of the Ancient Town and Port of Rye
(1847) p.514;
MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70;
Weston (1999)
*Salehurst
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Bevington & Son barrel
organ installed 1836. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); ESRO,
PAR477/4/2/1 Draft subscription list for a new barrel organ
(1835); MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948)
p.70
*Sedlescombe
(St John the Baptist)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Sussex County Magazine
(Mar. 1955) p.150
*Sennicotts
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) p. 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Shipley
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Singleton
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.50 & 92; MacDermott (1948)
pp.40 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Weston (1999)
Slinfold
(St Peter)
:
H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1868.
Ref:
Musical Times
(1 Feb. 1868) p.278
South Bersted
(St Mary Magdalene)
:
H. Bryceson barrel
organ. Ref: L.S. Barnard, ‘Buckingham’s Travels: Part III’,
The
Organ
, vol.LII no.207 (1972-73) p.103;
Musical Opinion
(Nov.
1895), p. 85; MacDermott (1922) p.91;
Bognor Regis Observer
(17 Jan. 1942) p.5; MacDermott (1948) p.69
South Harting
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Godman
(1955)
Southover
(St John the Baptist)
:
Joseph Walker barrel
organ installed 1829. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70; Richard
Graves, ‘All of a Sing-Song,’
Musical Times
(Aug. 1992) p.424
*Stanmer
(Parish Church)
:
William Pilc her barrel & finger
organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott
(1948) pp.41 & 70
*Steyning
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel & finger organ installed
1820. Barrel mechanism removed 1853. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Stopham
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Storrington
(St Mary)
:
John Watlen barrel organ installed
1813. Ref: WSRO, Par/188/4/6 Subscription list for the
purchase of a barrel-organ (1811-13)
*Tangmere
(St Andrew)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Thakeham
(St Mary)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
Tillington
(All Hallows)
:
Gray & Davison organ & dumb
organist installed 1865. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 8A
(1865) p.279
*Twineham
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ.
*Udimore
(St Mary)
:
Bryceson barrel organ. Transferred to
Winchelsea Museum. Sold to private collection.
Ref:
Hastings and St Leonards Observer
(7 May 1870) p.3 &
(19 Aug. 1939) p.2;
Framlingham Weekly News
(14 May 1938)
p.2;
West Sussex Gazette
(24 Mar. 1938) p.4 & (30 Mar. 1939)
p.5;
The Times
(28 Mar. 1938); MacDermott (1948) p.70;
Phillip (1953); Wenlock (1955); Boston (1959) p.122
*Wadhurst
(St Peter & St Paul)
:
William Pilcher barrel &
finger organ. Sold 1858. Ref:
Sussex Advertiser
(18 May 1858)
p.4; MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*Wannock
(Parish Church)
:
Clockwork barrel organ.
Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948)
pp.41 & 70
*Warbleton
(St Mary)
:
John Gray barrel organ installed
1836. Destroyed by flying bomb 1940s. Ref: BOA, Gray &
Davison Ledger 1 (1836) p.125; MacDermott (1922) p.92;
K.H. MacDermott (1948) p.70; Wenlock (1955)
Warnham
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
West Sussex
Gazette
(24 Apr. 1913) p.12
West Firle
(St Peter)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922)
p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70
*West Grinstead
(St George)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston
(1999)
West Hoathly
(St Margaret)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
Hampshire
Advertiser
(10 Feb. 1940) p.4
*Willingdon
(St Mary the Virgin)
:
Barrel organ. Ref:
MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston
(1999)
*Winchelsea
(St Thomas)
:
Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott
(1948) p.70
*
Listed in
Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston,
Church and Chamber
Barrel Organs
, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970)
pp.95-7
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