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) 91; K.H. MacDermott, The Old Church Gallery Minstrels (London, 1948) 69 *Angmering (St Margaret) : Barrel organ installed 1852. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) 69; Worthing Herald (20 Sep. 1946) 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) 52; MacDermott (1948) 41 & 69; Allan Phillip, ‘An Old Sussex Barrel Organ’, Musical Times (Nov. 1953) 517; Christopher Wenlock, ‘Old Barrel- organs in Sussex Churches’, Sussex County Magazine (Jan. 1955) 8-11 *Bexhill (St Peter) : Barrel organ installed 1811. Ref: Wenlock (1955) *Bishopstone (Sussex) (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 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) 103 *Boxgrove (St Mary & St Blaise) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 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)190-1 *Buxted (St Margaret the Queen) : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Hastings and Bexhill Independent (17 Sept. 1908) 8; MacDermott (1948) 69; Weston (1999) *Chiddingly (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 69; Weston (1999) *Crowhurst (St George) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 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) 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) 137- 40; Millenium Survey, 102 *Eastbourne (St Mary) : John Gray barrel & finger organ installed 1833. Part-exchanged for finger organ 1854. Ref: Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1833) 111; Sussex Advertiser (26 Sep. 1854) 2; Eastbourne Chronicle (24 Apr. 1915) 2 & (10 Aug. 1929) 5 & (6 Feb. 1932) 3; MacDermott (1948) 69 *Eastergate (St George) : Barrel organ installed 1840. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 69; ‘Eastergate’, in: A History of the County of Sussex: vol.5 Part 1 (London, 1997) 148-60, www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/pp148-160 *Falmer (St Laurence) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 69; Weston (1999) *Fernhurst (St Margaret of Antioch) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 69 *Ferring (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) 69; Weston (1999) *Fittleworth (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 70; stmarysfittleworth.co.uk/our-church/ *Funtingdon (St Mary the Virgin) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 70; Weston (1999) *Guestling (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 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) 52; MacDermott (1948) 41 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Kilbey (2019) *Henfield (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Horsted Keynes (St Giles) : Barrel organ. Hurstpierpoint (St Lawrence) : Wright of Brighton barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: Sussex Express (20 Jul. 1928) 13 *Ifield (St Margaret of Antioch) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Jevington (St Andrew) : Barrel organ installed 1830. Ref: Warrington Guardian (15 Apr. 1865) 7; MacDermott (1922) 52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 41 & 70; The Choir (May 1958) *Laughton (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Mid Sussex Times (5 Mar. 1907) 8 Lewes (All Saints) : Joseph Walker dumb organist installed 1829. Ref: Sussex Advertiser (9 Feb. 1829) 3 Merrow (St John) : Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); West Sussex Gazette (18 Sep. 1930) 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) 5; MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Pagham (St Thomas Becket) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Parham (St Peter) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1825. Transferred to Parham House. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 2 & 92; Eastbourne Chronicle (15 Sep. 1923) 3; MacDermott (1948) 41 & 70; Allan Phillip, ‘An Old Sussex Barrel Organ’, Musical Times (Nov. 1953) 517; Wenlock (1955) Patching (St John the Divine) : Barrel organ. Ref: Lakes Herald (12 Jun. 1908) 7; ‘Patching’, in: A History of the County of Sussex: vol.6 Part 1 (London, 1980) 185-92, BHO www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp185-192 *Piddinghoe (St John) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 51 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Country Life (14 Oct. 1949) 1150; Phillip (1953); Wenlock (1955); Ord-Hume (1978) plate 31 Playden (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: South Eastern Advertiser (5 Sept. 1914) 4 *Pulborough (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 Ringmer (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Sold 1866. Ref: Musical Times (1 Nov. 1866) 396 Robertsbridge (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Country Life (30 Sep. 1922) 418 *Rogate (St Bartholomew) : Barrel organ. Ref: Staffordshire Sentinel (31 Aug. 1907) 5; MacDermott (1922) 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) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 Rudgwick (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. Ref: Millenium Survey, 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) 514; MacDermott (1922) 53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 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) 53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Sedlescombe (St John the Baptist) : Barrel organ. Ref: Sussex County Magazine (Mar. 1955) 150 *Sennicotts (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Shipley (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Singleton (St Mary the Virgin) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 50 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 40 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Weston (1999) Slinfold (St Peter) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1868. Ref: Musical Times (1 Feb. 1868) 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) 103; Musical Opinion (Nov. 1895) 85; MacDermott (1922) 91; Bognor Regis Observer (17 Jan. 1942) 5; MacDermott (1948) 69 South Harting (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) 70; Godman (1955) Southover (St John the Baptist) : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1829. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 70; Richard Graves, ‘All of a Sing-Song,’ Musical Times (Aug. 1992) 424 *Stanmer (Parish Church) : William Pilcher barrel & finger organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 41 & 70 *Steyning (St Andrew) : Barrel & finger organ installed 1820. Barrel mechanism removed 1853. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Stopham (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) 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) 70 *Thakeham (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) 70 Tillington (All Hallows) : Gray & Davison organ & dumb organist installed 1865. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 8A (1865) 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) 3 & (19 Aug. 1939) 2; Framlingham Weekly News (14 May 1938) 2; West Sussex Gazette (24 Mar. 1938) 4 & (30 Mar. 1939) 5; The Times (28 Mar. 1938); MacDermott (1948) 70; Phillip (1953); Wenlock (1955); Boston (1959) 122 *Wadhurst (St Peter & St Paul) : William Pilcher barrel & finger organ. Sold 1858. Ref: Sussex Advertiser (18 May 1858) 4; MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70 *Wannock (Parish Church) : Clockwork barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) 41 & 70 *Warbleton (St Mary) : John Gray barrel organ installed 1836. Destroyed by flying bomb 1940s. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 1 (1836) 125; MacDermott (1922) 92; K.H. MacDermott (1948) 70; Wenlock (1955) Warnham (St Margaret) : Barrel organ. Ref: West Sussex Gazette (24 Apr. 1913) 12 West Firle (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 70 *West Grinstead (St George) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 91; MacDermott (1948) 70; Weston (1999) West Hoathly (St Margaret) : Barrel organ. Ref: Hampshire Advertiser (10 Feb. 1940) 4 *Willingdon (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) 92; MacDermott (1948) 70; Weston (1999) *Winchelsea (St Thomas) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) 70 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) 95-7