Sussex

Canon K.H. MacDermott lived in this county and discovered many church barrel organs. *Albourne : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Barrel organ installed 1811. Ref: Wenlock (1955) *Bishopstone (Sussex) : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69 Bognor Regis : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69 Brightling : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999) *Chiddingly : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999) *Crowhurst : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.69 Cuckfield : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/pp148-160 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] *Falmer : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999) *Fernhurst : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.69 *Ferring : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.69; Weston (1999) *Fittleworth : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Funtingdon : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999) *Guestling : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Hartfield : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Horsted Keynes : Barrel organ. *Ifield : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Jevington : 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 : Barrel organ. Lewes : Joseph Walker dumb organist installed 1829. Ref: Sussex Advertiser (9 Feb. 1829) p.3 Merrow : Bevington barrel organ installed c.1840. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); West Sussex Gazette (18 Sep. 1930) p.4 Northiam : Clementi & Co. barrel organ installed 1813. Ref: ESRO, FRE/235 list of tunes played by the Northiam organ (1807-14); Weston (1999) *Oving : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Parham : 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 : 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 http://www.british- history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt1/pp185-192 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] *Piddinghoe : 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 *Pulborough : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 Ringmer : Barrel organ. Sold 1866. Ref: Musical Times (1 Nov. 1866) p.396 Robertsbridge : Barrel organ. Ref: Country Life (30 Sep. 1922) p. 418 *Rogate : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 Rudgwick : Barrel organ. Ref: Millenium Survey, p.224 *Rye : 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 : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: Sussex County Magazine (Mar. 1955) p.150 *Sennicotts : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p. 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Shipley : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Singleton : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.50 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.40 & 70; Wenlock (1955); Weston (1999) Slinfold : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1868. Ref: Musical Times (1 Feb. 1868) p.278 South Bersted : 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 : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Godman (1955) Southover : 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 : William Pilcher barrel & finger organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70 *Steyning : Barrel & finger organ installed 1820. Barrel mechanism removed 1853. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.52 & 92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Stopham : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Storrington : John Watlen barrel organ installed 1813. Ref: WSRO, Par/188/4/6 Subscription list for the purchase of a barrel-organ (1811-13) *Tangmere : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Thakeham : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 Tillington : Gray & Davison organ & dumb organist installed 1865. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 8A (1865) p.279 *Twineham : Barrel organ. *Udimore : 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 : William Pilcher barrel & finger organ. Sold 1858. Ref: Sussex Advertiser (18 May 1858) p.4; MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *Wannock : Clockwork barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) pp.53 & 92; MacDermott (1948) pp.41 & 70 *Warbleton : 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) West Firle : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70 *West Grinstead : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.91; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999) West Hoathly : Barrel organ. Ref: Hampshire Advertiser (10 Feb. 1940) p.4 *Willingdon : Barrel organ. Ref: MacDermott (1922) p.92; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Weston (1999) *Winchelsea : 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