Warwickshire

Bentley : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ 1847. Ref: BOA, 22471 *Compton Wynyates : H. Bryceson barrel organ transferred from Long Compton 1910. Ref: W.H. Hutton, Highways & byways in Shakespeare's Country (1914), p.15; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Boston (1959) pp.99 & 122 Curdworth : Barrel organ. Ref: Penny Post (Oct. 1875); Tamworth Herald (16 Oct. 1875) p. 4 & (18 Dec. 1909) p.2 Launcelot Mitchell, Rector of Curdworth, collected many barrel organs, later transferred to the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Ref: Evening Despatch (11 Aug. 1939) p.4; Boston (1959) pp.99 & 122 Great Alne : T.C. Bates barrel organ. Transferred to the Liddell collection, Birmingham Museum & Art Art Gallery. Ref: Boston (1959) pp.99 & 122; The Music Box vol.7 no.3 (Autumn 1964) p.6; Ord-Hume (1978) plate 29 *Hampton-in-Arden : Barrel organ installed 1838. Ref: Aris's Birmingham Gazette (27 Aug. 1838) p.3; J.C. Adams, Hampton-in-Arden (1951) *Hillmorton : J.C. Bishop barrel & finger organ installed 1829. Barrel mechanism removed 1923. Ref: Rugby Advertiser (3 Aug. 1923) p.2; Kelly's Directory (1940) p.250; Boston (1959) p.122; Coventry Evening Standard (18 Aug. 1969) p.9; Laurence Elvin, Bishop and Son Organ Builders: the Story of J.C. Bishop and his Successors (Lincoln, 1984) p.101 *Idlicote : Barrel organ. Ref: Coventry Evening Telegraph (25 Mar. 1960) p.11 *Kineton : Barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. *Long Compton : H. Bryceson barrel organ transferred to Compton Wynyates 1910. Ref: Henry Taunt, The Rollright Stones (1889), p.47; Witney Gazette & West Oxfordshire Advertiser (27 Jul. 1901) p.5 Maxstoke : Barrel organ. Transferred to private collection. Ref: Boston (1959) p.122 Meriden : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1827. Ref: Warwickshire County Record Office (WCRO), DR261/68/1-10 Purchase of New Organ (1827) Moreton Morrell : Barrel organ. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875), p.162; (13 Mar. 1875), p.175; ‘Parishes: Moreton Morrell’, in: A History of the County of Warwick: vol.5 (London, 1949) pp.118-122. BHO http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol5/pp118-122 [accessed 5 Mar. 2022] Nether Whitacre : Barrel organ. Sold 1868. Ref: Aris's Birmingham Gazette (28 Mar. 1868) p.3 Northfield : Barrel organ. Ref: Thomas T. Harman, Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham: A History & Guide (Birmingham, 1885) Offchurch : Bevington & Sons barrel organ installed c.1845. Sold 1863. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Musical Times (1 Mar. 1863) p.18 *Old Bilton : Barrel organ. Over Whitacre : Gray & Davison improved barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1846) p.277 Pailton : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1855. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger Pillerton Hersey : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Converted to finger organ. Ref: NPOR, N05889 Polesworth : Bevington barrel organ. Ref: Bevington & Sons (1847); Midland Counties Tribune (3 Nov. 1933) p.1 *Radford Semele : Barrel organ. Ref: T.B.D. Horniblow, Rural Romance. Quaint Tales of Old Warwickshire (Leamington Spa, 1923) Shirley : Joseph Walker barrel organ installed 1849. Sold 1862. Ref: WCRO, DRB83/1 Register of baptisms, notes about erection of barrel organ (1849); Birmingham Daily Gazette (19 Jun. 1862) p.1 Shustoke : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1847. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 4 (1847) p.291 *Weethley : Barrel organ. John E.T. Clark, Musical Boxes (London, 1961) p.163 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) p.97