© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Yorkshire (East Riding)
Yorkshire (North Riding)
Yorkshire (West Riding)
Atwick (St Lawrence) : Forster & Andrews improved barrel organ installed 1856. Sold 1860. Ref: Hull Packet (9 Mar. 1860) p.4; Yorkshire Gazette (10 Mar 1860) p.7; Ecclesiastical Gazette (13 Mar 1860); Elvin (1976) p.26 Bainton (St Andrew) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1844. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1844) p.16; Musical Times (1 Nov. 1899) p.737 Bilton-in-Holderness (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (25 Sep. 1929) p.6 Blacktoft (Holy Trinity) : See Surviving instruments *Brandesburton (St Mary) : Forster & Andrews dumb organist installed 1857. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 Bridlington (Old Priory Church) : Postill of York barrel & finger organ installed 1834. Barrel mechanism removed 1838. Transferred to private collection 1893. Ref: Musical Times (1 Nov. 1899) p.737 *Burstwick (All Saints) : Barrel organ transferred from Everton (Beds.) 1852. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162; (13 Mar. 1875) p.175; Bedfordshire Magazine, vol.3 no. 19 (Winter 1951/2) p.103; Elvin (1976) p.30 *Garton-in-Holderness (St Michael) : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1846. Transferred to York Castle Museum, YORCM : DA6377. Ref: Boston (1959) p.124 *Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (All Saints) : John Hunton of York barrel & finger organ installed 1852. Ref: York Herald (25 Sep. 1852) p.7; Hull Daily Mail (23 Apr. 1909) p.8; Bradford Observer (31 May 1950) p.4 *Hunmanby (All Saints) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Elvin (1976) p.22 Kilnwick Percy (St Helen) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1849. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1849) p.34 North Cave (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Witney Gazette and West Oxfordshire Advertiser (23 Dec. 1899) p.3 North Frodingham (St Elgin) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ installed 1855. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1855) p.289 *Rimswell (St Mary) : Barrel organ transferred from Ramsey (Isle of Man) 1852. *Rudston (All Saints) : Robson & Son barrel & finger organ transferred from Lydlinch (Dorset) 1850. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.23 Sigglesthorne (St Lawrence) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1848. Ref: The Hull Packet & East Riding Times (31 Mar. 1848); Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette (31 Mar 1848) p. 4 Sproatley (St Swithun) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.21
Coxwold (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: J.B. Jefferson, The History of Thirsk (Thirsk, 1821), p.101; Reuben Percy, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction, XII (London, 1828) p.120 *Crayke (St Cuthbert) : Barrel organ. *Fylingdales (St Stephen) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Hawes (St Margaret) : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1852. Ref: Leeds Intelligencer (24 Jul. 1852) p.5 Helmsley (All Saints) : C.S. Dunscombe barrel organ. Transferred to Helmsley Castle. Destroyed c.1930. Ref: NPOR, D00376 Kirkby Knowle (St Wilfrid) : Barrel and finger organ. Ref: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (26 Aug. 1876) p.3 Kirkby Ravensworth (St Peter & St Felix) : Barrel organ. Sold 1863. Ref: Richmond & Ripon Chronicle (29 Aug. 1863) p.2 *Lastingham (St Mary) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1857. Part-exchanged for finger organ 1879. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 Malton (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ. Ref: Leeds Mercury (10 Apr 1912) p. 3 *Marske (St Edmund) : Barrel organ. Masham (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Samuel Smiles, Self-Help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (London, 1859) p.129; Bradford Observer (19 Apr. 1866) p.5; Sutcliffe Smith, A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire (Leeds, 1928) p.108; Turner (1999) p.66 *Northallerton (All Saints) : J.C. Bishop improved barrel organ. Ref: Nottingham Journal (29 Jan 1924) p.4; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Boston (1959) p.122; Elvin (1976) p.20; Ord-Hume (1978) p.83 *Ouse Bridge (St John) : Barrel organ installed 1847. Riccall (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Selby Times (30 June 1882) p.4 Scalby (St Laurence) : Barrel organ. Ref: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service, PE134/2 Register of baptisms and burials Sheriff Hutton (St Helen & the Holy Cross) : Barrel organ. Ref: George W. Todd, Castellum Huttonicum: Some Account of Sheriff Hutton Castle (1824) p.44 Skelton (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Hargrove, A Brief Description of Public Interest in the County of York (1843) p.111 *Stokesley (St Peter & St Paul) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: A SELECTION OF PSALMS & HYMNS, AS SET ON THE ORGAN, IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF STOKESLEY ... (STOKESLEY: W. Pratt, 1824) Sutton-on-the-Forest (All Hallows) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1809. Ref: A Selection of PSALMS & HYMNS as Set on the ORGAN, In the Parish Church of Sutton on the Forest IN YORKSHIRE. Made by Flight & Robson, St Martins Lane (London, 1809) *Thirkleby : NOT AN ORGAN: Joseph Bell barrel & finger harmonium installed 1852. Ref: York Herald (2 Oct. 1852) p.6 Thirsk (St Mary) : Muir, Wood & Co., Edinburgh, barrel & finger organ installed 1813. Ref: J.B. Jefferson, The History of Thirsk (Thirsk, 1821), p.62; Transactions of the Architectural and Archaelogical Society of Durham and Northumberland, 2 (1875) p.lxiii; Bulmer's Directory of 1890 transcribed here: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Thirsk/Thirsk90 Wensley (Holy Trinity) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle (15 Sep. 1894) p.5 *York (St Michael le Belfry) : Thomas Haxby barrel organ installed 1782. Ref: Temperley (1979); Turner (1999) p.65
*Adlingfleet (All Saints) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1857. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 *Aldborough (St Andrew) : Forster & Andrews improved barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22 Aston (All Saints) : Thomas Haxby barrel organ installed 1782. Ref: Richard Warner, Literary Recollections (London 1830) p.309; Mary E. Lane, The Story of the Church of All Saints, Aston, in the Diocese of Sheffield (1950) Bolton Percy (All Saints) : Brindley & Foster barrel & finger organ. Ref: NPOR, N07869 *Dent, now Cumbria (St Andrew) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 *Farnham (St Oswald) : Elliot & Hill barrel organ. Transferred to Mechanical Music Museum Chichester (since closed). Ref: J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, Letter, Notes and Queries, X (22 Apr. 1922) p.316; Country Life (16 Sep. 1965) p.700 Gateforth (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Transferred to Leeds Museum. Ref: Bradford Observer (31 May 1950) p.4; The Parish Church of Saint Mary Hambleton – Centenary 1882-1982 Hanging Heaton (St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Leeds Intelligencer (25 Oct. 1851) p. 6 *Hatfield (St Lawrence) : Forster & Andrews dumb organist installed 1849. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.23 *Hook (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ transferred from Staunton (Notts.) 1854. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30 Knaresborough (St John the Baptist) : Elliot & Hill barrel organ installed 1831. Ref: BOA, Elliot & Hill Account Book 1 (1831) p.23 Long Preston (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ installed 1804. Ref: NPOR, N07869 Neepsend (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Sheffield Daily Telegraph (29 Jun. 1903) p.7 Rossington (St Michael) : J. & W. Holt barrel & finger organ. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (23 Dec. 1853) p.2 *Roundhay (St John the Evangelist) : Barrel organ. Sedburgh, now Cumbria (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, E00625 *Skipton (Christ Church) : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ installed 1839. Sold 1874. Ref: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (21 Mar. 1874) p.3 Snaith (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ. Ref: York Herald (31 Jul. 1841) p.2 *Sykehouse (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. *Thorne (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ installed 1804. Ref: The Histories and Antiquities of Thorne (1829) p.47 Tickhill (St Mary) : Ohrman of York barrel organ. Ref: Doncaster Gazette (1831); J.T.F., Letter, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) p.353 & (20 May 1922) p.398 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.99-101
© Maggie Kilbey 2024
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Yorkshire (East Riding)
Yorkshire (North Riding)
Yorkshire (West Riding)
Atwick (St Lawrence) : Forster & Andrews improved barrel organ installed 1856. Sold 1860. Ref: Hull Packet (9 Mar. 1860) p.4; Yorkshire Gazette (10 Mar 1860) p.7; Ecclesiastical Gazette (13 Mar 1860); Elvin (1976) p.26 Bainton (St Andrew) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1844. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 2 (1844) p.16; Musical Times (1 Nov. 1899) p.737 Bilton-in-Holderness (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (25 Sep. 1929) p.6 Blacktoft (Holy Trinity) : See Surviving instruments *Brandesburton (St Mary) : Forster & Andrews dumb organist installed 1857. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 Bridlington (Old Priory Church) : Postill of York barrel & finger organ installed 1834. Barrel mechanism removed 1838. Transferred to private collection 1893. Ref: Musical Times (1 Nov. 1899) p.737 *Burstwick (All Saints) : Barrel organ transferred from Everton (Beds.) 1852. Ref: Church Bells (6 Mar. 1875) p.162; (13 Mar. 1875) p.175; Bedfordshire Magazine, vol.3 no. 19 (Winter 1951/2) p.103; Elvin (1976) p.30 *Garton-in-Holderness (St Michael) : H. Bryceson barrel organ installed 1846. Transferred to York Castle Museum, YORCM : DA6377. Ref: Boston (1959) p.124 *Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (All Saints) : John Hunton of York barrel & finger organ installed 1852. Ref: York Herald (25 Sep. 1852) p.7; Hull Daily Mail (23 Apr. 1909) p.8; Bradford Observer (31 May 1950) p.4 *Hunmanby (All Saints) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1846. Elvin (1976) p.22 Kilnwick Percy (St Helen) : Gray & Davison barrel & finger organ installed 1849. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 3 (1849) p.34 North Cave (All Saints) : Barrel organ. Ref: Witney Gazette and West Oxfordshire Advertiser (23 Dec. 1899) p.3 North Frodingham (St Elgin) : H.C. Lincoln barrel organ installed 1855. Ref: BOA, Gray & Davison Ledger 5 (1855) p.289 *Rimswell (St Mary) : Barrel organ transferred from Ramsey (Isle of Man) 1852. *Rudston (All Saints) : Robson & Son barrel & finger organ transferred from Lydlinch (Dorset) 1850. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.23 Sigglesthorne (St Lawrence) : H. Bryceson barrel organ. Sold 1848. Ref: The Hull Packet & East Riding Times (31 Mar. 1848); Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette (31 Mar 1848) p. 4 Sproatley (St Swithun) : Gray & Davison barrel organ installed 1841. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.21
Coxwold (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: J.B. Jefferson, The History of Thirsk (Thirsk, 1821), p.101; Reuben Percy, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction, XII (London, 1828) p.120 *Crayke (St Cuthbert) : Barrel organ. *Fylingdales (St Stephen) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Hawes (St Margaret) : G.M. Holdich barrel & finger organ installed 1852. Ref: Leeds Intelligencer (24 Jul. 1852) p.5 Helmsley (All Saints) : C.S. Dunscombe barrel organ. Transferred to Helmsley Castle. Destroyed c.1930. Ref: NPOR, D00376 Kirkby Knowle (St Wilfrid) : Barrel and finger organ. Ref: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (26 Aug. 1876) p.3 Kirkby Ravensworth (St Peter & St Felix) : Barrel organ. Sold 1863. Ref: Richmond & Ripon Chronicle (29 Aug. 1863) p.2 *Lastingham (St Mary) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1857. Part-exchanged for finger organ 1879. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 Malton (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ. Ref: Leeds Mercury (10 Apr 1912) p. 3 *Marske (St Edmund) : Barrel organ. Masham (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ. Ref: Samuel Smiles, Self-Help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (London, 1859) p.129; Bradford Observer (19 Apr. 1866) p.5; Sutcliffe Smith, A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire (Leeds, 1928) p.108; Turner (1999) p.66 *Northallerton (All Saints) : J.C. Bishop improved barrel organ. Ref: Nottingham Journal (29 Jan 1924) p.4; MacDermott (1948) p.70; Boston (1959) p.122; Elvin (1976) p.20; Ord-Hume (1978) p.83 *Ouse Bridge (St John) : Barrel organ installed 1847. Riccall (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Ref: Selby Times (30 June 1882) p.4 Scalby (St Laurence) : Barrel organ. Ref: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service, PE134/2 Register of baptisms and burials Sheriff Hutton (St Helen & the Holy Cross) : Barrel organ. Ref: George W. Todd, Castellum Huttonicum: Some Account of Sheriff Hutton Castle (1824) p.44 Skelton (St Peter) : Barrel organ. Ref: Hargrove, A Brief Description of Public Interest in the County of York (1843) p.111 *Stokesley (St Peter & St Paul) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1824. Ref: A SELECTION OF PSALMS & HYMNS, AS SET ON THE ORGAN, IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF STOKESLEY ... (STOKESLEY: W. Pratt, 1824) Sutton-on-the-Forest (All Hallows) : Flight & Robson barrel organ installed 1809. Ref: A Selection of PSALMS & HYMNS as Set on the ORGAN, In the Parish Church of Sutton on the Forest IN YORKSHIRE. Made by Flight & Robson, St Martins Lane (London, 1809) *Thirkleby : NOT AN ORGAN: Joseph Bell barrel & finger harmonium installed 1852. Ref: York Herald (2 Oct. 1852) p.6 Thirsk (St Mary) : Muir, Wood & Co., Edinburgh, barrel & finger organ installed 1813. Ref: J.B. Jefferson, The History of Thirsk (Thirsk, 1821), p.62; Transactions of the Architectural and Archaelogical Society of Durham and Northumberland, 2 (1875) p.lxiii; Bulmer's Directory of 1890 transcribed here: https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Thirsk/Thirsk90 Wensley (Holy Trinity) : Now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Barrel organ. Ref: Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle (15 Sep. 1894) p.5 *York (St Michael le Belfry) : Thomas Haxby barrel organ installed 1782. Ref: Temperley (1979); Turner (1999) p.65
*Adlingfleet (All Saints) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1857. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 *Aldborough (St Andrew) : Forster & Andrews improved barrel organ installed 1846. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.22 Aston (All Saints) : Thomas Haxby barrel organ installed 1782. Ref: Richard Warner, Literary Recollections (London 1830) p.309; Mary E. Lane, The Story of the Church of All Saints, Aston, in the Diocese of Sheffield (1950) Bolton Percy (All Saints) : Brindley & Foster barrel & finger organ. Ref: NPOR, N07869 *Dent, now Cumbria (St Andrew) : Forster & Andrews barrel & finger organ installed 1854. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.26 *Farnham (St Oswald) : Elliot & Hill barrel organ. Transferred to Mechanical Music Museum Chichester (since closed). Ref: J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, Letter, Notes and Queries, X (22 Apr. 1922) p.316; Country Life (16 Sep. 1965) p.700 Gateforth (St Mary) : Barrel organ. Transferred to Leeds Museum. Ref: Bradford Observer (31 May 1950) p.4; The Parish Church of Saint Mary Hambleton – Centenary 1882-1982 Hanging Heaton (St Paul) : Barrel organ. Ref: Leeds Intelligencer (25 Oct. 1851) p. 6 *Hatfield (St Lawrence) : Forster & Andrews dumb organist installed 1849. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.23 *Hook (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ transferred from Staunton (Notts.) 1854. Ref: Elvin (1976) p.30 Knaresborough (St John the Baptist) : Elliot & Hill barrel organ installed 1831. Ref: BOA, Elliot & Hill Account Book 1 (1831) p.23 Long Preston (St Mary the Virgin) : Barrel organ installed 1804. Ref: NPOR, N07869 Neepsend (St Michael) : Barrel organ. Ref: Sheffield Daily Telegraph (29 Jun. 1903) p.7 Rossington (St Michael) : J. & W. Holt barrel & finger organ. Ref: Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal (23 Dec. 1853) p.2 *Roundhay (St John the Evangelist) : Barrel organ. Sedburgh, now Cumbria (St Andrew) : Barrel organ. Ref: NPOR, E00625 *Skipton (Christ Church) : H.C. Lincoln barrel & finger organ installed 1839. Sold 1874. Ref: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (21 Mar. 1874) p.3 Snaith (St Lawrence) : Barrel organ. Ref: York Herald (31 Jul. 1841) p.2 *Sykehouse (Holy Trinity) : Barrel organ. *Thorne (St Nicholas) : Barrel organ installed 1804. Ref: The Histories and Antiquities of Thorne (1829) p.47 Tickhill (St Mary) : Ohrman of York barrel organ. Ref: Doncaster Gazette (1831); J.T.F., Letter, Notes and Queries, X (6 May 1922) p.353 & (20 May 1922) p.398 * Listed in Lyndesay G. Langwill & Noel Boston, Church and Chamber Barrel Organs, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1970) pp.99-101