Liddington

All Saints, Liddington (Wiltshire)

Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches

Tabletop barrel organ. The two original tunelists inside the case are headed: ‘SACRED BARREL ORGAN No. 2189 … Manufactured by T.C. BATES, 6, Ludgate Hill, London’. A brass plate reads: This barrel organ, which was presented to the Parish Church of Liddington by the Rev. Prebendary C. May in 1846, and subsequently sold, was purchased and replaced in the church in 1891. The organ stands at the west end of the north aisle. It is operated from the rear and blown by the crank handle. The mahogany Gothic case has two panels of gold painted dummy pipes backed with red cloth. Restored in 1967 by Freddy Hill. Tunes recorded in 1997. Two carriage-mounted barrels x 10 tunes, corresponding with the original tunelists.

References: Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle (7 Nov. 1891) p.5; North Wilts Herald (23 Sep. 1927) p.8; Boston & Langwill (1967); NPOR, D00773.

BARREL 1 RED

Tune

Metre

1.1

Morning Hymn [Barthélémon]

1.2

Rockingham

1.3

Yarmouth [Carey’s]

1.4

Bedford

1.5

St David

1.6

York

1.7

Windsor

1.8

Manchester

1.9

Galway

1.10

Hanover

104th

BARREL 2 GREEN

Tune

Metre

2.1

Evening Hymn

2.2

Old 100th

2.3

Birmingham

2.4

Brunswick

2.5

St James

2.6

Oxford [New]

2.7

New York

2.8

St Mary

2.9

Mount Ephraim

2.10

Luther’s Hymn

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Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches

All Saints, Liddington (Wiltshire)

References: Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle (7 Nov. 1891) p.5; North Wilts Herald (23 Sep. 1927) p.8; Boston & Langwill (1967); NPOR, D00773.