© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2026
Holy Trinity, Norton-juxta-Twycross (Leicestershire)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
c.1815 barrel organ by James Butler of London, an apprentice to George Pike England. Installed in Norton in 1841. Oak gothic case.
Restored in 1980-1 by John Burns of Nuneaton.
Three barrels x 10 tunes.
[There are no links to recordings of this organ.]
References: Leicester Journal (26 Nov. 1841) 3; Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); Hinckley Times (24 Jun. 1993) 15;
nortonjuxtatwycross.co.uk/norton-church-history/
BARREL 1
Tune
Metre
1.1
Old 100th
1.2
Hanover
1.3
[unknown]
1.4
Mount Ephraim
1.5
St Luke
1.6
[unknown]
1.7
[unknown]
1.8
Montgomery
1.9
[unknown]
1.10
Devizes
BARREL 2
Tune
Metre
1.1
St Peters
1.2
Warwick
1.3
Richmond
1.4
St Anne
1.5
Luther’s Hymn
1.6
St James
1.7
New York
1.8
[unknown]
1.9
[unknown]
1.10
Evening Hymn
BARREL 3
Tune
Metre
3.1
[unknown]
3.2
[unknown]
3.3
[unknown]
3.4
Double chant: Dupuis
3.5
Double chant: Robinson
3.6
Double chant: Mornington
3.7
[unknown]
3.8
[unknown]
3.9
[unknown]
3.10
[unknown]
© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Holy Trinity, Norton-juxta-Twycross
(Leicestershire)
c.1815 barrel organ by James Butler of London, an apprentice to
George Pike England. Installed in Norton in 1841. Oak gothic case.
Restored in 1980-1 by John Burns of Nuneaton.
Three barrels x 10 tunes.
[There are no links to recordings of this organ.]
References: Leicester Journal (26 Nov. 1841) 3; Boston (1959);
Boston & Langwill (1967); Hinckley Times (24 Jun. 1993) 15;
nortonjuxtatwycross.co.uk/norton-church-history/
BARREL 1
Tune
Metre
1.1
Old 100th
1.2
Hanover
1.3
[unknown]
1.4
Mount Ephraim
1.5
St Luke
1.6
[unknown]
1.7
[unknown]
1.8
Montgomery
1.9
[unknown]
1.10
Devizes
BARREL 2
Tune
Metre
1.1
St Peters
1.2
Warwick
1.3
Richmond
1.4
St Anne
1.5
Luther’s Hymn
1.6
St James
1.7
New York
1.8
[unknown]
1.9
[unknown]
1.10
Evening Hymn
BARREL 3
Tune
Metre
3.1
[unknown]
3.2
[unknown]
3.3
[unknown]
3.4
Double chant: Dupuis
3.5
Double chant: Robinson
3.6
Double chant: Mornington
3.7
[unknown]
3.8
[unknown]
3.9
[unknown]
3.10
[unknown]