© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2026
St Peter, West Tytherley (Hampshire)
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
Barrel organ. Engraved on keyframe: ‘H. BRYCESON, 5 Tottenham Court, New Road, LONDON.’ An advertisement and directions for
operating the organ pasted inside the doorflap at the rear of the case are headed: ‘H. BRYCESON, ORGAN BUILDER, No. 5, TOTTENHAM
COURT, NEW ROAD, LONDON.’ The church was consecrated in 1833 and the organ given the following year – brass plate on case: ‘This
Organ was presented to West Tytherley Church by The Honourable B. Bouverie. A.D. 1834.’
The organ is operated from the rear and blown by the crank handle. The oak Gothic case has two flats of gold painted dummy pipes (9-9).
Stop list: Stopped Diapason, Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth.
Restored in 1987 by Richard Godfrey of Farley Wardenry. Tunes recorded in 1997.
Three yellow carriage-mounted barrels x 10 tunes. The first tune on barrel 3 has been repinned.
References: Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); The Times (9 Jan. 1988); Turner (2002); NPOR, K00794.
BARREL 2
YELLOW
Tune
Metre
BARREL 1
YELLOW
Tune
Metre
BARREL 3
YELLOW
Tune
Metre
© Maggie Kilbey & Marcel Glover 2026
Barrel Organs in English Parish Churches
St Peter, West Tytherley (Hampshire)
Barrel organ. Engraved on keyframe: ‘H.
BRYCESON, 5 Tottenham Court, New
Road, LONDON.’ An advertisement and
directions for operating the organ
pasted inside the doorflap at the rear of
the case are headed: ‘H. BRYCESON,
ORGAN BUILDER, No. 5, TOTTENHAM
COURT, NEW ROAD, LONDON.’ The
church was consecrated in 1833 and the
organ given the following year – brass
plate on case: ‘This Organ was
presented to West Tytherley Church by
The Honourable B. Bouverie. A.D. 1834.’
The organ is operated from the rear and blown by the crank handle.
The oak Gothic case has two flats of gold painted dummy pipes (9-9).
Stop list: Stopped Diapason, Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth.
Restored in 1987 by Richard Godfrey of Farley Wardenry. Tunes
recorded in 1997.
Three yellow carriage-mounted barrels x 10 tunes. The first tune on
barrel 3 has been repinned.
References: Boston (1959); Boston & Langwill (1967); The Times
(9 Jan. 1988); Turner (2002); NPOR, K00794.
BARREL 1
YELLOW
Tune
Metre
BARREL 2
YELLOW
Tune
Metre
BARREL 3
YELLOW
Tune
Metre