Biographical Dictionary of the Organ

Organ History
	Built by Thomas Schwarbrook
1789	Removed
Status
Destroyed
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

Organ History
1789	Built by Green
Status
Moved
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	22	22	1	T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-e3)
1.	Stopped Diapason
2.	Dulciana
3.	Principal
4.	Cornet
II. Great (Tracker GG-e3)
5.	Open Diapason I
6.	Open Diapason II
7.	Stopped Diapason
8.	Principal
9.	Twelfth
10.	Fifteenth
11.	Tierce
12.	Cornet
13.	Furniture
14.	Sesquialtera
15.	Trumpet
i	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Tracker G-e3)
16.	Open Diapason
17.	Stopped Diapason
18.	Dulciana
19.	Principal
20.	Cornet
21.	Trumpet
22.	Hautboy

Organ History
1860	Built by G. M. Holdich
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	51	53	6	T/P

I. Choir (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Dulciana	8'
2.	Stopped Diapason (bass)	8'
3.	Stopped Diapason (tenor)	8'
4.	Principal	4'
5.	Flute	4'
6.	Fifteenth	2'
7.	Cremona	8'
i	Great to Choir
ii	Swell to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-f3 54 notes)
8.	Sub-bass	16'
9.	Tenoroon	16'
10.	Open Diapason	8'
11.	Open Diapason	8'
12.	Open Diapason (bass)	8'
13.	Bell Gamba	8'
14.	Clarabella	8'
15.	Stopped Diapason	8'
16.	Octave	4'
17.	Gamba Octave	4'
18.	Waldflote	4'
19.	Super-quint	2 ²/₃'
20.	Super-octave	2'
21.	Tierce	1 ³/₅'
22.	Sesquialtera	1 ¹/₃'
23.	Doublette	2'
24.	Mixture
25.	Posaune	8'
26.	Clarion	8'
iii	Swell to Great
III. Swell (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
27.	Bourdon	16'
28.	Double Diapason	16'
29.	Open Diapason	8'
30.	Open Diapason (bass)	8'
31.	Keraulophon	8'
32.	Stopped Diapason	8'
33.	Principal	4'
34.	Fifteenth	2'
35.	Tierce	1 ³/₅'
36.	Sesquialtera	¹/₂'
37.	Mixture
38.	Cornopean (bass)	8'
39.	Cornopean (tenor)	8'
40.	Trumpet	8'
41.	Hautboy	8'
42.	Tromba	16'
43.	Clarion	4'
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-e 29 notes)
44.	Double Double Open Diapason	32'
45.	Double Open Diapason	16'
46.	Montre	16'
47.	Grand Bourdon	16'
48.	Octave	8'
49.	Super-octave	4'
50.	Sesquialtera
51.	Mixture
52.	Grand Trombone	16'
53.	Grand Trumpet	8'
iv	Pedals to Great
v	Pedals to Choir
vi	Pedals to Swell

Organ History
1884	Rebuilt by Hill
1908	Rebuilt by Hill
Status
Destroyed
Sources
The Musical Times 787

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	65	-	17	-

I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
1.	Lieblich Bourdon	16'
2.	Open Diapason	8'
3.	Dulciana	8'
4.	Viole Sourdine	8'
5.	Lieblich Gedackt	8'
6.	Principal	4'
7.	Wald Flöte	4'
8.	Piccolo	2'
9.	Corno di Bassetto	8'
i	Great to Choir
ii	Swell to Choir
iii	Solo to Choir
II. Great (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
10.	Double Open Diapason	16'
11.	Open Diapason I	8'
12.	Open Diapason II	8'
13.	Open Diapason III	8'
14.	Bell Gamba	8'
15.	Hohl Flöte	8'
16.	Stopped Diapason	8'
17.	Principal	4'
18.	Octave Gamba	4'
19.	Harmonic Flute	4'
20.	Twelfth	2 ²/₃'
21.	Fifteenth	2'
22.	Mixture	IV
23.	Sharp Mixture	II
24.	Double Trumpet	16'
25.	Trumpet	8'
26.	Clarion	8'
iv	Choir to Great
v	Swell to Great
vi	Solo to Great
III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-a3 58 notes)
27.	Bourdon	16'	Units [SW:BD]
28.	Open Diapason	8'
29.	Viole de Gamba	8'
30.	Voix Céleste	8'	(tenor c)
31.	Stopped Diapason	8'
32.	Principal	4'
33.	Celestina Flute	4'
34.	Fifteenth	2'
35.	Sesquialtera	III
36.	Mixture	II
37.	Contra Fagotto	16'
38.	Trumpet	8'
39.	Oboe	8'
40.	Cornopean	8'
41.	Clarion	4'
42.	Tremulant
vii	Swell Super- Octave
viii	Solo to Swell
IV. Solo ( CC-a3 58 notes)
Enclosed (Pneumatic)
43.	Harmonic Flute	8'
44.	Viole d’Orchestra	8'
45.	Concert Flute	4'
46.	Cor Anglais	16'
47.	Orchestral Oboe	8'
48.	Orchestral Clarinet	8'
49.	Vox Humana	8'
Unenclosed (Pneumatic)
50.	Tuba	8'
ix	Solo Super-Octave
x	Solo Unison Off
xi	Solo Sub-Octave
Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-f 30 notes)
51.	Double Open Diapason	32'
52.	Open Diapason I	16'
53.	Open Diapason II	16'
54.	Violone	16'
55.	Bourdon	16'
56.	Echo Bourdon	16'	Units [SW:BD]
57.	Principal	8'
58.	Bass Flute	8'
59.	Fifteenth	4'
60.	Mixture	IV
61.	Contra Posaune	32'
62.	Trombone	16'
63.	Trumpet	8'
xii	Great to Pedal
xiii	Choir to Pedal
xiv	Swell to Pedal
xv	Solo to Pedal

Unit	Division	Rank	Footage	Pipes	I. Choir	II. Great	III. Swell	IV. Solo	Pedal
SW:BD	Swell	Bourdon	16				16		16

List of Organists
	Lamb
c1618-c1638	Michael Este (1580-1648)
1638-41	Henry Hinde (-1641)
1662-88	William Lamb (-1688)
1662-88	Lamb
1688-	William Lamb
-1749	George Lamb (-1749)
1749-60	John Alcock (1715-1806)
1766-1807	William Brown (1737-1807)
1807-64	Samuel Spofforth (1780-1864)
1864-81	Thomas Bedsmore (1833-1881)
1881-1924	John B. Lott (1852-1924)
1925-59	Ambrose Porter (1885-1970)
1959-78	Richard Greening
1968-74	Peter Noyce
1978-91	Jonathan Rees-Williams (1949-)
1991	Mark Shepherd
1992-2002	Andrew Lumsden (1962-)
2002-10	Philip Scriven
2008-	Martyn Rawles
2010-	Ben Lamb

List of Assistant Organists
	William Grainger
1849-64	Thomas Bedsmore (1833-1881)
1854	Franklin Taylor (1843-1919)
1865-66	James C. Culwick (1845-1907)
1885-88	Donald Wallace Lott (1868-1947)
1886-91	William Granger (1870-)
1890-97	C. Charlton Palmer (1871-1944)
	Percival J. Illsley (1866-1924)
-1895	Herman Brearley (1876-1940)
1902-09	H. Rose (1863-1955)
1909-11	Thomas Milton Sowell
1911-19	W. H. Harris (1883-1973)
1919-24	Montague Spinney (1887-1974)
1927-47	Edgar Morgan
1928-30	J. Durham Holl (1905-)
	Andrew Petticrew (1910-)
1950-52	P. W. Read
1952-55	Paul H. Matthews
1955-59	David Cox
1959	J. W. Sharwood
-1960	Norman William N. Frayling (1894-)
1960-67	Robert Green
1978-86	Peter King
1986-94	Mark Shepherd
1994-2002	Robert Sharpe
2002-07	Alexander Mason
2007-	Cathy Lamb

List of Organ Scholars
	Nigel Potts
	David Leigh

List of Other Organists
2014-15	Sachin Gunga

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