Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Locations and Organs in Wales

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Locations and Organs in Wales

Aberdare

Aberdovey

Parish Church

Abergavenny

Abergele [16]
Abertillery

Aberystwyth

Amlwch

Calvanistic Methodist Church

Ammanford

Christian Temple Church

Bangor

Bangor-on-Dee

Parish Church

Barmouth

Barry

Beaumaris

Bedwellty [40]
Berriew

St. Beuno’s Parish Church

Bethesda

St. Anne’s

Bodfean

Parish Church

Brecon

Bridgend [11]
Brymbo

Brynford

Parish Church

Builth Wells

Parish Church

Caerphilly

Yonyfelin Welsh Baptist Church

Cardiff [27]
Carmarthen

Carnarvon

Chepstow

Chirk

Chirk Castle

Clydach-on-Tawe

Hebron Chapel

Coedpoeth

Zion Congregational Church

Colwyn Bay

Conway

Parish Church

Cymmer

Hebron Chapel

Denbigh

St. Mary’s (Denbigh Parish Church)

Dinas Powis

St. Andrew’s

Ebbw Vale

Beaufort Wesleyan Church

Ffestiniog

Parish Church

Flint

Garnant

New Bethel Chapel

Glan Conway

Residence of E. Blackburn

Glasbury-on-Wye

St. Peter’s

Gresford

Haverfordwest

Hawarden

St. Deniol’s

Hay-on-Wye

Baptist Church

Holyhead

St. Seiriol’s

Holywell

Llandilo

Parish Church

Llandudno

Llandyssul

Parish Church

Llanelly

Llanfairfechan

Llanfynydd (Flintshire)

Llangollen [11]
Llanrwst

Zion Chapel

Llanthewy

St. David’s (Parish Church)

Llanychan

Parish Church

Maesteg

Congregational Church

Merthyr Tydfil [11]
Milford Haven

Mold

St. Mary-the-Virgin’s (Mold Parish Church)

Monmouth

Parish Church

Morriston

Moss

Brake Wesleyan Church

Neath

Newport (Monmouthshire) [12]
Newtown

Northop

Parish Church

Ogmore Vale

Hermon Welsh Calvanistic Methodist Church

Pembroke [11]
Penarth

Trinity Wesleyan Church

Penmaenmawr

Congregational Church

Pontadawe

St. Peter’s (Parish Church)

Pontypool

Pontypridd

Portmadoc

Garth Chapel

Pwllheli

Rhondda

Rhos Llanerchrugog

Welsh Calvanistic Methodist Church

Rhyl

English Wesleyan Church

Ruabon

Parish Church

Ruthin

St. Peter’s Collegiate Church

Shotton

Parish Church

St. Asaph

Cathedral

St. David’s

Cathedral

Swansea [16]
Tal-y-bont

Bethel Church (Welsh Congregational)

Tenby

Towyn

Tredegar

Baptist Church

St. Francis-Xavier’s

Welshpool

Whitchurch (Glamorganshire)

Whitford [12]
Wrexham

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Names for Wales

James Aldous (1846-) (Organist)
G. W. Bates (1855-1906) (Died)
Elway Bevin (c1564-1638) (Born)
David S. Blott (1925-1998) (Died)
Aneurin Bodycombe (1899-1971) (Born)
John Boulcott (1826-1915) (Died)
Mervyn Burtch (1929-2015) (Born)
John Bye (1866-1942) (Born, Organist)
John Grey Clarke (1871-) (Organist)
Dr Harry Coy (c1859-1932) (Died)
Vernon Curtis (1899-1996) (Organist)
Rita Owen Davies-Evans (Born, Organist)
David Davies (Born)
Hazel Anne Davies (1937-) (Born)
David M. Davis (Lived)
George Dodds (1876-1946) (Died)
W. B. Ebrall (1880-1936) (Died)
John Leigh Edwards (1877-1947) (Born)
T. Brooke Edwards (1881-1956) (Organist)
Dr David Evans (1874-1948) (Born, Died)
Emlyn Evans (1843-1913) (Born)
George Marks Evans (1864-) (Born)
Phillip Richards Evans (Lived)
Lewis Gerard (1908-1995) (Born)
Gareth Glyn (1951-) (Born)
William Godden (Lived)
Gwynedd Emily Griffiths (1914-) (Born, Organist)
J. R. Griffiths (1857-) (Born)
J. Sebastian Heap (1879-1964) (Organ Scholar)
William Rhys Herbert (1868-1921) (Born)
John Archibald Hood (1872-c1952) (Born)
Daniel Howells (1893-) (Born, Organist)
Hugh Hughes (1876-1946) (Born)
J. P. Hughes (Lived)
H. Chisholm Jackson (1871-1947) (Died)
Robert Francis Jarman (1874-1947) (Died)
Cyril Jenkins (1885-1978) (Born, Organist)
Karl Jenkins (1944-) (Born)
David Rees Jones (1885-) (Born, Organist)
Ernest Jones (Lived, Organist)
Morgan Islwyn Jones (1912-) (Born)
Richard Elfyn Jones (1944-) (Born)
Robert Jones (1945-) (Born)
Steffan E. Jones (Lived)
Dr Huw Lewis (Born)
David Lloyd (1868-) (Born, Organist)
George L. Loam (c1865-1946) (Died, Organist)
George Ernest Longyear (1879-1960) (Organist)
P. Tottenham Lucas (1869-1950) (Born)
W. J. Maidment (1872-1952) (Born)
Dr Clifford Marshall (1890-1966) (Died)
Dr William Mathias (1934-1992) (Born, Died)
Henry Theophilus Monk (1831-1857) (Died)
Tali Esen Morgan (1858-1941) (Born)
Horace J. Morpuss (1873-1947) (Died)
E. Arthur Morris (1862-) (Organist)
Edward H. Morris (1879-) (Born, Organist)
E. Stanley Nicholas (1911-) (Born)
William Arthur Nicholas (Born)
Lewis John Owen (Born, Organist)
Frederick George Palmer (1878-1956) (Died, Organist)
J. Price (Lived)
Elin Rees (Lived)
Gwilym Reynolds (Lived)
H. C. Reynolds (c1876-1947) (Born)
W. Rhys-Herbert (1868-1921) (Born)
Philip ap Rhys (Lived)
Emlyn Roberts (1909-) (Born, Organist)
Robert Roberts (1840-1871) (Born)
Frank Richard Hayne Seaton (c1867-) (Organist)
Franklyn Shinn (1911-1997) (Born)
Wilfred Locksley Southwell (1900-1953) (Died)
I. H. Stammers (1860-1932) (Died)
Hilary Tann (1947-) (Born)
Timothy Taylor (1955-) (Born)
Lloyd Thomas (1901-) (Born)
George H. A. Turton (1891-1976) (Died)
James Walch (1837-1901) (Died)
Margaret Wegener (1920-) (Organist)
Walter Horatio Wilson (1839-1902) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Aberdare, Wales

E. T. Davies (1878-1969) (Died)
Wayne L. Davies (1975-) (Born)
W. H. Jones (1881-) (Born, Organist)
Lionel Langley (1899-1959) (Born)
Thomas John Morgan (1885-1950) (Born)
J. Arkite Phillips (1869-1949) (Born, Died, Organist)
William John Price (1912-) (Born, Organist)
Rhian Samuel (1944-) (Born)
Heber Trevor (1864-1935) (Died)
A. Watkins (1882-c1954) (Died, Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Abergavenny, Wales

Kate Boundy (c1865-1913) (Died)
Charles Clagget Caird (1832-1918) (Died)
Emily Annie Mary Carter (1904-) (Born, Organist)
Graham Elliott (1945-) (Born)
Albert Theodore Sangar (1879-) (Born)
S. Searle (1879-1944) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Aberystwyth, Wales

Charles Clements (1898-1983) (Born, Organist)
Dr Archibald Curtis (1888-1960) (Died)
W. H. Trenwith Davies (1880-1950) (Born)
Richard Samuel Hughes (1855-1893) (Born)
Thomas Llewellyn Jenkins (Organist)
J. Charles Mc Lean (1875-1952) (Organist)
J. G. Mountford (1846-1921) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Bangor, Wales

H. J. Batho (1883-1947) (Born)
Hugh G. Brereton (1873-1914) (Born, Died)
Marsh Sanders Goodall (1876-1938) (Organist)
George Guest (1924-2002) (Born)
Edward John Hughes (1888-1967) (Died)
Griff Jones (Born)
A. Landergan (1841-1927) (Organist)
James Sharpe Pring (1811-1868) (Born, Died)
Olwen Rowlands (1877-) (Born, Organist)
John Williams (1891-) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Barry, Wales

Edwin Charles High (1900-) (Born, Organist)
Dr Ernest James Rendall (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Beaumaris, Wales

Frederick Bawden (1879-1947) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Brecon, Wales

Ernest William Baker (1876-1938) (Organist)
Thomas Davies (1853-1922) (Born)
R. de la Haye (1878-1953) (Born)
Rees Thomas Heins (1853-1942) (Organist)
Colin A. C. Ross (1911-1993) (Born)
A. Watkins (1882-c1954) (Born)
Hadley Watkins (1862-1935) (Born, Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Brymbo, Wales

E. J. Cunnah (1876-1957) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Carnarvon, Wales

A. Ivor Evans (1878-) (Organist)
Henry Hayden (1773-1848) (Died)
Edward John Hughes (1888-1967) (Organist)
T. O. Hughes (1884-) (Organist)
R. Eivion Jones (1881-) (Organist)
W. Bradwen Jones (1892-1970) (Born)
John Henry Roberts (1848-1924) (Organist)
Thomas Osborne Roberts (1879-1948) (Organist)
Henry J. Vaughan (1839-1918) (Lived)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Chepstow, Wales

Alfred Gilbert (1828-1902) (Lived)
W. T. Goold (1859-1926) (Organist)
C. St E. Johns (1896-1963) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Colwyn Bay, Wales

Frank Carr Brydon (1882-1967) (Died)
Dr Oliver Edwards (1902-1979) (Organist)
Thomas J. Linekar (1858-1918) (Died, Organist)
P. W. Mathers (1864-1916) (Died)
Frederick J. Swan (1892-) (Organist)
Walter Graham Willmore (1849-1933) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Conway, Wales

W. H. Trenwith Davies (1880-1950) (Died)
A. Ivor Evans (1878-) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Denbigh, Wales

Harry Bellamy (c1883-1952) (Died)
J. Bellamy (1839-1919) (Died)
Casson & Co (Organ builder)
Casson’s Patent Organ Co (Organ builder)
Dr Ernest Prichard (1887-1945) (Born)
Leonard Pugh (1929-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Flint, Wales

William Price Hartwell-Jones (1871-1913) (Born)
Frank Haverfield (1865-1942) (Born)
Thomas D. Huxley (1876-1951) (Died, Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Holywell, Wales

J. Atcherley Hebson (1880-1945) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Llandudno, Wales

Herbert Bigwood (1895-1980) (Died)
William Arthur Llewelyn Evans (1893-c1978) (Born, Organist)
William Hayden (1838-1890) (Organist)
Frank Ellison Jones (1884-1963) (Organist)
Llewelyn Jones (1870-) (Born)
Ernest Newton (1860-1929) (Born)
John Sutton Owen (1918-) (Born)
Thomas Osborne Roberts (1879-1948) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Llandyssul, Wales

Edward Morgan (1895-) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Llanfairfechan, Wales

G. F. Grundy (1842-1910) (Died)
Anne Ellen Humphreys (1881-1948) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Mold, Wales

A. Ivor Evans (1878-) (Deputy Organist)
William J. Kempton (1843-1904) (Organist)
T. Henry Lloyd (1867-) (Born)
Albert Edwin Price (1897-) (Born)
Robert Thomas Pugh (1873-1933) (Assistant Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Pontypool, Wales

Emmanuel Barson (1876-1940) (Died)
Gwilym J. Bevan (1925-) (Born)
Edward Stanley Jones (1881-) (Born)
Alfred J. Thompson (1889-c1972) (Organist)
Huw Watkins (1976-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Pwllheli, Wales

W. Shelmerdine (c1822-1893) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Rhondda, Wales

Paul Burnell (1960-) (Born)
Dr T. D. Edwards (1875-1930) (Organist)
Thomas Llewellyn Jenkins (Organist)
Thomas James Williams (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Rhyl, Wales

W. H. Adams (1820-1914) (Died)
Ditton Newman (1843-1883) (Organist)
Bryan E. Warhurst (1870-1939) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Ruabon, Wales

Owain T. Edwards (1940-) (Born)
Clifford Lloyd-Williams (1902-) (Born)
Dr Caradog Roberts (1878-1935) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Ruthin, Wales

R. W. Davies (1861-1927) (Died)
A. W. Hinton-Jones (1873-1922) (Organist)
Thomas Munden (c1795-1871) (Died)
Francis Egerton Smith (1846-1925) (Died)
Eleanor Dennison Wort (1886-1971) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for St. Asaph, Wales

Frederick Boydell (1876-c1948) (Died)
Horace St. John Haselden (1868-c1928) (Died)
H. S. Hayden (1805-1860) (Born)
Thomas Hughes (-1693) (Born)
Robert Thomas Pugh (1873-1933) (Born)
R. Meyrick Roberts (1865-1934) (Born)
Harry Berkeley Score (1862-1937) (Died)
C. Sydney Vinning (Lived)
Bryan E. Warhurst (1870-1939) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for St. David’s, Wales

John Tomkins (c1586-1638) (Born)
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Tenby, Wales

Charles H. G. Mottram (1880-1968) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Welshpool, Wales

Dr Henry Heber Livingstone Middleton (1871-c1937) (Born)
Dr Maldwyn Price (1890-1952) (Born, Died, Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Whitchurch (Glamorganshire), Wales

Dr Robert Smith (1922-1998) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Wrexham, Wales

Ernest Glascott Archer (1904-1963) (Died)
Tom Carrington (1881-) (Born)
E. Morgan Cartwright (1884-) (Born)
E. J. Cunnah (1876-1957) (Died)
Dr Oliver Edwards (1902-1979) (Born)
Agnew C. Hogg (1902-1973) (Died, Organist)
Arwel Hughes (1909-1988) (Born)
Sarah Ann Hughes (1878-) (Organist)
J. Owen Jones (1876-1962) (Died)
Christopher Maxim (1971-) (Born)
David Penri-Evans (1956-) (Born)
John Charles Powell (1886-c1950) (Died)
Henry W. Radford (1861-1931) (Organist)
William E. Raymond (1881-1954) (Died)
D. E. Roberts (1883-) (Born)
Thomas Osborne Roberts (1879-1948) (Died)
J. Thomas (Organist)
Vincent Thomas (1872-1940) (Born)
Thomas Valentine (c1791-1878) (Born)
Dr Walter Williams (c1872-1950) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)