Essex Organs
THE ORGAN FROM SEVERALL’S HOSPITAL CHAPEL
We’ve come across an article describing the move of the above organ from its former home in Colchester to France. In the address box at the top of the page you’ll find, at the right hand end, a translation button. Press this and the article will appear in English. Finally, here’s a link to the NPOR entry.
On this page you can find details of churches and organs throughout the county. If you wish to contribute any information, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Father Willis organ of St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Tawney
The 1873 Father Willis organ of St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Tawney. The organ has two manuals with pedals, and was awarded a Grade I Historic Organ Certificate in 2013.
List of Essex Organs
| Location | Dedication | Organ | Church Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abberton | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Abbess Roding | St Edmund | Keyboard | Church Website |
| Abridge | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Aldham | St Margaret & St Catherine | Specification | Church Website |
| Alphamstone | St Barnabas | Specification | Church Website |
| Alresford | St Andrew | No organ | Church Website |
| Althorne | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Ardleigh | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Arkesden | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Ashdon | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Asheldham | St Lawrence | No organ | Church redundant |
| Ashen | St Augustine of Canterbury | Harmonium | Church Website |
| Ashingdon | St Andrew | Reed organ | Church Website |
| Aveley | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Aythorpe Roding | St Mary the Virgin | Reed organ | Church Website |
| Bardfield Saling | St Peter and Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Barling Magna | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Barnston | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Basildon | St Andrew and Holy Cross | Specification | Church Website |
| Beauchamp Roding | St Botolph | Electric organ | Church Website |
| Beaumont cum Moze | St Leonard and St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Belchamp Otten | St Ethelbert and All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Belchamp St Paul | St Paul and St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Belchamp Walter | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Berden | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Berechurch | St Margaret with St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Berners Roding | All Saints | No organ | Church redundant |
| Billericay | Christ Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Billericay | St Mary Magdalen | Specification | Church Website |
| Billericay | United Reformed Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Billericay | Methodist Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Birch | St Peter | No organ | Church redundant |
| Birchanger | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Birdbrook | St Augustine | Specification | Church Website |
| Black Notley | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Blackmore | St Laurence | Specification | Church Website |
| Blackmore | Baptist Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Blackmore End | St Mary | No organ | Church redundant |
| Bobbingworth | St Germain | Specification | Church Website |
| Bocking | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Bocking | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Boreham | St Andrews | Specification | Church Website |
| Bowers Gifford | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Boxted | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Bradfield | St Lawrence | Specification | Church Website |
| Bradwell on Sea | St Peter on the Wall | Specification | Church Website |
| Braintree | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Brentwood | Cathedral of St Mary and St Helen | Specification | Church Website |
| Brentwood | St George the Martyr | Electronic organ | Church Website |
| Brentwood | St Thomas of Canterbury | Specification | Church Website |
| Brightlingsea | All Saints with St James | Specification | Church Website |
| Broomfield | St Mary with St Leonard | Specification | Church Website |
| Broxted | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Buckhurst Hill | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Bulphan | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Bulmer | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Bush End | St John the Evangelist | Specification | Church Website |
| Buttsbury | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Canewdon | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Castle Hedingham | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Castle Hedingham Chapel | United Reformed Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Chadwell | St Mary | No organ | Church Website |
| Chappel | St Barnabas | Specification | Church Website |
| Chappel | United Reformed Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Chelmsford | Cathedral of St Mary, St Peter and St Cedd | Specification | Church Website |
| Chelmsford | St John | Specification | Church Website |
| Chelmsford | Christ Church URC | Specification | Church Website |
| Chignal St James | St Mary | No organ | Church Website |
| Chigwell | St Mark | Specification | No website |
| Chipping Ongar | St Martin | Specification | Church Website |
| Chrishall | St John the Baptist | Specification | No website |
| Clacton | St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Clacton | Christ Church URC | Specification | No website |
| Clacton | Our Lady of Light and St Osyth | Specification | Church Website |
| Clavering | St Mary and St Clement | No organ | Church Website |
| Coggeshall | St Peter ad Vincula | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Coggeshall | St Nicholas | No organ | Church Website |
| Cold Norton | St Stephen | Reed organ | Church Website |
| Colne Engaine | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Copford | St Michael and All Angels | Specification | Church Website |
| Corringham | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Creeksea | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Cressing | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | All Saints with St Cedd | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | St Botolph | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | St Helen’s Chapel | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | St James the Great | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | St Martin | Specification | No website |
| Colchester | St Mary at the Walls | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Colchester | Moot Hall | Specification | Church Website |
| Danbury | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Debden | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Dedham | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Dengie | St James | Specification | Church Website |
| Doddinghurst | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Dovercourt | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Downham | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Duddenhoe End | The Hamlet Church | No organ | Church Website |
| Earls Colne | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| East Donyland | St Lawrence | No details | Church Website |
| East Hanningfield | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| East Horndon | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| East Mersea | St Edmund | Specification | Church Website |
| East Tilbury | St Catherine | No details | Church Website |
| Easthorpe | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Elmdon | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Elmstead | St Anne and St Laurence | Specification | Church Website |
| Epping | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Epping Upland | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Elsenham | St Mary the Virgin | No details | Church Website |
| Fairstead | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Farnham | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Faulkbourne | St Germanus | Specification | Church Website |
| Feering | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Felsted | Holy Cross | Specification | Church Website |
| Felsted School Chapel | No dedication | Specification | Church Website |
| Finchingfield | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Fingringhoe | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Fobbing | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Ford End | St John the Evangelist | Specification | Church Website |
| Fordham | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Foxearth | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Frinton | St Mary Magdalene | Specification | Church Website |
| Frinton | Sacred Heart and St Francis | Specification | Church Website |
| Frinton | Free Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Fryerning | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Fryerning | St John | Specification | Church Website |
| Fryerns | Baptist Church | No details | Church Website |
| Fyfield | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Galleywood | St Michael & All Angels | Specification | Church Website |
| Gestingthorpe | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Goldhanger | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Good Easter | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Gosfield | St Katherine | Specification | Church Website |
| Grays | St Peter & St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Baddow | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Bardfield | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Bentley | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Braxted | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Bromley | St George | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Burstead | St Mary Magdelene | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Canfield | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Chesterford | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Clacton | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Dunmow | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Easton | St John and St Giles | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Hallingbury | St Giles | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Henny | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Holland | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Horkesley | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Leighs | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Maplestead | St Giles | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Oakley | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Saling | St James | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Sampford | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Tey | St Barnabas | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Totham | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Wakering | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Waltham | St Mary & St Lawrence | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Warley | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Wigborough | St Stephen | Specification | Church Website |
| Great Yeldham | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Greenstead | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Greenstead Green | St James the Apostle | Specification | Church Website |
| Greensted | St Andrew | Electronic | Church Website |
| Hadleigh | St James the Less | Specification | Church Website |
| Hadstock | St Botolph | Specification | Church Website |
| Halstead | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Halstead | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Halstead | Methodist Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Harlow | St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Harwich | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Hatfield Broad Oak | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Hatfield Heath | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Hatfield Peverel | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Hatfield Peverel | Methodist Church | No details | Church Website |
| Hawkwell | St Mary the Virgin | No details | Church Website |
| Helions Bumpstead | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Hempstead | St Andrew | No details | Church Website |
| Henham | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Heybridge | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| High Easter | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| High Laver | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| High Ongar | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| High Roding | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Hockley | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Horndon-on-the-Hill | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Hutton | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Ingatestone | St Edmund and St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Ingatestone | St John the Evangelist and St Erconwald | Specification | Church Website |
| Ingatestone | United Reformed Church | Electronic | Church Website |
| Ingatestone | Almshouse Chapel | No details | Church Website |
| Ingrave | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Inworth | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Kelvedon | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Kelvedon Hatch | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Kirby le Soken | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Lamarsh | Holy Innocents | Specification | Church Website |
| Lambourne | St Mary & All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Langford | St Giles | Specification | Church Website |
| Langham | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Langley | St John the Evangelist | Specification | Church Website |
| Langley | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Latchingdon | Christ Church | Specification | Church Website |
| Latton | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Lawford | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Layer Breton | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Layer de la Haye | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Layer Marney | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Leaden Roding | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Leigh-on-Sea | St Clement | Specification | Church Website |
| Lexden | St Leonard | Specification | Church Website |
| Lindsell | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Baddow | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Bardfield | St Katharine | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Bentley | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Braxted | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Bromley | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Burstead | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Canfield | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Chesterford | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Clacton | St James | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Dunmow | Priory Church of St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Easton | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Hallingbury | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Horkesley | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Laver | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Leighs | St John the Evangelist | No details | Church Website |
| Little Maplestead | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Sampford | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Tey | St James the Less | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Thurrock | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Totham | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Wakering | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Waltham | St Martin | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Warley | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Little Wigborough | St Nicholas | No details | Church Website |
| Little Yeldham | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Littlebury | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Littlebury Green | St Peter | No details | Church Website |
| Loughton | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Maldon | All Saints with St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Maldon | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Manuden | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Margaret Roding | St Margaret of Antioch | Specification | Church Website |
| Margaretting | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Marks Tey | St Andrews | Specification | Church Website |
| Matching | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Mayland | St Barnabas | Specification | Church Website |
| Messing | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Mistley | St Mary and St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Moreton | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Mount Bures | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Mountnessing | St Giles | Specification | Church Website |
| Mundon | St Mary | No details | Church Website |
| Navestock | St Thomas | Specification | Church Website |
| Nazeing | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Nevendon | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Newport | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| North End | Black Chapel | No details | Church Website |
| North Fambridge | Holy Trinity | No details | Church Website |
| North Shoebury | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| North Weald Bassett | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Norton Mandeville | All Saints | No details | Church Website |
| Orsett | St Giles and All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Ovington | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Paglesham | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Panfield | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Pebmarsh | St John the Baptist | Specification | Church Website |
| Peldon | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Pentlow | St George and St Gregory | Specification | Church Website |
| Pleshey | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Prittlewell | St Stephen | Specification | Church Website |
| Purleigh | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Quendon | St Simon and St Jude | Specification | Church Website |
| Radwinter | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Ramsden Bellhouse | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Ramsey | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Rawreth | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Rayleigh | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Rayne | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Rettendon | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Rickling | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Ridgewell | St Laurence | Specification | Church Website |
| Rivenhall | St Mary the Virgin and All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Rochford | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Rowhedge | St Lawrence | Specification | Church Website |
| Roxwell | St Michael and All Angels | Specification | Church Website |
| Roydon | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Runwell | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Saffron Walden | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| St Osyth | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Sandon | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Sewards End | St James | No details | Church Website |
| Shalford | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Sheering | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Shelley | St Martin | No details | Church Website |
| Shenfield | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Shoeburyness | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Sible Hedingham | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Silver End | St Francis | No details | Church Website |
| South Benfleet | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| South Fambridge | All Saints | No details | Church Website |
| South Hanningfield | St Peter | No details | Church Website |
| South Ockendon | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| South Weald | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Southchurch | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Southminster | St Leonard | Specification | Church Website |
| Springfield | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Stambourne | St Peter and St Thomas Becket | Specification | Church Website |
| Stambridge | St Mary and All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Stanford-le-Hope | St Margaret of Antioch | Specification | Church Website |
| Stanford Rivers | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | St John the Evangelist | Specification | Church Website |
| Stanway | St Albright | Specification | Church Website |
| Stapleford Abbots | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Stapleford Tawney | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Stebbing | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Steeple | St Lawrence and All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Steeple Bumpstead | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Stifford | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Stisted | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Stock | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Stondon Massey | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| Stow Maries | St Mary and St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Strethall | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Sturmer | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Takeley | Holy Trinity | Specification | Church Website |
| Tendring | St Edmund King and Martyr | Specification | Church Website |
| Terling | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Thaxted | St John the Baptist, Our Lady and St Laurence | Specification | Church Website |
| Theydon Bois | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Theydon Garnon | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Theydon Mount | St Michael | No details | Church Website |
| Thorpe le Soken | St Michael | Specification | Church Website |
| Thorrington | St Mary Magdalene | Specification | Church Website |
| Thundersley | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Tilbury-juxta-Clare | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Tillingham | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Tilty | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Tollesbury | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Tolleshunt D’Arcy | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Tolleshunt Major | St Nicholas | Electronic | Church Website |
| Toppesfield | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Twinstead | St John the Evangelist | Specification | Church Website |
| Ugley | St Peter | Specification | Church Website |
| Ulting | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Upminster | St Laurence | Specification | Church Website |
| Vange | St Chad | Specification | Church Website |
| Wakes Colne | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Waltham Abbey | Holy Cross and St Lawrence | Specification | Church Website |
| Walton on the Naze | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Weeley | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Wendens Ambo | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| West Bergholt | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| West Bergholt | ‘New’ St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| West Hanningfield | St Mary and St Edward | Specification | Church Website |
| West Mersea | St Peter and St Paul | Specification | Church Website |
| West Thurrock | St Clement | Specification | Church Website |
| Wethersfield | St Mary Magdalene | Specification | Church Website |
| White Colne | St Andrew | No details | Church Website |
| White Notley | St Etheldreda | Specification | Church Website |
| White Roding | St Martin | Specification | Church Website |
| Wicken Bonhunt | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Wickford | St Catherine | Specification | Church Website |
| Wickham Bishops | St Bartholomew | Specification | Church Website |
| Wickham St Paul | All Saints | No details | Church Website |
| Widdington | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Widford | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Willingale Doe | St Christopher | Specification | Church Website |
| Willingale Spain | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Wimbish | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Witham | St Nicholas | Specification | Church Website |
| Wivenhoe | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Wix | St Mary the Virgin | Specification | Church Website |
| Woodham Ferrers | St Mary | No details | Church Website |
| Woodham Mortimer | St Margaret | Specification | Church Website |
| Woodham Walter | St Michael the Archangel | Specification | Church Website |
| Woodford | St Mary | Specification | Church Website |
| Wormingford | St Andrew | Specification | Church Website |
| Wrabness | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |
| Writtle | All Saints | Specification | Church Website |