Installation of the Organ, Font, and Communion Table inside Lynsted Church

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Provision of an organ in Lynsted Church - 1842

Inscription found in the Parish Register (the handwriting was sometimes difficult to read!):-

An organ was erected in the Church June 13, 1842 by the Voluntary Subscriptions of the Parishioners and others at a cost of £117.10.0
John Hamilton, Vicar
Mr Thomas Eley - Churchwarden
Mr Hezekiah Baker - Churchwarden

Church Organ Subscribers                      
  £ s d   £ s d   £ s d
Colonel Charles Tyler (Lynsted Lodge) 33 8 9 The Vicar (Rev. John Hamilton, Vicarage) 10 - - Samuel Creed Fairman Esq 33 8 9
Mr. Thomas Eley (farmer, Loyterton Farm) 5 - - Friends of the Vicar 1 12 - Miss F.C. Fairman 1 - -
Mr. Edward Strouts (farmer, Hole Street Farm, Kingsdown) 2 10 - Lady Harly [unclear] 1 - - General Gosselin 1 - -
Mr. Edward Blaxland Junior (farmer, Dadmans) 2 2 - Miss Harly [unclear] 5 - - Miss Gosselin 1 - -
Mr. Henry Matson (farmer, Old School House) 1 - - Rev. Alfred Baldwin (clergyman, Greenstreet, Lynsted) 1 - - Master Gosselin Esq 1 - -
Mr. John Tracy (surgeon, Greenstreet, Lynsted) 1 - - Rev. F.A. Crooke 1 - - Mr. Kemp   5 -
Mr. Thomas Wanstall (farmer, Greenstreet, Lynsted)   10 - A. Friend 1 - - Mr Wilkins   5 -
Mr. Hezekiah Baker (baker, Lynsted Lane)   10 - Mr. Redman   10 - Mr. Cockle   5 -
Mr. Stephen Packer (grocer, Greenstreet, Lynsted)   10 - Mrs Mary Vallance   10 - Mr. Brenchley   5 -
Mr. James Duncan (publican, Greenstreet, Lynsted)   10 - Mr. George Maytum   5 - Mrs. Byson   2 6
Mr. John Mannooch (carpenter or painter, Lynsted Lane)   10 - Mr. William Vallance   5 - Mrs Mannooch   2 6
        Mr. William Wanstall   5 - Mrs. Fryar   1 -

Additional bracketed notes (Nigel Heriz-Smith)


A Handsome Stone Font with Oak Cover and Oak Rails was presented to the Parish by Colonel Charles Henry Tyler of Lynsted Lodge.
December the Sixth 1845.


A Handsome Carved Oak Communion Table was presented to the Parish by Samuel Creed Fairman Esq 1856

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