The Organ

The organ containing 268 pipes, was built by Nicholson & Co. (Worcester) in 1875, and presented to the church by Susanna Heycock.

The stool was to a design by Major Heycock and built by Joseph Jarman, carpenter and Postmaster of East Norton, around the same time.

The instrument was originally blown by hand, which required an assistant, or by foot for practising alone. An electric blower was fitted in 1965.

Thanks to Dr Robert Cheesewright for the following information

"I remember the organ well, as I was the usual blower of the organ between about 1946 or 47 and 1953 when I went away to University.
Originally the organ faced the isle leading to the vestry so that neither the organist or the blower could see the vicar and it was necessary to get the timing by listening carefully to the progress of the service.
I cannot remember exactly when the organist (my mother, Mary Cheesewright) managed to get agreement to move the organ to a position facing into the side isle but it was probably when the organ was converted to an electric blower, certainly it was well after I left home and ceased to be the organ blower. Originally my father, John Edward (Jack) Cheesewright was the church warden (I think, the peoples warden because a member of the Heycock family was the vicar's warden). My mother became the warden after Dad died in 1970.
For a few years, probably in the period 1948 to 1953 I used to mow the churchyard (or as much of it as I could''