Editing Wymondham Abbey (section)

==Organs==
Early records suggest that the parish had an organ in the late 1400s, and the church still has a guarantee for a new 'payre of orgons in ye quire' built by William Beton (or Bylton) of King's Lynn in 1523.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Wymondham Abbey - A History of the Monastery and Parish Church |publisher=Wymondham Abbey Book Committee 2007 |year=2007 |isbn=0-9554899-0-3 |editor-last=Cattermole |editor-first=Paul |edition=1st |location=UK |pages=}}</ref> Beton (d. 1553) later became royal court organ maker/tuner, building organs at Hampton Court, the Chapels Royal and [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]] [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Early_English_Organ_Builders_and_their_work/Lecture]. Today's handsome main organ was built in London by James Davis and installed here in 1793. It is housed in a fine Chippendale 'Gothick' style case on the gallery at the west end of the nave. The three-manual organ (with later addition of pedals) has been enlarged and rebuilt several times but retains most of its original 18th-century pipework. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. A smaller chamber organ, also by James Davis and built in 1810, is located in the north aisle. 'The Organ' by [[David Baker (academic and musician)|David Baker]] (a former organist at the Abbey) is published by Shire Publications and contains a full description of the instrument, with many illustrations of its components. Wymondham Abbey has a tradition of excellence in choral music and welcomes singers of all ages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baker |first=David |title=The Organ |publisher=Shire Publications |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-74780-560-1 |edition=2nd |location=UK |pages=5, 11, 14, 16–21}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Barton-Wood |first=Richard |title=Wymondham Abbey Souvenir Guide |publisher=Taverner Publications |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-901470-17-8 |edition=1st |location=Snetterton, Norfolk |pages=18–19}}</ref>

A specification of the organ can be found on the [http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N06800 National Pipe Organ Register].

===List of organists===
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*Richard Sharp 1793 - 1801
*George Warnes 1828 - 1843
*Reuben Warnes 1844 - 1848
*Mrs Warnes 1849 - 1851
*George Church 1852 - 1857
*Horace Hill 1857 - 1867
*Arthur Glasspoole 1867 - 1880
*[[James Harcourt (organist)|James Harcourt]] 1880 - 1881 (formerly organist of [[St Peter Mancroft]], Norwich)
*Algernon Wilde 1882 - 1929
*L. Hemingway 1929 - 1930
*Geoffrey Palmer 1930 - 1946
*Winifred Stubbs 1940 - 1955
*N. Charleton-Burdon 1955 - 1956
*Robert Norton 1956 - 1957
*N. Charleton-Burdon 1957 - 1960
*[[Michael Bryan Hesford]] 1960 - 1964
*Norman Crowhurst 1964 - 1967
*Maxwell Betts 1967 - 1981
*[[Ralph Cupper]] 1981
*Denis Wright 1981 - 1988
*[[David Baker (academic and musician)|David Baker]] 1988 - 1995
*Howard Thomas (Director of Music) 1995 - 2012
*John Lakin 1995 - 2012
*Robert Goodrich (Director of Music) 2012 – 2020
*Mike Webb 2012–2020 (Hon.)
*Robert Goodrich (Director of Music) 2023–present
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<gallery>
File:Beckets Chapel.jpg|Becket's Chapel
File:Wymondham Abbey East Tower.jpg|The ruined East Tower as seen from inside the grounds
File:JamesDavisOrgan.JPG|The 1793 organ by James Davis
File:Chamber Organ, Wymondham Abbey.JPG|1810 Chamber organ
File:Norman pillars in the nave, Wymondham Abbey.JPG|Pillars in the nave, some of which were "squared off" in the 1580s
</gallery>