Thoroton St Helena

Organ

The inscription on the cover

The organ is small with a single manual and is sited at the east end of the south aisle.

On the lid of the console is the maker’s name plate which is a disc under a scroll bearing the words IMPROVED PARISIAN MODEL in upper case letters. At the left-hand end of the scroll is a medallion with the head of an emperor and the title Napoleon III Empereur.

The inscription on the disc reads:

Manufactured by
Christophe et Etienne
late foremen
to
Alexander Pere et Fils
for
J Wallis
135 Euston Road
London