I was confused by the strapline for The Story of My Village containing 1840-50, but now Tony has helpfully supplied Hewitson`s birth date, the time of writing is surely pushed back to at least the 1870s.

I see from NPOR that the Ingleton CoE church acquired an organ c. 1860, so likely there was scorning of the musicians in previous decades, to promote this purchase. Hewitson, being a capable journalist, could have been stimulated by this when he wrote on Ingleton.

I possess the History of Preston by Charles Hardwick published in 1857, which gives much information about organs and galleries in the town`s churches. Perhaps this made Hewitson believe that church music was a wanted ingredient for his own Our Country Churches (1869; 1872) and History of Preston (1883). But unfortunately I have neither of these books on hand.

It will be interesting to see if there is more on Ingleton church in Hewitson`s 19 diaries, now being transcribed. See: http://www.lancsarchsoc.org.uk/hewitson.html