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William Hill & Son

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On Elliot's death in 1832, William Hill inherited the firm. In 1837, he formed a partnership with Frederick Davison, who left in the following year to form a partnership with John Gray,
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From 1832, William Hill's elder son William joined him in the firm. From 1855, William Hill's younger son Thomas joined the company and took control after his father's death in 1870.
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When Thomas died in 1893, the firm continued under his son, Arthur George Hill, until 1916 when it was amalgamated with Norman & Beard into a huge organ-building concern as
120: 371: 345: 98:, on 30 October 1818 in St Pancras Parish Church, and worked for Thomas Elliott from 1825. The company was known as Elliott and Hill until Elliott died in 1832. 640: 635: 393: 230: 136: 246: 154: 73: 443: 177: 282:, 1894, subsequently Hill, Norman & Beard (1930/31), Harrison & Harrison (1980–present). Case designed by A. G. Hill. 218: 224: 379: 198:, 1886–89, opened 1890, the largest organ in the world at the time of its construction, with a case designed by A. G. Hill 95: 296: 263: 195: 183: 349: 171: 484: 212: 164:, 1869. After the closing of the church in 2011, the organ was transferred to the Catholic St. Afra church in 240: 148: 69: 286: 279: 53: 42: 594: 234: 101:
When William Hill died in 1870, a memorial window was installed in the church at Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
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was one of the main organ builders in England during the 19th century.
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The Making of the Victorian Organ. Nicholas Thistlethwaite - 1999
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1866, rebuilt by Hill, Norman & Beard and Orgues Letourneau
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For the similarly-named maker of stringed instruments, see
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William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd.
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Archived from 597:from the original on 14 March 2024 25: 461:Speirs, Kenneth (17 March 2011). 376:Institut St. Philipp Neri, Berlin 243:, 1891, and a replacement in 1906 534:The National Pipe Organ Register 137:King's College Chapel, Cambridge 506:Jones, Peter (17 August 2005), 247:St Augustine's Church, Penarth 1: 636:Pipe organ building companies 423:Corpus Christi College Oxford 219:Corpus Christi College Oxford 155:St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney 74:St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney 52:Console of the Hill Organ at 394:"'Barossa Regional Gallery'" 372:"Eine Hill-Orgel für Berlin" 333:Obituary: Arthur George Hill 264:Holy Trinity Church, Gosport 196:Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ 178:St Peter's Church, Streatham 160:Trinity Methodist Church in 487:. 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Index

William Hill & Sons
W. E. Hill & Sons

Peterborough Cathedral

Peterborough Cathedral

Birmingham Town Hall

St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Thomas Elliot
Gray and Davison
William Hill & Son & Norman & Beard Ltd.
Birmingham Town Hall
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Westminster Abbey
Kidderminster Town Hall
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
Burton-upon-Trent
Berlin
Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool
St Peter's Church, Streatham
St John's Church, Torquay
Melbourne Town Hall
Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ
Mundham
Adelaide Town Hall
Tanunda, South Australia
Corpus Christi College Oxford

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