Restoration work on the St Mary & All Saints church organ is complete. The work has been supported by a grant of £13,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The restoration was celebrated on 28 July 2007 with an organ recital given by Gerald Gifford, the distinguished international recitalist and emeritus Professor at the Royal College of Music. The programme was carefully chosen to demonstrate the range and capacity of the instrument.

The concert was by open invitation - very much a celebration - and the church was packed with a most appreciative audience. They showed their appreciation by making generous donations.

Gerald Gifford spoke during the concert about the organ (which he has known for many years). Edmund Holmes, of Holmes and Swift, the Norfolk organ builders who carried out the work, was present, and was available during the interval to answer questions about the work.

The two-manual organ was built in 1912 by Harrison & Harrison, and is a particularly good example of its kind.

Gerald Gifford commented:

'The 1912 Harrison and Harrison organ of Willingham Parish Church is, to my mind, one of the finest examples of the firm's work in the field of small organ design of its era. Built just a few years later than the same firm's magnificent organ at Ely Cathedral, it bears a number of hallmarks of their larger instruments, and thankfully remains to this day as an essentially untouched example of their work.

The organ is extremely well-suited to the building.The instrument remains a glowing testimony to the best English organ-building practice of its time and era'.