The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Having shipped the new ring of eight to Camberley, Surrey last week, the new ring of ten for Vernet-les-Bains, France and the new eight for Horbury, West Yorkshire have all been tuned and are ready for the fitting of their headstocks.
Peals of bells from our bell foundry ring out from towers all over the English speaking world, with many of the world’s most experienced change ringers regarding them as the finest instruments of their kind ever to have been created.
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With modern computer profiling we can, and do, cast bells of the same shape as bells produced by any bell founder. So if you want a Gillett & Johnston or Whitechapel bell, or one produced by Dobson of Downham Market or any other founder, just ask and we'll cast and tune it for you and it'll be a perfect match.
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John Taylor & Co. continues a line of bell founding which has been unbroken since the middle of the 14th Century, when Johannes de Stafford was active only 10 miles from the site of the present foundry.
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Taylor Bell Foundry has probably cast more large bells than any other bell foundry in the history of bell founding. Unlike some other English Bell Founders, who contracted out the casting of large bells whilst putting their name on them, all the bell we list have been cast in Taylor's own foundry.