The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Taylor’s first moved to Loughborough in 1839 when they were contracted to provide a heavy peal of eight bells for the Parish Church. For the first 20 years in the town they cast bells at their foundry in Pack Horse Lane, before setting up the present foundry in the Cherry Orchard area of Loughborough in […]
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George Dawson has made it a lifetime’s project to protect and conserve the Taylor Archive. He works with a team of volunteers and professional binders to keep our books and documents in good order. We owe him a debt of gratitude!
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Back from the Binders, Copy Books 42-65.
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After planning permission is granted the Blue Plaque has finally been mounted on the tower wall.
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A peal of Grandsire Triples was rung on the Foundry bells on 15th September 2016 by former and present employees to mark the centenary, this day, of the death of Private John William III Taylor. Private Taylor died in the Somme offensive and was one of three Taylor boys to be killed in World War […]
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A plaque has been cast to honour the pioneering work of John William Taylor I, who did so much to create the wonderful Taylor bells that are so admired worldwide. Once planning permission has been obtained it will be fixed on the wall of the bell tower in Cobden Street.
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