The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Taylor’s has been commissioned to cast a 19″ diameter traditional ship’s bell with canons for the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. Richard Cole-Mackintosh of The Shipwrights’ Company has written the following:- “The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, a City of London Livery Company with its origins in the Fourteenth Century is extremely proud […]
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Following the disastrous fire at this church last year which completely gutted the tower, the 11cwt ring of eight was safely lowered to the floor and brought to the Foundry for safe keeping. The bells were a mixed ring, three by Thomas Lester dated 1739, three by Mears & Stainbank dated 1919, and two by […]
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Working with Ron Shepherd as the main contractor a “new” light ring of eight is to be created and hung in this church tower. The new ring will be formed from existing Keltek bells, Taylor stock bells, and a new treble bell to be cast at Loughborough on Thursday 12th March 2020. The bells will […]
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The 13 cwt ring of four at this tower is to undergo a complete restoration and augmentation. The existing bell frame is to be extended with a new treble pit, and an existing Warner bell will be relocated to Church Stowe to make a ring of five. The existing second bell (third of five) will […]
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Tewkesbury Abbey houses a classic Taylor ring of twelve with a 27 cwt tenor bell that were cast and hung in 1962. A new extra treble bell is to be cast and hung to give a light ring of ten. The new bell is to be cast in March and Taylor’s will be working with […]
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With modern technology available it is pleasing to note that bells are still in use around our coastline in buoys that warn ships of danger. We are pleased to announce that Trinity House has placed a further order to cast five new buoy bells. Each of the new bells will have a diameter of 1′ […]
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This church houses a 5 cwt ring of five that were cast in 1868 by Robert Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The bells hang in an oak frame of the same date, but all the fittings were renewed in 1949 when Mears & Stainbank rehung the bells. The bells were one of Sue Marshall’s […]
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The single bell at this church hangs in a west end bell cote. The bell is damaged and of poor tone and the PCC have decided that it should be recast and rehung on new fittings for swing chiming. A new 24″ diameter bell, weighing 3 cwts will be cast in the coming months. The […]
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