The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Sutton Vallance School near Maidstone, Kent has ordered a new school bell to be cast with a suitable inscription. The bell will have a diameter of 28″ and weigh 4 cwts. It is due to be cast in February and will be supplied with an electro-magnetic hammer and programmable unit.
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This church has placed an order to augment their 1985 Taylor ring of five (tenor 4 cwts) with a new treble bell. The bell frame and fittings all date from 1985, and at that date a six bell frame was installed. New ringing fittings will be manufactured and installed with the bell. We hear from […]
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An order has been placed for the casting of a 40″ diameter bell weighing approximately 14 cwts. The bell will be supplied with a counterbalanced headstock, clapper, crown staple, and wheel for slow swinging, and a bell frame for hanging it.
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An order has been placed for the casting and tuning of 5 bells to form a Westminster Quarter Chime and Hour Bell. The largest bell will weigh over one ton. The bells are due to be cast during June 2019.
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This Church has placed an order to remove its 13 cwt Warner 1895 ring of eight and to recast it into a new 11 cwt eight. The bells were last rehung by Taylor’s in 1936 in a two tier cast iron and steel bell frame. This will be removed and will be rebuilt re-using some […]
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This cathedral houses a Taylor chime of eight (Tenor 28 cwts) cast at Loughborough in 1888. The bells will be removed during November 2018 and be shipped to Loughborough. The largest six bells will be retained and reused after cleaning and re-tuning as the tenors of a new ring of twelve bells with new bells […]
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In 1928 Taylor’s cast and installed a 35 bell automatic carillon with a 28 cwt bass bell as a memorial to the men of Bathurst and District who had served in the First World War. Bathurst’s carillon has subsequently served as a memorial to all Australian soldiers killed in conflicts since that date. As originally […]
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An order has been placed to cast a new ring of ten bells (tenor 6 cwts) for this church. This will be the first ring of change ringing bells in France. The bells will be supplied with all new ringing fittings and a new galvanised steel bell frame. This project is the brainchild of Jeff […]
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