The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Working with White’s of Appleton as the main contractor, Taylor’s has cast four treble bells for St Michael’s to complete a “new” ring of ten. The new bells will be fettled before leaving Loughborough, but the final coating and polishing will be carried out at Appleton. The other six bells to complete the ten formerly […]
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The detached campanile at Chester Cathedral is known as The Addleshaw Tower, and was named after Dean Addleshaw who oversaw its conception and construction. It houses a 1973 Taylor 25 cwt twelve plus flat 6th. The local band has made considerable progress in recent years and is now a vibrant ringing group. As a significant […]
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In 2011 Taylor’s supplied this church with a new light ring of six – tenor 2cwts. 2qrs. 26lbs. The bells have been a great success and well rung since their installation. It has now been decided to augment the ring to eight by adding a new treble and tenor, and re-tuning the fourth bell one […]
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Caroline Locke is a lecturer in Acoustics at Derby University, and has commissioned Taylor’s to cast a bell to experiment with the resonant effect created as wind passes through trees. The bell will be supplied with a stand and internal clapper.
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The PCC of this beautiful Suffolk church has placed an order for a major restoration, recasting and augmentation of their 15cwt ring of six. Four of the existing bells will be recast, and two new bells will be added to two of the former Prinknash Abbey bells which were cast by Taylor’s in 1910 & […]
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Having cast a new chime of six bells for this church in 2019, the church has now ordered two treble bells to complete the octave. These will be hung, together with elecro-magnetic chiming hammers, with the whole octave being programmed to sound automatically.
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for a major restoration and augmentation of their 17 cwt eight. The bells will be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough for conservation work, including specialist bronze strengthening welding to their crowns and soundbows. The bells will be tuned to match the 1930 […]
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The fourth bell by Briant of Hertford and dating from 1803 from this 19 cwt ring of eight has cracked. The bell will be removed from the tower and brought to the Foundry for recasting. The existing inscription will be reproduced on the new bell.
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