The Loughborough Bell Foundry
This beautiful Berkshire church houses an unringable 10 cwt ground floor ring of six. The bells hang in an ancient oak frame made by James Smith in 1680, and apart from the 5th which is a Taylor recast from 1930, all the bells originate from the Ellis/Knight Foundry and date between 1619 & 1704. All […]
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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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The PCC of this church has placed an order for their unringable ring of three (tenor 6 cwts) to be removed from the tower and be brought to Loughborough for conservation. The bells date from 1325, 1671 & 1746, and have not been rung for some time. New hardwood headstocks will be manufactured and fitted […]
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This town clock tower was built in 1936 and in that year Taylor’s cast a diatonic chime of five bells and Smith’s of Derby manufactured a clock mechanism capable of playing the nursery rhyme “Girls & boys come out to play”. The clock tower is to undergo restoration and while this is ongoing, the bells […]
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The single bell from this church will be removed and brought to Loughborough for conservation work and for the manufacture of new traditional fittings for chiming. The bell will then be rehung by our bell hangers.
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This church houses a Gillett & Johnston carillon of 23 bells, with a bass bell weighing 17 cwts 0 qrs 14 lbs in the key of F#. The carillon was cast and installed in 1932, and is a copy of the carillon at St Patrick’s, Dunbarton in Scotland. The connection between the two carillons was […]
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This church houses a 13 cwt ring of six, mainly the work of Thomas III Bilbie from 1808, but with a Mears & Stainbank tenor bell of 1907. The main R.S.J. grillage beam on the western side has rotted and so will be replaced with a new beam. The other beam ends will be excavated […]
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This church houses a Taylor chime of ten bells, the largest weighing 5 cwts 1 qr 15 lbs. The bells were cast and installed in 1923 as a memorial to the men of the village who died in World War I. All the bells will be supplied with electro-magnetic chiming hammers controlled by a pre-programmed […]
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