The Loughborough Bell Foundry
The tower of this monastery houses a heavy chime of bells, with a bass bell weighing 25 cwts. Originally cast as a diatonic ten with two semi tones by Matthew O’Byrne of Dublin in 1898 this chime was destroyed by fire in 1920. Taylor’s was commissioned to recast ten of the bells, and this was […]
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This church houses a very fine Taylor 22 cwt eight in the key of Eb. The entire installation is “modern” in bell terms, dating from 1959, and has a fine tradition in change ringing. The ring is to be augmented with two treble bells to create a ring of ten. To accomplish this the bells, […]
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The tower of this church houses a fine 13 cwt Taylor eight in the key of F#. The entire installation dates from 1892 and has had a great amount of ringing on it over the past 130 years. The P.C.C. has now placed an order for a major restoration to be undertaken to the bells, […]
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The Paddle Steamer, Waverley is the last sea going paddle steamer in the world, and is now owned by the National Trust. Its ships’ bell has been polished thousands of times over many years and its inscription lost definition. The inscribed letters have been re-cut by hand following the original outlines and styles, and have […]
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This church houses two bells in its tower and has placed an order for the restoration of their chiming fittings and for access improvements. New galvanised steel ladders will be designed, manufactured and installed to make access safe. New stainless steel strapwork will be manufactured and fitted to both bells, and electro-magnetic hammers and a […]
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The single bell from this chapel is to be removed to Loughborough for conservation and the drilling out of its cast-in iron crown staple. New fittings for stationary chiming will be manufactured and the bell rehung with an internal electro-magnetic chiming hammer and automated chiming unit.
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The 13 cwt ring of eight at this church, with the exception of the 4th & 6th bells, is the work of Mears & Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and dates from 1907. The 4th bell was cast by Samuel I Smith of York in 1664, and the 6th bell in 1599 by an […]
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The tower of this church houses a ring of eight with a tenor bell weighing 16 cwts. The bells are the work of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the front seven having been cast by Thomas II Mears in 1821, and the tenor by Pack & Chapman in 1774. The last major work to the bells […]
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