The Loughborough Bell Foundry
The PCC of this church has placed an order for a major restoration of their mainly Taylor 16 cwt ring of six which dates from 1887. The only “old” bell in the ring is the 3rd, cast by Abraham Rudhall, and this will be replaced by a Taylor bell dating from the 1890’s that the […]
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This church houses a ringable three, with a tenor bell weighing 8 cwts. The bells were last rehung in a new cast iron and steel bellframe by Taylor’s in 1939, when two of the bells were recast. The parish has now placed an order to augment the ring to six, with a new treble in […]
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The under weight 17 cwt tenor bell from this ring of ten is to be retired and replaced with a modern harmonically tuned Taylor bell weighing a little under 22 cwts. The existing Hugh I Watts tenor will be retired. Its replacement was originally cast for Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, and was sold when the […]
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This church is relocating to a new building, and Taylor’s has been asked to supply a new 16″ bell from stock. This will be hung for stationary chiming with a new electro-magnetic chiming hammer and programmable controller unit.
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