The Loughborough Bell Foundry
An exciting project to create a mobile ring of bells is now well advanced. The specification outlined by the Council Officers is for a light ring of six bells to be mounted in a tower on a trailer to be pulled by a car, and to be erected by lifting by hand to a standing […]
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After internal tower works to improve access by a non bell specialist this ring of five with a 9 cwt tenor was left unable to be rung due to obstructions restricting the passage of the ropes. New rope roller boxes will be manufactured and supplied, together with rope guides and rope chutes in the middle […]
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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 4 cwt ring of six at this church is the work of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry and the bells date between 1958 & 1973. The entire installation is to be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough. The bells will be cleaned, and all new ringing fittings will be manufactured for them. […]
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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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This church houses a Taylor eight dating from 1936 with a tenor bell weighing 9 cwts. The parish has ordered a dumb bell, together with extension bell frame and all new fittings to be manufactured and installed to aid the teaching on new ringers.
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This magnificent Taylor twelve which date from 1909 & 2011 hang in a two tier cast iron and steel bell frame. Recently a request for advice for help from local ringers for help to improve the timing of the twelve and acoustics resulted in telephone consultations. Taylor’s supplied various parts and much advice, with Hayley […]
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This church houses a complete Taylor 8 with a 14 cwt tenor bell – all dating from 1904. The entire installation has suffered badly from constant wetting over more than a century, and has to be dismantled and restored. Work to rebuild the cast iron and steel bell frame is being undertaken by local ringers […]
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