The Loughborough Bell Foundry
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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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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This church houses a 10 cwt ring of six by six different founders, with bells dating between 1618 & 1981, when Taylor’s rehung the bells on all new fittings in a two tier cast iron and steel bell frame. A new ground floor ringing chamber will be created after the bells have been re-roped, and […]
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An order has been received for the fitting of rope guiding flapper boards/tubes to the front ten bells to make the bells easier to handle by inexperienced ringers.
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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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Holy Trinity houses a magnificent Taylor 17 cwt ring of ten. An order has now been received from this church to manufacture and install a new dumb bell with all new fittings and framework for teaching purposes.
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This church houses an anti clockwise 15 cwt ring of six that originate from the Whitechapel Foundry of Lester & Pack and date from 1754. The bells were last rehung in 1951. The PCC of this church has now placed an order for strengthening work to be carried out on the ancient oak bell frame […]
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The tower of this church houses a 17 cwt ring of eight that are rung from the ground floor. To make the bells easier to ring the parish has ordered a new rope guide to be manufactured and installed. The bell frame will be cleaned down and repainted.
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