The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Taylor’s Bell Foundry has probably cast more large bells than any other Foundry in the history of bell founding – unlike other founders we have never farmed out our casting to other foundries, and all the large bells with the Taylor name on them have been cast here. More than 200 bells weighing between 2 […]
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Denison Mears was the son of Gwendoline, the daughter of John William Taylor Junior. Denison died in 2018 and left a bequest in his will of £55,500 which will be used towards the £1 million matched funding needed to release the major grant from The Heritage Lottery Fund for the restoration and development of the […]
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It’s good to bring in young blood so that the craft skills of generations can be handed on. Sam Armistead has joined our team as a Foundry Apprentice and he’s making a very good impression. We hope Sam will be with us for many years – he is the face of Taylor’s future and we […]
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The 12cwt ring of six at this church was last rehung by Gillett & Johnston in 1926, when four of the bells were recast and all new fittings and a cast iron and steel bell frame was installed. Steel is very susceptible to rusting in the salty air of the coast if it is not […]
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Although not one of our largest contracts we have now supplied and installed a new school bell at Rosalie, Western Australia. The bell has been hung on a bracket with an electro-magnetic hammer, and is programmed to chime throughout the day to mark lesson changes etc at this primary school.
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The new twelve installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore have rung out for the first time and the first quarter peal has been rung. Timescales have been tight, but all is now ready for the dedication of the bells on Sunday. Well Done to all involved.
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The post of Town Crier was recently re-introduced by the City of York, but the Crier lacked a bell. Taylor’s kindly stepped into the breach and cast a new bell which was handed over on Yorkshire Day (1st August) by Director David Potter. The bell has been inscribed “PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF YORK BY […]
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H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester is used to unveiling plaques to mark his visits to many places, but history was made today at Taylor’s when the Duke cast his own plaque commemorating his visit! Kitted out in the correct clothing for pouring bell metal at 1100 degrees centigrade, the Duke kept a steady hand as […]
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We are regularly asked to cast single bells for temples and churches in Sri Lanka. These are usually supplied with horse shoe shaped headstocks and counterbalanced clappers for slow swinging, together with a lowside bellframe for hanging the bell in. Local custom dictates that the bells are finished gold rather than our traditional finish of […]
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