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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Our Handbell Department is always busy coping with a steady stream of work, both refurbishing old sets of bells and manufacturing new sets. We pride ourselves on being able to cast and tune handbells to match the work of any founder, and are often called upon to replace cracked bells within existing sets, or extend […]
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We hope to embark on a major restoration of the Bell Foundry soon and this etching shows just how much of the original buildings still survive. Taylor’s moved to Loughborough in 1839 as a condition of the contract to recast Loughborough Parish Church’s bells – at this stage a lease of some existing buildings in […]
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Bridgwater in Somerset will shortly house Britain’s latest ring of twelve. The grand back eight were fully restored by Taylor’s in 1901, and all of the components supplied at that time are being restored and re-used in the “new” ring. Four new treble bells and a flat 6th bell have been cast and a thirteen […]
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Traditionally bells were cast underground to protect the founder in the event of a pot bell case splitting. After the invention of cast iron bell cases in the mid 19th century this was no longer necessary as the new cases could contain all the forces generated during a cast. However, bells cast above ground cool […]
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Many followers of this website will be aware that, following Government advice, most of the workforce at the Foundry was furloughed during the worst of the Covid19 epidemic. Work will resume tomorrow (26th May) in line with Government guidelines to allow safe working, and following the C of E announcements enabling contractors to work on […]
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Click “Read More” to access the link. This Wordsearch lists more than 50 of our classic rings of eight – rings of bells that bring a smile to the face for the ringers that ring them and the listening public outside alike. There are so many of them that space limits the number that can […]
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The original Great Bell of Tong was given to the church in 1518 by Sir Henry Vernon. This bell cracked and was recast in 1720 by Abraham Rudhall. The recast bell also cracked and was again recast, this time by Taylor’s in 1892. After recasting and tuning the bell weighs 46 cwts and sounds note […]
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Wordsearch by Helen Beaumont of York. Click “Read More” to download the link. Taylor12sWordsearch FINAL “Complete Taylor Twelves” lists all 64 of our twelve bell rings. We are aware that the list excludes other wonderful restorations of which we are very proud like Redcliffe, Exeter, Ipswich etc where bells by other founders are also present. […]
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