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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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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Our handbell department receives a steady stream of work, and remains busy throughout the year. Dave, in charge of this department, regularly carries out restorations of existing sets, and also supplies new sets to order. Although musical sets make up the bulk of his work, he also produces school bells, town criers bells and hemispherical […]
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Major orders for carillon installations/renovations will be being processed for the rest of this year, and Girdar and the rest of the team will have their work cut out manufacturing the many components needed. These new clappers and crown staples are for The Loughborough War Memorial Carillon, but more than a hundred more are needed […]
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Every week groups arrange to visit the Bellfoundry to enjoy a guided tour, and they often send us a “thank you” note afterwards. After a recent visit Barbara Harrington wrote on behalf of a group from Ruddington and said, “Just a quick note to reiterate our thanks for such an interesting and entertaining visit to […]
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Work to install Grappenhall’s new ring of ten bells has begun with the delivery of the new galvanised steel bell frame to the church. This is now being lifted into the tower and set in place. The new bells and their fittings, together with the four Bagley bells which are to be hung dead, will […]
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