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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At Taylor’s we regularly receive requests from customers wanting handbells for many and varied uses. There is, of course, the regular work of providing or restoring sets of musical handbells, but you’d be surprised at the number of requests for individual handbells for specific purposes. We have recently provided the City of York with a […]
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Following Kart’s departure to live in Estonia, we now welcome her replacement, Gary Hawkes. Gary will be based in our busy carpentry department, and we hope he enjoys his time working with our team.
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Taylor’s archivist, George Dawson, has finally completed Volume IV of his Church Bells of Nottinghamshire. Volumes I – III were written and published between 1996 & 1998, so 22 years has elapsed before his publication of this final volume which deals with the Nottingham Bellfoundry and its many offshoots. George is passionate about his voluntary […]
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Another manually playable carillon will soon be added to world list once work at Bathurst is complete. Originally installed by Taylor’s in 1933 as a World War I memorial the 35 bell instrument was played automatically using a pneumatic system with perforated paper rolls like a pianola. Last year Taylor’s was commissioned to carry out […]
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Our project to restore and develop the Foundry buildings and environment continues apace in spite of the Covid19 national crisis and, after a tremendous amount of hard work and advice from many professionals, we are finally in a position to submit our formal bid to the National Heritage Lottery Fund for approval. We hope to […]
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Heritage England rates the importance of the Foundry so highly that it is Listed as a Grade 2* Building. The listing also extends to many of the ancient machinery that is still in use – often after a century or longer! So when one of our milling machines gave up the ghost a few weeks […]
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Kart joined our carpentry department a few years ago and has proved to be a really valuable member of our team. Sadly she is leaving us to move to Estonia where her partner has accepted a university study placement. I’m sure she’ll miss us and we’ll certainly miss her. She goes with our very best […]
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Taylor’s recast the Great Bell of Tong in 1892 and hung it for full circle ringing with a massive hardwood headstock. Having served well for nearly 130 years the headstock has now been replaced with one made from cast iron. The bell was brought back to Loughborough for its refit. The photo shows the bell […]
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