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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Yorkshire has a new ring of eight bells! Horbury, in West Yorkshire have had their old eight recast, and the bells are now ringing out from this famous John Carr of York tower. All new ringing fittings have been manufactured, and the existing cast iron and steel Mears & Stainbank bell frame has been rebuilt […]
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The National Capital Authority of Australia has ordered the casting of a 5.5 ton bell to complete the Taylor carillon at Aspen Island in Canberra. When the carillon was manufactured the largest semi-tone bell was omitted for cost reasons, and this is now to be rectified. The photograph shows foundry man Anthony Stone with the […]
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The National Capital Authority of Australia have placed an order for a bell weighing more than 5 tons to be cast and added to the National Carillon in Canberra. This bell will be tuned to be the bottom semi-tone bell of the carillon which was omitted for cost reasons when the carillon was manufactured. The […]
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The National Capital Authority of Australia have ordered a large bell (weighing more than 5 tons) to be cast. This bell will be installed as the missing bottom semi-tone bell of their Taylor carillon which was not cast when the carillon was manufactured. The photograph shows Anthony Stone starting work preparing the case mould for […]
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Singapore’s new ring of twelve, their new bell frame and all new fittings were loaded into a sea container yesterday and are on their way to St Andrew’s Cathedral. It is hoped that the bells will arrive in Singapore towards the end of June/beginning of July. Lots of hard work will be needed to meet […]
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Although not a part of our business that receives much publicity, we have a steady stream of work casting or restoring handbells and other small bells (e.g. longcase & bracket clock bells) At present we are manufacturing a new town crier’s bell for the City of York. The photograph opposite shows newly cast “blanks” waiting […]
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Manufacturing work on Singapore’s new twelve has been completed and the bells, their new bell frame and fittings are being prepared for shipping later this month. Included with the ring of twelve is a flat 6th bell and a “dumb bell” for training purposes. The bells just need their final polishing before they leave Loughborough. […]
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We often wait many years before decisions are made about the future of bells we agree to store for potential customers. Indeed, it is not unknown for us to wait many decades. In recent times we had a phone call from a town council asking about their large mediaeval market bell we had removed 25 […]
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