The Loughborough Bell Foundry
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This beautiful Berkshire church houses an unringable 10 cwt ground floor ring of six. The bells hang in an ancient oak frame made by James Smith in 1680, and apart from the 5th which is a Taylor recast from 1930, all the bells originate from the Ellis/Knight Foundry and date between 1619 & 1704. All […]
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Following the disastrous fire at this church last year which completely gutted the tower, the 11cwt ring of eight was safely lowered to the floor and brought to the Foundry for safe keeping. The bells were a mixed ring, three by Thomas Lester dated 1739, three by Mears & Stainbank dated 1919, and two by […]
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This majestic 25 cwt ring of eight was last tuned and rehung on new fittings in a new cast iron and steel bell frame by Taylor’s in 1899. The church has now placed an order for the entire installation to be removed from the tower and be returned to Loughborough. The existing cast iron frame […]
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Working with Ron Shepherd as the main contractor a “new” light ring of eight is to be created and hung in this church tower. The new ring will be formed from existing Keltek bells, Taylor stock bells, and a new treble bell to be cast at Loughborough on Thursday 12th March 2020. The bells will […]
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for a major restoration of their mainly Taylor 16 cwt ring of six which dates from 1887. The only “old” bell in the ring is the 3rd, cast by Abraham Rudhall, and this will be replaced by a Taylor bell dating from the 1890’s that the […]
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The last major work on this 7 cwt Abraham II Rudhall 1724 ring was carried out by Taylor’s in 1896 when a treble was added to augment the ring to six, and they were all tuned and rehung in a new cast iron and steel “H” frame with new fittings. An order has now been […]
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