The Loughborough Bell Foundry
With modern computer profiling we can, and do, cast bells of the same shape as bells produced by any bell founder. So if you want a Gillett & Johnston or Whitechapel bell, or one produced by Dobson of Downham Market or any other founder, just ask and we'll cast and tune it for you and it'll be a perfect match.
A major restoration and augmentation project is to take place at this unringable 9 cwt four. The project has been conceived by the local Guild who will work with Taylors to bring about its completion.The present treble bell will be retired from the ring and will be hung as a service bell, and the existing […]
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Maintenance work will be carried out to keep this 30 cwt Taylor eight in good order. The clappers and crown staple of the fifth bell will be restored, and work to reattach shrouding to the bell wheels will be undertaken, and all the wheels will be treated with preservative. The massive Grimthorpe oak bell frame, […]
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This 15 cwt ring of six is to be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough. The bells will all be conserved, removing their cast-in iron crown staples, and filling the indentations in their sound bows and weaknesses in their crowns with bronze welding. The bells will be tuned, and all new ringing […]
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This church houses a complete Taylor 8 cwt eight dating between 1952 and 1982, with modern Taylor fittings to match. The bells will be removed from the tower to allow the replacement of the existing old bell frame. A new galvanised steel bell frame will be manufactured and installed, and all the ringing fittings will […]
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An order has been placed to remove the 11 cwt ring of eight, its frame and fittings from the tower and bring it to Loughborough. This ring of bells is the work of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and dates from 1792 & 1899. The Keltek Trust has donated a 1916 Taylor bell (ex Low Harrogate) […]
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This parish has placed an order for the installation of a sound control system to allow their ring of eight bells (tenor 6 cwts) to be quietened for practicing.
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Following the closure of St John’s Cleator Moor and the removal of its bells, the Carlisle Diocesan Redundant Bells Group selected St Bridget’s, Moresby to become the recipient of a brand new ring of eight bells (tenor 5 cwts). The bells, being cast in October & November 2017, will be named after various saints and […]
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The P.C.C. of this church has placed an order for a major restoration and augmentation of their ring of five bells (tenor 7 cwts.). A new treble bell will be cast to augment the ring to six, and the existing tenor will be recast. The other bells will be conserved, cleaned and tuned, and all […]
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