The Loughborough Bell Foundry
As Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II begins the 70th Year of her reign we’ve looked in our archives to see where bells were cast for at Taylor’s all those years ago. Many bells were cast for churches in Great Britain, including new rings of bells for Pier Head, Liverpool, Hughenden and Stockton on Tees. Many […]
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This fascinating book, written by Michael J Milsom – former Bell Master at Taylor’s, is still available via Amazon. “Bells & Bellfounding. A History, Church Bells, Carillons, John Taylor & Co., Bellfounders, Loughborough, England” is a fascinating read and well worth the cover price of £21.95. Perfect bound, with 310 pages and numerous photographs and […]
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Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September Taylor’s Bell Foundry will be open to the public on Saturday 11th September 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. & Sunday 12th September 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tours of the Foundry & Works will be undertaken by Guides and set off at regular intervals from the reception desk. Bell […]
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A regular service we offer is the strengthening of old wooden bell frames, some of which date back centuries! At West Hanningfield in Essex we’ve been working with a structural engineer and a hardwood specialist to conserve and rehang their ancient peal of four bells which were cast as a ring in 1676 by Miles […]
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Taylor’s are rightly proud of many of their rings of bells, and ringers vie with each other as to which are the finest. But Skipton’s 22 cwt eight are universally acknowledged as being in the top league, and are talked about universally. May 2021 saw the centenary of their casting, and August sees the centenary […]
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Just dug up from underground, this photograph by Paul Grover shows our Foundry Master Anthony Stone with a replica Liberty Bell for export to the USA. The bell is a full sized replica, and weighs approximately 18 cwts. It was ordered by a private customer and will be shipped once fettling and tuning has been […]
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More emergency repair works are to be carried out on parts of the Foundry, including the tuning shop office which no one has ventured into for a number of years – this office is to have a new roof and new valley guttering before being converted into our relocated hand bell department. Before any work […]
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The carillon tower, which was built in the back garden of Foundry House adjoining the works in 1905, housed the worlds first harmonically tuned carillon to be cast and tuned to equal temperament. a total of 40 bells were cast and hung between 1905 & 1912 – the bass bell at this time was less […]
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