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 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.
The 4 cwt ring of six at this church is the work of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry and the bells date between 1958 & 1973. The entire installation is to be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough. The bells will be cleaned, and all new ringing fittings will be manufactured for them. […]
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The tower of this church houses a ring of eight with a tenor bell weighing 16 cwts. The bells are the work of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the front seven having been cast by Thomas II Mears in 1821, and the tenor by Pack & Chapman in 1774. The last major work to the bells […]
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This church houses an 8 cwt ring of six -five cast by Rudhall in 1727 with a Mears & Stainbank tenor bell of 1865. The bells hang in a composite iron and hardwood bell frame made by James Barwell of Birmingham. The bells and their fittings will be removed to Loughborough for conservation and tuning. […]
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An exciting project to create a mobile ring of bells is now well advanced. The specification outlined by the Council Officers is for a light ring of six bells to be mounted in a tower on a trailer to be pulled by a car, and to be erected by lifting by hand to a standing […]
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The tower of this monastery houses a heavy chime of bells, with a bass bell weighing 25 cwts. Originally cast as a diatonic ten with two semi tones by Matthew O’Byrne of Dublin in 1898 this chime was destroyed by fire in 1920. Taylor’s was commissioned to recast ten of the bells, and this was […]
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This church houses a very fine Taylor 22 cwt eight in the key of Eb. The entire installation is “modern” in bell terms, dating from 1959, and has a fine tradition in change ringing. The ring is to be augmented with two treble bells to create a ring of ten. To accomplish this the bells, […]
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