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Aug 30, 20231 min read
Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The Cathedral Church of St Macartin.
This cathedral church houses a 20 cwt ring of ten bells which underwent a major restoration by Taylor's in 1935 when the bells were...
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Aug 22, 20231 min read
University of Chicago, Illinois
The Mitchell tower of this university houses a 21cwt ring of ten which were cast and hung in 1908 by Mears & Stainbank of the Whitechapel...
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Aug 21, 20231 min read
Guiseley, West Yorkshire, The Parish Church of St Oswald King & Martyr.
This church houses a fine Gillett & Johnston ring of eight dating from 1946, with a tenor bell weighing 16 cwts. Maintenance work will...
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Aug 20, 20231 min read
Penrith, St Catherine's R C Church.
The single bell from this church will be cleaned and conserved and all new fittings for swing chiming will be manufactured from stainless...
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Aug 19, 20231 min read
Walterstone, Herefordshire, St Mary's Parish Church.
This tiny parish Church in rural Herefordshire has two bells hung in its western turret. The larger of the two weighs approximately 4...
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Aug 14, 20231 min read
Trinity House, London.
Buoy bells are still used to warn ships of danger, and Trinity House orders new bells to be cast regularly. Two new bells have been cast...
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Aug 12, 20231 min read
Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire, St Andrew's Parish Church.
This church's tower houses a 6 cwt ring of three with the bells dating circa 1400, 1671 & 1875. So that the bells can be rung when a team...
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Aug 4, 20231 min read
Burton Hastings, Warwickshire, St Botolph.
This church houses a 6 cwt ring of five which were last restored by Taylor's in 1937. The ring is to be augmented to six with the casting...
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Aug 1, 20230 min read
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Jul 31, 20231 min read
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, St Mary's Parish Church.
Having recast the tenor bell of this 19 cwt ring of twelve earlier this year working with White's of Appleton as the main contractor, the...
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Jul 18, 20231 min read
Stroud, Gloucestershire, St Laurence's Parish Church
The 20 cwt ring of ten in this church dates from the 18th & 19th centuries and is the work of the Rudhall & Whitechapel foundries. The...
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Jul 7, 20231 min read
Stoodleigh, Devon, St Margaret.
The 7 cwt six in this tower were last restored and rehung by another contractor in 2011. Sadly the treble bell has now cracked and will...
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Jul 7, 20231 min read
Hanmer, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales - St Chad.
The tower of this church houses 17cwt Taylor six dating from 1890. A major rehang and restoration will now be undertaken. The composite...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
Horsham, West Sussex, St Mary the Virgin.
This tower houses a 22 cwt ring of ten, all of which were cast at The Whitechapel Bell Foundry between 1752 & 1972. The 4th bell, by...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
Salter Street, West Midlands, St Patrick's Church.
The 8 cwt Warner five in this church date from 1861.Electro-magnetic hammers and an automated Apollo system will be manufactured and...
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Jun 20, 20231 min read
Caversham, Berkshire, St Peter's Parish Church.
This tower houses an 8 cwt ring of eight, and the P.C.C. has now placed an order for the manufacture and fitting of an adjustable sound...
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Jun 5, 20231 min read
A Carillon for a Private Customer, U.S.A.
A 25 bell carillon has been ordered by a private customer in America. With a bass bell weighing approximately 10 cwts, the new instrument...
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May 28, 20231 min read
Sefton, Merseyside, St Helen's Parish Church.
Major maintenance work is to be undertaken to this 11 cwt ring of eight. The bells will be lifted from their pits and their bearings will...
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May 28, 20231 min read
North Curry, Somerset, S.S. Peter & Paul.
An order has been placed to remove the present ring of bells, its framework and fittings from the tower and to recast the bells into a...
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May 26, 20231 min read
Alton, Staffordshire, St Peter's Parish Church.
This classic Taylor 22 cwt ring of eight which date from 1959 is to be augmented to ten with two new treble bells. The entire...
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