Current projects

#	Tower	Description	Contractor	Source
1	Adwick le Street, South Yorkshire, S Laurence	3rd bell to be rehung with new bearings and plate gudgeons. All the clappers and crown staples to be fully refurbished – Not started	John Taylor & Co
2	Penshurst, Kent, S John Bapt	Details awaited	Matthew Higby & Co	Logan Rich, local contact
3	Ludgershall, Wiltshire, S James	Headstocks to be removed from bells for reboring gudgeon tapers, new gudgeons and conversion to ball races. Wheels on all bells to be rebuilt with new soling and shrouding. New clappers and staples in all bells. Cast in staple roots to be drilled out and bells checked for cracks. New staying gear, running gear, and pulleys. Frame painting to be undertaken by locals. – Not started	O'Shea Engineering	Isaac O'Shea
4	Saffron Walden, Essex, S Mary V	7th is cracked and will be recast – Not started	John Taylor & Co
5	Rose Ash, Devon, S Peter	Bells and fittings to be removed to Loughborough for cleaning, conserving and tuning. All new ringing fittings to be manufactured and the bell frame strengthened before rehanging. New rope guide to be manufactured and fitted – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
6	Leicester, Leicestershire, S George	The manufacture and fitting of an electro-magnetic chiming hammer and programmable Tempora Unit for the single bell at this church	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
7	Lighthorne, Warwickshire, S Laurence	The poor sounding existing tenor bell (circa 1410) is to be retired and rehung for chiming as a service bell. A replacement post war Taylor tenor from Radford, Coventry will be tuned and hung on its existing adapted fittings – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
8	York, North Yorkshire, S Michael le Belfrey	Bell to be rehung on a canon-retaining hardwood headstock in a new hardwood frame	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
9	Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, All Saints	Bells 4/8 and 5/8 to be rehung	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
10	Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, S Mary V	Gudgeons to be replaced on bell 7/8	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
11	Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, S Michael & All Angels	Bearing plates to be replaced on bell 1/8; new slider to be fitted	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
12	Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, S Denys	Gudgeons to be replaced on bell 7/8	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
13	Southrop, Gloucestershire, S Peter	Bells to be rehung on canon-retaining hardwood headstocks	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
14	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, S Chad	Major maintenance – Not started	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
15	Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S Matthew	Bell to be rehung with new fixtures and fittings – Not started	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
16	Reynoldston, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, S George	Bells to be rehung with all new fittings – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
17	Newton Regis, Warwickshire, S Mary	New roller boxes; new wheels on bells 2/3 and 3/3; and new louvres to be fitted	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
18	Minety, Wiltshire, S Leonard	Headstock to be repaired on bell 2/6 – Not started	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
19	Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, All Saints	Bells to be rehung on new headstocks in the existing frame – Not started	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
20	Kingsclere, Hampshire, S Mary	Bell 2/8 to be relocated; clappers on bells 5/8 and 8/8 to be refurbished	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
21	Henlow, Bedfordshire, S Mary	Details awaited – Not started	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
22	Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, S Mary V	Clapper work on bells 6/8 and 8/8	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
23	Hartlepool, Durham, S Aidan	general overhaul of fittings and frame	Fred Pembleton
24	Hannington, Hampshire, All Saints	Rope guide to be fitted	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
25	Great Easton, Essex, S John & S Giles	Bells 1/6 -> 4/6 to be retuned; bells to be rehung in the existing frame	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
26	Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, S Mary	New resin pads to be fitted on bells 2/6, 4/6, and 6/6	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
27	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, All Saints	General overhaul of fittings and frame; new sound control to be fitted – Not started	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
28	Droxford, Hampshire, S Mary & All Saints	New wheel (bell 1/5); and new bearing pedestals (bells 1/5 and 2/5) to be fitted	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
29	Constantine, Cornwall, S Constantine	Clappers to be refurbished; general overhaul – Not started	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
30	Chesham, Buckinghamshire, S Mary V	General maintenance: clappers to be refurbished; hardwood runner boards to be fitted; gudgeons to be replaced on bells 2/6 and 6/6	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
31	Sandhurst, Berkshire, S Michael & All Angels	Bells to be tuned and rehung with all new fittings in the existing frame; frame to be painted; bell chamber floor to be installed. – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
32	Pen-y-fai, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, All Saints	Bells to be rehung with partially new fittings in the existing frame; frame to be painted; sound deadening floor to be installed – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd
33	Nether Wallop, Hampshire, S Andrew	Frame to be painted – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
34	Drayton, Somerset, S Catherine	Heavy overhaul – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
35	Badby, Northamptonshire, S Mary	Bell 3/6 to be repaired; existing fittings to be overhauled; clappers to be replaced; frame to be painted – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
36	Holsworthy, Devon, S Peter & S Paul	All eight bells will be lifted from their pits for the realignment of their gudgeon pins and for the cleaning/replacement of their bearings. A new set of spheroidal graphite clappers and cast iron crown staples will be manufactured and fitted – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
37	Bridport, Dorset, S Mary	All eight bells to be lifted from their pits for the replacement of their ball bearings. New cast iron rope bosses to be fitted to the belfry floor and ringing chamber ceiling – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
38	Ladock, Cornwall, S Ladoca	Bells, frame and fittings to be removed from the tower for a major restoration and recasting. A new 'lowside' cast iron bell frame on a galvanised steel grillage will be manufactured. Bells 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be recast and the others retuned. All new ringing fittings will be manufactured before the bells are rehung – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
39	Halberton, Devon, S Andrew	Bells and fittings to be removed to Loughborough for conservation, tuning and the removal of their canons. New headstocks, gudgeons & bearings will be manufactured and the bell wheels restored with new soling and shrouding. All new clappers, crown staples, sliders, stays ropes and rope roller boxes will be manufactured before rehanging	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
40	Attleborough, Norfolk, Assumption of BVM	New electro-magnetic hammers will be manufacturted and fitted to all the bells, together with a programmable Apollo Unit – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
41	Stainby, Lincolnshire, S Peter	Major maintenance & repair work will be undertaken on this unringable four to bring them back to ringable condition. New headstock straps and rope roller boxers will be manufactured and fitted, together with a new treble bell stay	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
42	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, S Mary	The bells and fittings are to be removed from the tower. New gudgeons and bearings to be fitted to the cast iron headstocks and all the other fittings to be fully refurbished. The bell frame is to cleaned and repainted.	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
43	Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, S Benedict	The single bell will be conserved and all new fittings will be manufactured for swing chiming. A new bell frame will also be provided before the bell is rehung	John Taylor & Co
44	Impington, Cambridgeshire, S Andrew	The headstock of the 2nd is currently being replaced by Tom Blyth with Hunts Bell Restoration Group as the hangers. The goal is to restore the ring to a fully ringable condition.	Huntingdonshire CB Restn Soc	David Richards
45	West Chiltington, West Sussex, S Mary	Overhauling the Ellacombe apparatus, replacing existing wire cables with new pre-stretched terylene chiming rope, fitting new guide pulleys and repainting the existing iron framework	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
46	Westminster, Greater London, S Clement Danes	Major overhaul	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
47	Mordiford, Herefordshire, Holy Rood	Historic ring of five has been removed to Loughborough for cleaning and conserving. All new fittings to be manufactured and a new rope guide. Oak bell frame to be strengthened before bells are rehung	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
48	Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, S Illtyd, S Gwynno, & S Dyfodwg	Bells to be augmented from eight to ten; bells to be rehung with all new fittings in a new frame – Not started	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
49	Greetham, Rutland, S Mary V	Remove the entire installation from the tower. Clean the cast iron headstocks and bell frame sides by sand blasting. Rebuild the bell frame on a new galvanised steel grillage. Re-sole & re-shroud the bell wheels and restore all the other fittings.	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
50	Chirk, Wrexham, Wales, S Mary	Existing fittings to be overhauled; bells to be tuned, augmented from six to eight, and rehung in the existing, but extended, frame	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
51	Blythburgh, Suffolk, Holy Trinity	Bearings and clappers to be overhauled, frame to be painted	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
52	Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, S Mary	Restoration of tubular chime	Nicholson Engineering Ltd	Andrew Nicholson
53	Worthing, West Sussex, S Botolph, Heene	Headstocks on bells 4 and 5 with defective gudgeons to be replaced with new fabricated steel hollow section headstocks by O'Shea Engineering; ringing is able to continue on the remaining bells	O'Shea Engineering	Isaac O'Shea
54	Misterton, Nottinghamshire, All Saints	Subject to fund raising, it is intended to augment the ring from three to six bells; the existing treble bell is to be retired from the ring; the new front four bells are to be sourced via the Keltek Trust. The contract has not yet been awarded – Not started		David Kelly
55	Harby, Leicestershire, S Mary V	The existing ring of five to be augmented to six with a Keltek treble. The bells to be conserved, cleaned and tuned and all new ringing fittings manufactured. An extension bell frame to be manufactured. A new rope guide to be manufactured and installed. Two new "dumb bells" to be manufactured and installed in the middle chamber	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
56	Biddisham, Somerset, S John Bapt	Bells to be removed for rehanging on all new full-circle ringing fittings in the existing frame – Not started	O'Shea Engineering	Isaac O'Shea
57	Swarby, Lincolnshire, S Mary & All Saints	New headstock straps are to be manufactured and fitted to the single bell in this tower which is hung for full circle ringing – Not started	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
58	Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales, S John Div	Subject to fund raising, it is intended to hang this ring of eight at Betws-y-Coed, S Mary. The contract has not yet been awarded – Not started		David Kelly, Keltek Trust
59	Ardleigh, Essex, S Mary V	Bells to be augmented from eight to ten; two newly cast bells (Taylors) to be hung in the existing, but modified, frame; two dumb-bells to be installed	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth
60	Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire, S Helen	Bells removed from the tower to Loughborough for the manufacture of new fittings for the back five. A new under grillage is to be manufactured and installed to strengthen the 1904 Barwell bell frame before the bells are rehung	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
61	Three Bridges, West Sussex, S Richard	Bell to be hung on new wooden headstock in a new timber frame for stationary ringing	Local labour/guild/assn	Kye Leaver
62	Eynsham, Oxfordshire, S Leonard	Bells to be tuned and rehung with all new fittings in the existing frame	Whites of Appleton	Marika Haseldine
63	Melksham, Wiltshire, S Michael & All Angels	Ring to be augmented to ten bells	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
64	Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, S Leonard	Poor toned tenor to be replaced; ring to be augmented to six bells	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
65	Hinton St George, Somerset, S George	Bells out for rehanging with all new fittings in the existing frame	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
66	Drinkstone, Suffolk, All Saints	This ring of six is to be recast and rehung slightly lower in the tower with all new fittings in a new galvanised steel bell frame for eight. A new belfry floor is to be installed, and a new sound control system manufactured and installed. New access ladders are to be manufactured and installed from the ringing chamber upwards in the tower	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
67	Heacham, Norfolk, S Mary	Ancient bell to be conserved and hung for display; newly cast bell to be provided as a replacement	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
68	Frampton, Dorset, S Mary	Bells to be removed to Loughborough for cleaning, conservation, tuning, and the drilling out of their cast-in crown staples. 1694 oak bell frame to be strengthened. All new ringing fittings to be manufactured before the bells are rehung	John Taylor & Co
69	Lee, Greater London, S Margaret of Antioch	recasting of 21" bell from chime of 16; replacement of all bell bolts	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
70	Appleton le Moors, North Yorkshire, Christ Church	Fit replacement Ellacombe parts supplied by Whites of Appleton	Local labour/guild/assn
71	Findon, West Sussex, S John Bapt	Sanctus removed for rehanging	Whites of Appleton	Mark Walker, Whites of Appleton
72	Turnastone, Herefordshire, S Mary Magd	Larger bell to be conserved, weld repaired, and rehung dead for electronic/automated chiming with all new fittings.	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
73	Ropley, Hampshire, S Peter	Cracked 3rd bell to be welded; broken 5th bell to be recast; bells to be rehung with all new fittings in a new frame	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
74	Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, S Mary V	Existing bell 2/8 to be retired; ring to be augmented from eight to ten using three newly cast bells; bells to be rehung in the existing frame, rebuilt in the intermediate chamber; new floors to be fitted – Not started	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
75	Nempnett Thrubwell, Somerset, Blessed Virgin Mary	Bells to be tuned and rehung with all new fittings in a new frame	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
76	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, S Canice (RC)	A new ring of five is to be created using two newly cast bells and three second-hand bells; to be supplied with new fittings for change ringing; frame to be built and bells to be hung locally	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
77	Ipswich, Suffolk, Minster Ch of S Mary le Tower	Six training dumb-bells to be supplied and installed in the intermediate room	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
78	Whitwell, Rutland, S Michael & All Angels	Bells removed for future restoration – On hold	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
79	Hamsterley nr Bishop Auckland, Durham, S James	Bells removed for future restoration. – On hold	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
80	Coningsby, Lincolnshire, S Michael & All Angels	Clappers on bells 4 and 6 to be rebushed	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
81	Berrow, Worcestershire, S Faith	Bells to be augmented from five to six; fittings on existing bells to be overhauled	Blyth & Co	Jo Blyth, Office Manager, Blyth & Co Ltd.
82	Hatherleigh, Devon, S John Bapt	Bells rehung in a new frame	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
83	Clyro, Powys, Wales, S Michael	New treble cast by Westley Group to augment to six. Not yet hung	(unidentified)	Mark Walker, Whites of Appleton
84	Trull, Somerset, All Saints	The entire installation to be removed. Bells to be conserved, cleaned and some tuning. New ringing fittings to be manufactured. New cast iron and galvanised steel "H" frame to be manufactured and installed	John Taylor & Co	David Potter
85	Longworth, Oxfordshire, S Mary	To be augmented to 8 in a new clockwise frame. The Westley group will cast the new treble; a second-hand bell has been acquired via the Keltek Trust for the 2nd; and WBF cast the 3rd in 2017. – Not started	Whites of Appleton	Michele Winter
86	Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, S Peter, Upper Riccarton	Project to install the bells previously intended for Christchurch, Transitional Cathedral	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby
87	St Hilary, Cornwall, S Hilary of Poitiers	Restoration – On hold	John Taylor & Co	John Baldwin
88	Marksbury, Somerset, S Peter	Tune 6th; rehang mostly new fittings; new frame found'n,etc – On hold	Matthew Higby & Co	Matthew Higby