Index of all British Isles sites by maker

Carillons and chimes in the British Isles (including Ireland) contain bells supplied by a variety of bellfoundries. Most such sites (exceptions as noted below) are listed here by foundry in the following order:

Unknown
van Aerschodt
Eijsbouts
Gillett & Johnston
Taylor
Whitechapel

Within each foundry group, sites are listed in order by year of installation (unknown first).
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

C = Complete instrument
F = Foundation; originally a complete installation, later expanded
I = Intermediate expansion
E = Final expansion to current state
R = Recast/replaced (without changing number or disposition)
T = Tune or re-tuned at the foundry

NOTES:

Defunct instruments which were not replaced are not listed here, but may be found in the individual complete indexes for particular bellfoundries (see list).
When relevant, links to the separate index pages for the total output of each foundry are available at the end of a foundry section below.
For foundries outside the USA, the site list below is a subset of the foundry's total production. For the seven old foundries in the USA, none of which exported more than one or two chimes (if that), such subsetting is not helpful; for those foundries, the only sites listed on this page are carillons plus those chimes which also contain bells by other founders. Links to the individual foundry indexes appear below.

Bellfoundry unknown

The sources which reported the existence of these instruments, or the phase of work listed here, did not identify their makers. They are listed in city name order rather than date order.


PERTH                         : SCOTLAND-PR  ???? F

   St.John's Kirk

   (St.John the Baptist Church)

van Aerschodt, Leuven (Louvain), Belgium


ABERDEEN - STN                : SCOTLAND-AB  1887 F

   Municipal Carillon

   St.Nicholas' Church

Complete list of van Aerschodt foundry output.

Eijsbouts, Asten, Netherlands


COBH                          : IRELAND -CK  1998 E

   St.Colman's Cathedral (RC)

Complete list of Eijsbouts foundry output.

Gillett & Johnston, Croydon, England


DUMBARTON                     : SCOTLAND-DB  1927 F

   St.Patrick's Church (RC) 

DUMBARTON                     : SCOTLAND-DB  1928 E

   St.Patrick's Church (RC) 

LONDON - A                    : ENGLAND -W   1928 C

   The Atkinson Carillon

   J.Fox & Co.

   (previously Atkinson's Stores) 

SALTLEY                       : ENGLAND -WA  1932 C

   Our Lady's Carillon

   Our Lady of the Rosary and 

     St.Thérèse of Lisieux RC Church

BOURNVILLE                    : ENGLAND -WO  1934 E

   The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon

     (The Bournville Carillon)

   School Tower 

PERTH                         : SCOTLAND-PR  1935 R

   St.John's Kirk

   (St.John the Baptist Church) 

ABERDEEN - STN                : SCOTLAND-AB  1952 R

   Municipal Carillon

   St.Nicholas' Church 

ABERDEEN - STN                : SCOTLAND-AB  1954 E

   Municipal Carillon

   St.Nicholas' Church

Complete list of Gillett & Johnston foundry output.

Taylor, Loughborough, England


BOURNVILLE                    : ENGLAND -WO  1906 F

   The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon

     (The Bournville Carillon)

   School Tower 

COBH                          : IRELAND -CK  1914 F

   St.Colman's Cathedral (RC) 

COBH                          : IRELAND -CK  1915 I

   St.Colman's Cathedral (RC) 

COBH                          : IRELAND -CK  1916 I

   St.Colman's Cathedral (RC) 

ARMAGH                        : N IRELAND-R  1921 C

   St.Patrick's Cathedral (R.C.) 

PARKGATE                      : ENGLAND -CH  1921 F

   War Memorial Carillon  (WW I)

   Mostyn House School 

PARKGATE                      : ENGLAND -CH  1922 I

   War Memorial Carillon  (WW I)

   Mostyn House School 

BOURNVILLE                    : ENGLAND -WO  1923 I

   The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon

     (The Bournville Carillon)

   School Tower 

PARKGATE                      : ENGLAND -CH  1923 E

   War Memorial Carillon  (WW I)

   Mostyn House School 

LOUGHBOROUGH - WM             : ENGLAND -LE  1924 C

   War Memorial

BOURNVILLE                    : ENGLAND -WO  1925 I

   The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon

     (The Bournville Carillon)

   School Tower 

SAINT ANDREWS                 : SCOTLAND-FI  1926 F

   Holy Trinity Parish Church 

SAINT HELENS                  : ENGLAND -LA  1929 C

   St.Mary's, Lowe House, RC Church 

SAINT ANDREWS                 : SCOTLAND-FI  1938 I

   Holy Trinity Parish Church 

COBH                          : IRELAND -CK  1958 I

   St.Colman's Cathedral (RC) 

SAINT ANDREWS                 : SCOTLAND-FI  1962 I

   Holy Trinity Parish Church 

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - CC      : ENGLAND -NM  1966 C

   Edith Adamson Memorial Carillon

   Civic Centre 

SAINT ANDREWS                 : SCOTLAND-FI  1998 E

   Holy Trinity Parish Church 

YORK                          : ENGLAND -YO  2008 E

   Southwest tower

   Minster

   (Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of S.Peter)

Complete list of Taylor foundry output.

Whitechapel, London, England

Older bells carry the name Mears & Stainbank


KILMARNOCK                    : SCOTLAND-AY  1950 C

   St.Marnock's Parish Church 

     (Church of Scotland)

Complete list of Whitechapel foundry output.

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This index page was built from the database on 29-Sep-05 and last revised on on 28-May-08.

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