Index to carillons and chimes by Whitechapel

The Whitechapel foundry has provided bells for various carillons and chimes throughout the world.  See the bottom of this page for contact information and historical notes.

The sites are listed in order by year of installation.  For a given year, they are in order by country and city.
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:
  trad      - carillon with traditional keyboard
  trad*     - carillon with traditional keyboard now,
              but with other mechanism and/or chime size at the date cited
  non-trad  - carillon with non-traditional mechanism
  mech?     - carillon with unknown mechanism
  chime     - chime (any mechanism)
  ring      - bells hung for change ringing (chime-sized)
  ring*     - chime originally hung for change-ringing, but no longer usable as such
  great     - great bell (over 4 tonnes weight) not in a chime or carillon
  (...)...  - instrument was replaced; link is to the same site
  [...]     - instrument is defunct; link is to "sites that are no more"
NOTE: This index excludes rings in the British Isles.

Whitechapel, London, England

Older bells carry various names: Mears & Stainbank, C & G Mears, Thomas Mears, Mears & Chapman, Pack & Chapman, Lester & Pack
PHILADELPHIA - CC             : USA - PA     1754 F  ring*
   Christ Church (Episcopal) 
   bells by Lester & Pack
CHARLESTON - STMI             : USA - SC     1764 C  ring
   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
NEW YORK - TC/1               : USA - NY     1797 F (ring)chime
   Trinity Parish Church (Episcopal) 
     (sometimes called Holy Trinity) 
PITTSBURGH - SPC              : USA - PA     1814 F* ring
   Southminster Presbyterian Church 
   * back 6 cast for another site
TORONTO - STJA/2              : CANADA - ON  1828*F  ring
   The Bells of Old York
   Lower belfry 
   St.James Cathedral 
   * made for St.James Church, Jamaica Road, 
     Bermondsey (SE London), England
QUÉBEC - HT                   : CANADA - QU  1830 C  ring
   La Cathedrale Episcopale de la 
     Sainte-Trinité 
   bells by Thomas Mears II
Lincoln                       : ENGLAND      1835 -  great
   Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary
PHILADELPHIA - CC             : USA - PA     1835 R  ring*
   Christ Church (Episcopal) 
MONTRÉAL - ND                 : CANADA - QU  1843 C  chime
   Notre-Dame Basilica 
PHILADELPHIA - STP            : USA - PA     1843 C  ring*
   St.Peter's Episcopal Church 
NEW YORK - TC/1               : USA - NY     1845 R (ring)chime
   Trinity Parish Church (Episcopal) 
     (sometimes called Holy Trinity) 
York                          : ENGLAND      1845 -  great
   York Minster
Montréal                      : CANADA - QU  1847 -  great
   Notre-Dame Basilica
NEW YORK - TC/1               : USA - NY     1849 I chime
   Trinity Parish Church (Episcopal) 
     (sometimes called Holy Trinity) 
FREDERICTON - CCC             : CANADA - NB  1852 C  (ring) 
   Christ Church Cathedral 
Westminster                   : ENGLAND      1856 -  great
   "Big Ben" (replacement)
   Clock Tower
   Houses of Parliament
NEW WESTMINSTER               : CANADA - BC  1861 C  [ring]
   Holy Trinity Cathedral
BURLINGTON                    : USA - NJ     1865 C  ring
   Central tower 
   St.Mary's Episcopal Church
CHARLESTON - STMI             : USA - SC     1866 R  ring
   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
BALLARAT - TH/2               : AUSTRALIA    1869 C  chime
   Town Hall
MADRAS (CHENNAI)              : INDIA        1871 C  chime
   St.George's Cathedral
   (Church of South India; was Anglican)
   Church
HIGH BEACH                    : ENGLAND -ES  1873 C  chime
   Church of the Holy Innocents
PHILADELPHIA - STMKL          : USA - PA     1878*C  ring
   St.Mark's Episcopal Church 
   (first 4 bells in 1876)
NEWTOWN                       : AUSTRALIA    1880 C  chime
   St.Stephen's Anglican Church
   hemispherical bells
PORT OF SPAIN                 : TRINIDAD     1880 C  chime
   Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity (Anglican) 
SAINT JOHN - T                : CANADA - NB  1882 F  chime
   Trinity Anglican Church 
PHILADELPHIA - STMTF/1        : USA - PA     1889 C  chime
   Upper belfry
   The Episcopal Church of 
     St.Martin-in-the-Fields 
PHILADELPHIA - STMY           : USA - PA     1895 C  chime
   St.Mary's-at-the-Cathedral Episcopal Church 
   made for St.Matthew's Episcopal Church
CAMDEN                        : AUSTRALIA    1896 C  chime
   St.John's Anglican Church
BOSTON - CA                   : USA - MA     1901 C  ring
   Church of the Advent (Episcopal)
GROTON                        : USA - MA     1901 F  ring
   St.John's Chapel 
   Groton School 
LIKOMA ISLAND                 : MALAWI       1906 C  chimola
   St.Peter's Cathedral
OAKVILLE                      : CANADA - ON  1906 C  chime
   St.Jude's Anglican Church 
OTTAWA - AS                   : CANADA - ON  1907 C  chime
   All Saints Anglican Church 
CHICAGO - MT                  : USA - IL     1908 C  ring
   Mitchell Tower 
   University of Chicago 
MONTRÉAL - STPA               : CANADA - QU  1910 C  chime
   St.Patrick's Basilica
WINNIPEG - STL                : CANADA - MB  1910 C  chime
   St.Luke's Anglican Church 
HINGHAM                       : USA - MA     1912 C  ring
   Hingham Memorial Bell Tower
WATERTOWN - PIB               : USA - MA     1912 C  ring
   Perkins Institute for the Blind 
PITTSBURGH - FB               : USA - PA     1913 C  chimola
   First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh (ABC)
CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) - STM      : INDIA        1914 C  chimola
   St.Mary's Mission
BRANTFORD                     : CANADA - ON  1915 C  chime
   Grace Anglican Church
MIDDLETOWN -- WU              : USA - CT     1918 F  trad*
   South College Building
   Wesleyan University 
GAWLER                        : AUSTRALIA    1921 C  chime
   St.George's Anglican Church
   hemispherical bells
ATLANTA - STL                 : USA - GA     1924*F  ring
   Robert C. Alston II Memorial Bell Tower
   St.Luke's Episcopal Church 
   * made for St.Helen's Church, 
     Escrick, Yorkshire, England,
     by Mears & Stainbank
OSHAWA                        : CANADA - ON  1924 C  chime
   Memorial Tower 
   St.George's Memorial Anglican Church 
MELBOURNE - T                 : AUSTRALIA    1927 E  chime
   St.John's Anglican Church
REGINA - KM                   : CANADA - SK  1927 C  chime
   Darke Memorial Chimes
   Knox-Metropolitan United Church 
   (was Metropolitan Methodist Church)
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - BJ      : ENGLAND -TW  1930 C  chime
   SS.James & Basil Parish Church 
KENT                          : USA - CT     1931 C  ring
   St.Joseph's Chapel 
   Kent School 
KHARTOUM                      : SUDAN        1931 C [chime]
   All Saints' Anglican Cathedral (old) 
HAMILTON - CCK                : CANADA - ON  1933 C  trad
   Cathedral of Christ the King (RC)
Valleyfield                   : CANADA - QU  1933 -  great
   Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile
GOLDERS GREEN                 : ENGLAND -NW  1932 C  chime
   St.Alban Martyr and St.Michael Church 
BECONTREE                     : ENGLAND -ES  1933 C  chime
   St.Alban Parish Church 
PITTSBURGH - SPC              : USA - PA     1934 I* ring
   Southminster Presbyterian Church 
   * middle 2 cast for another site
VICTORIA - CCC                : CANADA - BC  1936 F  ring
   Christ Church Cathedral 
Liverpool                     : ENGLAND      1938 -  great
   Cathedral Church of Christ
Beauport-Gifford              : CANADA - QU  1946 -  great
   Parish church
DUNDEE                        : SCOTLAND-AN  1948 C  chime
   St.Andrews Church 
KILMARNOCK                    : SCOTLAND-AY  1950 C  trad
   St.Marnock's Parish Church 
     (Church of Scotland) 
OLIVER                        : CANADA - BC  1952 C  chime
   St.Edward the Confessor Anglican Church
DUNFERMLINE                   : SCOTLAND-FI  19?? I  non-trad
   Dunfermline Abbey 
DUNFERMLINE                   : SCOTLAND-FI  1953 I  non-trad
   Dunfermline Abbey 
MISSION CITY                  : CANADA - BC  1956 C  ring
   Pfitzer Memorial Bell Tower 
   Westminster Abbey (St.Joseph's) 
POOLE                         : ENGLAND -DO  1957 C  chime
   The Transfiguration Parish Church 
HOUNSLOW                      : ENGLAND -MD  1959 C  chime
   Holy Trinity Parish Church 
MONTEGO BAY                   : JAMAICA      1959 C  chime
   St.James Parish Church (Anglican) 
Ampleforth                    : ENGLAND      1961 -  great
   Ampleforth College and Abbey
GROTON                        : USA - MA     1961 E  ring
   St.John's Chapel 
   Groton School 
HARARE                        : ZIMBABWE     1961 C  ring
   Cathedral Church of St.Mary & All Saints 
Kwe Kwe                       : ZIMBABWE     1961 F  ring
   St.Luke's Church
DALSTON - SMY                 : ENGLAND -E   1963 C  chime
   Saint Mary's Catholic Church
LEE                           : ENGLAND -SE  1963 C  chime
   St.Margaret Parish Church
LONDON - FM                   : ENGLAND -W   1964 C  chime
   Fortnum & Mason 
WASHINGTON - NC/2             : USA - DC     1964 C  ring
   Upper belfry 
   Gloria in Excelsis Tower 
   National Cathedral 
Liverpool                     : ENGLAND      1966 -  great
   Liverpool Cathedral (RC)
MIDDLETOWN -- WU              : USA - CT     1966 E  trad*
   South College Building
   Wesleyan University 
NORTHAMPTON - 2               : USA - MA     1968 C  ring
   Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts 
   Smith College 
WEST HARTFORD                 : USA - CT     1969 F  trad
   Gordon Stearns Memorial Carillon
   First Church of Christ, Congregational 
SANTA MONICA                  : USA - CA     1970 C  chime
   St.Augustine by-the-Sea Church 
BREWSTER                      : USA - NY     1973 C  ring
   St.Cuthbert's Chapel
   Melrose School (Episcopal)
PARRAMATTA - K                : AUSTRALIA    1974 C  chime
   Chapel
   The King's School
LUBBOCK - TTU                 : USA - TX     1974 F  trad*
   Charles & Georgia Robertson Baird Memorial Carillon
   Administration Building
   Texas Tech University 
   cast for, and inscribed as by,
   Van Bergen Bellfoundries, Inc.
Kwe Kwe                       : ZIMBABWE     1975 E  ring
   St.Luke's Church
KIAMA                         : AUSTRALIA    1976 C  chime
   Christ Church (Anglican)
Philadelphia                  : USA - PA     1976 -  great
   Bicentennial Bell
   Independence Park Visitor's Center Tower
WASHINGTON - PO               : USA - DC     1976 C  ring
   Congress Bells
   Old Post Office Tower 
   Nancy Hanks Center 
HENDERSONVILLE                : USA - NC     1978 C  ring
   Patton Memorial Tower 
   St.James' Episcopal Church 
CAPE TOWN - STG               : S AFRICA     1979 C  ring
   St.George's Cathedral 
NASHVILLE - STG               : USA - TN     198? C  chime
   St.George's Episcopal Church 
JOHANNESBURG/P                : S AFRICA     1980 C  ring
   St.George Anglican Church 
PHILADELPHIA - STMTF/2        : USA - PA     1980 C  ring
   Lower belfry
   The Episcopal Church of 
     St.Martin-in-the-Fields 
LONDON - WBF                  : ENGLAND -E   1981 C  chime
   Whitechapel Bell Foundry
PERTH - S                     : AUSTRALIA    1982 C  non-trad
   "Carillon City" shopping mall
KALAMAZOO - KC                : USA - MI     1983 C  ring
   Stetson Chapel 
   Kalamazoo College 
VICTORIA - CCC                : CANADA - BC  1983 E  ring
   Christ Church Cathedral 
MIAMI - T                     : USA - FL     1984 C  ring
   The Patterson Memorial Bells
   Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 
THE WOODLANDS                 : USA - TX     1984*C  [chime]
   Trinity Episcopal Church 
   * year of installation here; bells cast years earlier
     for St.Michael & All Angels, Blackburn, Lancashire
WEST HARTFORD                 : USA - CT     1985 E  trad
   Gordon Stearns Memorial Carillon
   First Church of Christ, Congregational 
LITTLE ROCK - TEC             : USA - AR     1988 C  ring
   Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 
LINCOLN - FP/1                : USA - NE     1990 E  trad
   Tower carillon
   First-Plymouth Congregational Church 
RIVERSIDE                     : USA - IL     1991*?  ring
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
   * year of installation here; 
     individual bells variously dated
LLANDAFF                      : WALES  - SG  1992 R  chime
   Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul 
     with Teilo, Dyfrig and Euddogwy
CHARLESTON - STMI             : USA - SC     1993 T  ring
   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND             : USA - SC     1994 C  ring
   Stella Maris RC Church 
PEWAUKEE                      : USA - WI     1995 C  ring
   (in storage) 
GRAHAMSTOWN                   : S AFRICA     1996 E  ring
   Cathedral Church of SS.Michael & George
MARIETTA - STJ                : USA - GA     1996 C  ring
   St.James' Episcopal Church 
TORONTO - STJA/2              : CANADA - ON  1996 E  ring
   Lower belfry 
   St.James Cathedral 
WELLINGTON - WM               : NEW ZEALAND  1996 E  trad
   National War Memorial Carillon
   National War Memorial
CHARLESTON - G                : USA - SC     1999 E  ring
   Columbarium tower 
   Grace Episcopal Church 
PITTSBURGH - SPC              : USA - PA     2000 E* ring
   Southminster Presbyterian Church 
   * 2 trebles cast for this site
HOUSTON - STP/2               : USA - TX     2001 C  ring
   Lower belfry 
   St.Paul's United Methodist Church 
SYDNEY - U                    : AUSTRALIA    2003 R  trad
   Clocktower
   Main Building
   University of Sydney
AUGUSTA - GS                  : USA - GA     2004 C  ring
   Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal)
SEWANEE - 2                   : USA - TN     2004 C  ring
   Bentley Bells
   Breslin Tower 
   Convocation Hall 
   The University of the South 
HOUSTON - PM/1                : USA - TX     2005 E  chime
   Upper belfry 
   Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church
HOUSTON - PM/2                : USA - TX     2005 C  ring
   Lower belfry 
   Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church 
NEW YORK - RC                 : USA - NY     2005 R  trad
   Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon
   Riverside Church (interdenominational: ABC/UCC) 
BIRMINGHAM - STP              : USA - AL     2006 C  ring
   Family Life Center
   Cathedral of St.Paul (RC)
MERCERSBURG                   : USA - PA     2007 E  trad
   The Henry Bucher Swoope Carillon
   Barker Tower 
   Chapel 
   Mercersburg Academy 

Contact:

   Whitechapel Bell Foundry
   32/34 Whitechapel Road
   London E1 1DY
   England
   
   Tel:  020 7247 2599
   Fax:  020 7375 1979
   E:    bells@whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk

The foundry has a Website which provides further information about its current operations and its history.  This is the oldest continuously operating business of any kind in England.

Bill Hibbert has written up the Whitechapel foundry history, which includes the names of all the bellfounders who have operated it.


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This index page was built from the database on 02-Jul-01 and last updated on 13-Feb-08.

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