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