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| x Bilbie family |
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The Bilbie family were bell founders and clockmakers based initially in Chew Stoke, Somerset and later at Cullompton, Devon in south-west England from the late 1600s to the early 1800s.
Their importance to the local economy and in local history is...
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| x Fonderie Paccard |
Fonderie Paccard is a French foundry founded in 1796, which has cast more than 100,000 bells located throughout the World. The foundry has been continuously operated for seven generations by the Paccard family. The largest bell cast by Paccard is...
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| x Gillett & Johnston |
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Gillett and Johnston was a clock and bell manufacturing business in Croydon, England.
William Gillett started a clock making business on Union Road in Croydon, England in 1844. In 1877, Arthur Johnston joined the business as a partner adding a bell...
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| x Leamy Acoustic Art |
Leamy Acoustic Art Inc. is Canada's only full time bell foundry and specializes in smaller bells designed for fine art collections and personal use. The foundry produces only one-off, untuned bells using the lost-wax process.
Leamy Acoustic Art is...
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| x McShane Bell Foundry |
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The McShane Bell Foundry, located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, is a maker of church bells. Since its founding in 1856 by Henry McShane, it has produced over 300,000 bells; at one time, the foundry also produced pipes and plumbing fixtures. It was...
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| x Meneely bell foundry |
The Meneely Bell Foundry was a bell foundry established in 1826 in West Troy (now Watervliet), New York, by Andrew Meneely. Two of Andrew's sons continued to operate the foundry after his death, while a third son, Clinton H. Meneely, opened a second...
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| x Petit & Fritsen |
Royal Bellfounders Petit & Fritsen, based in Aarle-Rixtel, the Netherlands is the oldest family owned business in the Netherlands, with the foundry dating back to 1660.
Included on List of oldest companies (1660)
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| x Pieter and François Hemony |
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François Hemony (±1609-1667) and his brother Pieter (Pierre) Hemony (1619-1680) were the greatest carillon bell founders in the history of the Low Countries. They developed the carillon, in collaboration with Jacob van Eyck, into a full-fledged...
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| x Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry |
Royal Eijsbouts (Dutch: Koninklijke Eijsbouts) is a bell foundry located in Asten, Netherlands.
The workshop was founded in 1872 by Bonaventura Eijsbouts as a "factory for tower clocks." In 1893 Eijsbouts was joined by his 15 year old son, Johan,...
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| x Rudhall of Gloucester |
Rudhall of Gloucester was a family business of bell founders in the city of Gloucester, England, who between 1684 and 1835 produced over 5,000 bells. The business was founded by Abraham Rudhall (1657–1736) and the earliest ring of bells he cast was...
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| x John Taylor Bellfounders |
John Taylor & Co (formerly trading as Taylors, Eayre & Smith Ltd, John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd, and other names), based in Loughborough in the United Kingdom, is the world's largest working bell foundry.
The company manufactures bells for use in...
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| x Verdin Bell Company |
The Verdin Company is a manufacturer of bronze bells based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The company has been making bells for use in bell and clock towers, peals, chimes, and carillons since 1842. They also manufacture electronic carillons, street...
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| x Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
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The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. The foundry is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. The foundry...
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