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The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry based in the Whitechapel district of east London. It is Britain's oldest manufacturing company, having been established in 1570 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and has operated continuously since then. The history of the foundry however reaches back to Master Founder Robert Chamberlain in 1420 during the reign of King Henry V.The foundry's main business is in church bells and their fittings and accessories, although it also manufactures single tolling bells and carillon bells.
The foundry has produced a number of famous bells, including the original ( 1752) Liberty Bell and Big Ben in the Palace of Westminster. The latter, at 13½ tons, was cast in 1858 and is the largest bell ever cast at the foundry. Whitechapel also supplied peals of 10 bells for Guildford CathedralGuildford Cathedral claims to be "the only cathedral to be built on a new site in the southern Province of England since the Reformation". Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, in SurreyThis is about Surrey, England. There are also articles about other uses of the name Surrey. Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties'. It is divided into a number of districts Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Rei, in the years following the Second World War, and for the National Cathedral in Washington DC in 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort.
Churches which have used Whitechapel bell Foundry:
- St Dunstan's, MayfieldSt Dunstan's, Mayfield was founded in 960 CE by St Dunstan, who was then Archibishop of Canterbury. It is reported as being originally a log church which lasted until it was replaced by a stone structire in the twelfth century by the Normans. In 1389 this
- St Dunstan's, StepneyLocated on Stepney High Street, St Dunstan's, Stepney stands on a site which has been used for Christian worship for over a thousand years. In about 952 C. the Bishop of London who is also Lord of the Manor of Stepney replaced the existing wooden structur
The foundry's premises are now a Grade II listed building and cannot be changed, and include a a cross-section of Big Ben surrounding the the entrance door.
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