History
The present company is part of a line of bellfounders dating back to Johannes de Stafford in the 14th century. The Taylor family became involved in 1784 and a foundry was established on the current site in 1839. The Taylors also had foundries in Oxford and St Neots between 1786 and 1854. Taylors were the first bellfounder to adopt "true-harmonic" tuning in the late 19th century. The foundry is based in buildings on Freehold Street, and as of September 2009 employed 26 people.
On 18 September 2009 the company went into administration. Simon Chandler and Steven Wood, of the Nottingham office of accountants Mazars, were appointed joint administrators. Mazars had previously been acting as advisors to the company during attempts to secure extra funding. On 2 October 2009 it was reported that the administrators were "optimistic about its future." On 15 October 2009, in a statement released by UK Bellfounders Ltd., a consortium of ringers, members of the bell industry and other investors, it was stated that the foundry would reopen on Monday 19 October, reverting to the previous name of John Taylor & Co.
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