Foundries in Loughborough

At one time there were many foundries in Loughborough and evidence of their work still abounds around Loughborough

In ‘Secret Loughborough’ I suggested that if one is looking for evidence of history, one must look up, down and all around! There is a short entry for local foundries, covering Messenger, Star Foundry, John Jones, Taylors and Beeby & Henton, and evidence of the work of these companies can be found up, down and all around Loughborough. Of course, not everything was locally produced and there are also examples around town of work of non-local foundries.

Let’s start with the local ones. Here are some examples, some are well-known names in the foundry business, but I'm not sure if some of those embossed with the word 'builder' were actually the producers, or the installers:

John Jones

Edwin Cook (company was the Star Foundry)

Messenger

Thomas Barker

Hammond

A J Wileman

Corah

Keightley Builders

Loughborough College

This one was presented to the parish church

A selection of Loughborough Corporation items

And made by companies outside the area, but found in Loughborough, we have:

Bayliss, Wolverhampton

Cross & Sansam, Shepshed

Cort & Paul, Leicester

Butterley

J M Bull, Melton Mowbray

Wiley and Co. Exeter

Corporation of Leicester

And a few others!!

A medley

I actually have a feeling this might be a Jones, and there's one at the Leicester Road cemetery

And this is the one that got away!!! The former gates to Southfield Park on Leicester Road. If anyone knows who the makers were (I did spot it a long time ago, but omitted to take a photograph - and then they were gone!) do please let me know!!

Here are some pics of various foundries, some working, some long-since deserted:

Blists Hill

Deserted brass foundry at Hayle, Cornwall

Deserted ironworks at Clydach, South Wales

Deserted ironworks at Kilgetty, South West Wales

The last working bellfoundry in the UK, Taylors of Loughborough

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