WHITES OF APPLETON
Church Bellhanging & Restoration
1824 - 2026
"Combining traditional craftmanship with modern technology"
SERVICES
FRAMES & FITTINGS
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New bell frames constructed in hot-dipped galvanized steel, cast-iron or timber.
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Restoration of existing bell frames
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Modern steel or cast-iron headstocks
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Traditional timber headstocks with forged supporting ironwork on ancient chiming bells
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All work on traditional wrought-iron clappers
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Manufacturing of timber and nylon shaft clappers
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Traditional timber bell-wheels and repairs to existing wheels
SERVICES
EXPERTISE & SKILLS
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Periodic Servicing of bell installations (usually annual or biennial)
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Free inspections, reports and estimates anywhere on the U.K. mainland
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Supply of new bells
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Tuning of bells
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Incorporation into projects of the recasting of bells
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Chiming bells and fittings
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Bell-rope supply to meet individual requirements
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Up-to-date CAD drawing, design and specifications.
Our current staff, most of whom are bellringers, are skilled in engineering, welding (mig and arc), bell tuning, carpentry and joinery, blacksmithing, rope-splicing and computer technology.
Our cast-iron frame sides, headstocks and ductile iron clappers are cast to our own design and specifications at local foundries. Bell frames and fittings (including our own fabricated steel cannon-retaining headstocks) are manufactured in our workshops at Appleton where customers can view their own completed project.
OUR WORK
Here are some projects we have worked on in the past.
CURRENT PROJECTS
ABOUT US
Whites of Appleton Ltd is the oldest continuously trading Bellhanging Company in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1824 by Alfred White who became interested in the workings of bells following his instruction in the art of campanology in 1818 when the three bells at Appleton Church were recast into a ring of six by Thomas Mears of London.
FIND US
69 Eaton Road
Appleton
Abingdon
Oxon
OX13 5JJ
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 862 549