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+44 116 230 4208
Francis Holdings Ltd
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Loughborough
United Kingdom
Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University. The town had a population of 59,933 in the 2011 census and an estimate of 67,956 in 2019, making it the second largest settlement in Leicestershire, It is close to the Nottinghamshire border and within short distances of Leicester, Nottingham, East Midlands Airport and Derby. The town has the world's largest... Show more bell foundry – John Taylor Bellfounders – which made bells for the Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in the Queens Park in the town, of Great Paul for St Paul's Cathedral, and for York Minster.
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