List of founders
Name | Founding | Group | Location | Bells | Bells Dated | Rings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Taylor & Co | from 1831 | Loughborough | Loughborough, Leics | 12641 | 1831–2024 | 3938 |
Mears & Stainbank | 1865–1968 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 5944 | 1849–1973 | 2224 |
John Warner & Sons | 1786–1921 | Warner | Cripplegate | 3579 | 1788–1921 | 1649 |
Gillett & Johnston | 1887–1955 | Gillett | Croydon | 2577 | 1889–1957 | 692 |
Whitechapel Bell Foundry | 1968–2017 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 2360 | 1900–2017 | 811 |
Thomas II Mears | 1806–1844 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel, Gloucester | 1737 | 1798–1899 | 925 |
Charles & George Mears | 1843–1861 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 1211 | 1841–1868 | 656 |
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd | 1989–2005 | Loughborough | Loughborough | 878 | 1982–2005 | 319 |
Unidentified (blank) | 819 | 1150–1985 | 723 | |||
Harrington, Latham & Co | 1889–1916 | Harrington | Coventry | 750 | 1887–1919 | 98 |
Abraham II Rudhall | 1718–1735 | Rudhall | Gloucester | 730 | 1700–1735 | 244 |
Abraham I Rudhall | 1679–1718 | Rudhall | Gloucester | 708 | 1684–1718 | 278 |
(unidentified) | 645 | 1150–1909 | 570 | |||
Abel Rudhall | 1736–1760 | Rudhall | Gloucester | 512 | 1734–1760 | 218 |
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd | 1978–1989 | Loughborough | Loughborough | 448 | 1978–1989 | 192 |
Llewellins & James | 1854–1940 | Bristol C19th | Bristol | 440 | 1850–1940 | 243 |
John Rudhall | 1783–1835 | Rudhall | Gloucester | 385 | 1773–1835 | 215 |
Thomas Rudhall | 1760–1783 | Rudhall | Gloucester | 352 | 1760–1783 | 161 |
Hugh II Watts | 1615–1643 | Bedford, Leicester | 337 | 1614–1642 | 197 | |
Pack & Chapman | 1769–1781 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 333 | 1765–1780 | 164 |
John Briant | 1779–1825 | Hertford | 326 | 1781–1825 | 142 | |
Lester & Pack | 1752–1769 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 323 | 1752–1769 | 178 |
Alfred Bowell | 1896–1939 | Ipswich | 306 | 1896–1939 | 146 | |
Thomas I Mears | 1787–1806 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 278 | 1778–1812 | 161 |
Henry II Oldfield | 1590–1620 | Nottingham | Nottingham | 276 | 1550–1620 | 197 |
Eijsbouts | from 1947 | Non UK | Asten (Holland) | 275 | 1979–2023 | 84 |
Thomas Osborn | 1779–1806 | St Neots, Downham Market | 260 | 1779–1802 | 101 | |
G Mears & Co | 1858–1873 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 258 | 1855–1866 | 140 |
William Dobson | 1798–1832 | Downham Market | 256 | 1786–1832 | 112 | |
William Evans | 1710–1770 | Chepstow | Chepstow | 255 | 1710–1766 | 90 |
George I Oldfield | 1620–1678 | Nottingham | Nottingham | 250 | 1620–1677 | 184 |
Thomas I Bilbie | 1724–1768 | West Country | Chewstoke(&Cullompton 1746-54) | 246 | 1725–1768 | 99 |
Thomas Newman | 1699–1745 | Norwich | Cambridge, Norwich | 221 | 1702–1745 | 134 |
John Taylor & Son | 1844–1858 | Loughborough | Loughborough | 216 | 1842–1858 | 96 |
J III, C IV & W Pennington & Co | 1769–1781 | Pennington | Stoke Climsland | 208 | 1769–1781 | 57 |
Richard Phelps | 1700–1738 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 206 | 1700–1737 | 110 |
Thomas Gardiner | 1709–1760 | Sudbury | 204 | 1711–1760 | 135 | |
John Wallis | 1580–1624 | Salisbury | Salisbury | 199 | 1580–1623 | 140 |
James Barwell | 1870–1898 | Birmingham | 197 | 1870–1949 | 124 | |
George Mears | 1844–1865 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 197 | 1850–1865 | 94 |
Samuel I Smith | 1662–1709 | York | York | 189 | 1662–1717 | 140 |
Joseph Eayre | 1735–1772 | St Neots | 188 | 1735–1784 | 101 | |
John Darbie | 1651–1691 | Ipswich | 188 | 1651–1686 | 109 | |
Charles Carr | 1864–1926 | Smethwick | 188 | 1875–1926 | 85 | |
Taylors, Eayre & Smith | 2005–2009 | Loughborough | Loughborough | 187 | 2005–2009 | 67 |
Bristol foundry | 1350–1500 | Bristol | Bristol | 182 | 1350–1899 | 157 |
Ellis I Knight | 1623–1658 | Reading | Reading | 181 | 1623–1657 | 102 |
Thomas II Bilbie | 1754–1780 | West Country | Cullompton | 171 | 1754–1782 | 59 |
Miles I Graye | 1598–1649 | Colchester | 169 | 1602–1646 | 113 | |
Harrington (generic) | 1884–1926 | Harrington | Coventry | 167 | 1886–1920 | 27 |