List of founders
Name | Founding | Group | Location | Bells | Bells Dated | Rings |
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William Mason | 1736–1747 | Carlisle | 1 | 1741 | 1 | |
Matthew O'Byrne | 1840–1904 | Dublin | 49 | 1891–1937 | 20 | |
Robert Maxwell | 1711–1728 | Edinburgh | 3 | 1711–1723 | 3 | |
Henry McShane & Co | Non UK | Baltimore, MD, USA | 10 | 1890 | 1 | |
G Mears & Co | 1858–1873 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 261 | 1855–1866 | 143 |
Thomas Mears & Son | 1794–1810 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 168 | 1794–1810 | 80 |
Charles & George Mears | 1843–1861 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 1212 | 1841–1868 | 656 |
George Mears | 1844–1865 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 197 | 1850–1865 | 96 |
Thomas Mears (generic) | Whitechapel | Whitechapel, Middx | 4 | 1791–1827 | 4 | |
Thomas I Mears | 1787–1806 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 272 | 1778–1812 | 155 |
Thomas II Mears | 1806–1844 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel, Gloucester | 1742 | 1798–1899 | 930 |
William Mears | 1777–1791 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 64 | 1777–1787 | 26 |
William & Thomas Mears | 1787–1791 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 52 | 1787–1794 | 27 |
Meeks, Watson & Co | from 1991 | Non UK | Georgetown, OH, USA | 2 | 2015 | 1 |
John Meikle | 1688–1702 | Edinburgh | 1 | 1688 | 1 | |
Mellours (generic) | Nottingham | Nottingham | 56 | 1499–1550 | 50 | |
Richard Mellours | 1470–1508 | Nottingham | Nottingham | 22 | 1480–1520 | 22 |
Robert Mellours | 1508–1525 | Nottingham | Nottingham | 7 | 1510–1522 | 6 |
Meneely (Troy) | 1871–1951 | Non UK | Troy | 9 | 1900–1929 | 3 |
Meneely (Watervliet) | 1826–1950 | Non UK | West Troy (later Watervliet) | 2 | 1846–1890 | 2 |
Meneely (West Troy) | 1839–1951 | Non UK | West Troy, NY, USA | 11 | 1865–1928 | 2 |
Robert Merston | 1450–1500 | Alford | 5 | 1470–1499 | 4 | |
Michael de Lichfield | 1280 | Lichfield | 6 | 1320–1499 | 5 | |
Samuel Midworth | 1811–1851 | Mansfield | 5 | 1811–1843 | 5 | |
John Mills & Sons | 1864–1868 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 3 | 1864–1868 | 3 | |
Hayward Mills Associates | 2000–2009 | Nottingham | 33 | 1999–2009 | 19 | |
Foulk Mitchell | 1500–1554 | Wokingham | Wokingham | 3 | 1530 | 1 |
John Mitchell | 1483–1494 | Wokingham | Wokingham | 2 | 1490–1493 | 2 |
James Moon | 1869 | Barnstaple | 1 | 1869 | 1 | |
Moore, Holmes & Mackenzie | 1879–1885 | Redenhall | 35 | 1878–1883 | 14 | |
Robert Mot | 1570–1606 | Whitechapel | Houndsditch, Whitechapel | 49 | 1572–1604 | 38 |
Robert Mot predecessor | 3 | 1567–1575 | 3 | |||
John Murphy | 1843–1875 | Non UK | Dublin | 46 | 1844–1877 | 16 |
John J Murphy | 1875–1900 | Non UK | Dublin | 18 | 1875–1893 | 8 |
Naylor, Vickers & Co | 1855–1874 | Sheffield | 167 | 1855–1899 | 103 | |
Edward Neale | 1641–1685 | Burford | Burford | 41 | 1641–1690 | 33 |
Henry Neale | 1627–1640 | Burford | Somerford Keynes, Burford | 10 | 1627–1649 | 8 |
Robert III Newcombe & Bartholomew Atton | 1585–1590 | Buckingham | 1 | 1585 | 1 | |
Newcombe & Watts | Leicester | 21 | 1561–1609 | 17 | ||
Newcombe (generic) | Leicester | Leicester | 126 | 1550–1618 | 109 | |
Edward Newcombe | 1570–1616 | Leicester | Bedford, Leicester | 25 | 1580–1619 | 21 |
Robert I Newcombe | 1520–1560 | Leicester | Leicester | 20 | 1520–1598 | 18 |
Robert II Newcombe | 1580–1591 | Leicester | 3 | 1585 | 2 | |
Robert III, Thomas III & Wm Newcombe | 1602–1612 | Leicester | Leicester | 16 | 1602–1612 | 11 |
Thomas Newcombe (generic) | Leicester | Leicester | 1 | 1600 | 1 | |
Thomas I Newcombe | 1506–1520 | Leicester | 10 | 1510–1599 | 10 | |
Thomas II Newcombe | 1562–1580 | Leicester | Leicester | 30 | 1550–1580 | 26 |
Charles Newman | 1684–1709 | Norwich | Norwich | 65 | 1686–1710 | 52 |
Thomas Newman | 1699–1745 | Norwich | Cambridge, Norwich | 221 | 1702–1745 | 134 |
Newton & Heanes | 1859 | Bristol C19th | Bristol | 5 | 1859–1861 | 3 |