List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
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	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	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
Samuel Newton & John Peele	1703–1705	London	London	3	1703–1705	3
Samuel Newton	1690–1716	London	London	1	1701	1
Nicholson & Co			Carlisle	1	1813	1
Richard Nicholson	1590		Cambridge	3	1590	3
Non UK (generic)			Outside UK	3	1369–1899	3
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	115	1678–1731	88
Matthew Norris	1596–1597		Stamford, & it	2	1597	2
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	139	1616–1678	102
Tobias I Norris	1603–1626		Stamford	82	1603–1626	69
Tobias III Norris	1662–1699		Stamford	78	1662–1699	55
Robert Norton	1435–1499	West Country	Exeter	24	1420–1499	24
Stephen Norton	1362–1381	London	London	4	1370–1380	4
Stephen Norton successor				1	1400	1
Norwich foundry		Norwich	Norwich	17	1399–1634	14
William de Norwich	1375–1385	Norwich	Norwich	4	1380–1399	3
William de Norwyco			Norwich	8	1380–1499	7
Nottingham foundry		Nottingham	Nottingham	37	1399–1799	35
O'Shea Engineering			Hill, Berkeley	1	2021	1
James Oatey	from 1830		Hayle	2	1830	1
William Oldfield (of Bradford)	1600–1636		poss Bradford	66	1600–1637	62
William Oldfield (of Canterbury)	1538–1561	Kent	Canterbury	5	1540–1561	5
William Oldfield (of York)	1633–1641	York	York	1	1633	1
George I Oldfield and Paul Hutton	1620–1647		Nottingham and Congleton	3	1622	3
Henry I Oldfield and Robert Quernbie	1570–1589		Nottingham	1	1589	1
George I Oldfield OR Henry II Oldfield				2	1627	2
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	250	1620–1677	184
George I Oldfield OR William I Oldfield			Doncaster	3	1621–1630	3
George III Oldfield	1732–1741	Nottingham	Nottingham	4	1733–1738	3
Henry I Oldfield	1539–1589	Nottingham	Nottingham	32	1540–1589	28
Henry I Oldfield or Henry II Oldfield			Nottingham	1	1570	1
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	277	1550–1620	198
Henry III Oldfield	1620–1629	Nottingham	Nottingham & ? Walsall	5	1621–1628	5
Hugh Oldfield	1665–1672	Nottingham	Nottingham, Doncaster	2	1664–1669	2
Richard Oldfield	1605–1640		Ludlow, and itinerant	15	1605–1640	11
Robert Oldfield	1604–1640		Hertford	69	1605–1640	44
William I Oldfield	1607–1652		Doncaster	70	1609–1652	60
William II Oldfield	1652–1666		Doncaster	6	1630–1656	5
C & J Oliver	1810–1845	London	Bethnal Green	3	1843–1845	2
Olovyanishnikova		Non UK	Yaroslav, Russia	1		1
P I Olovyanishnikova's Sons			Yaroslavl	1	1899	1