List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
James Smith (of Closworth)	1762–1767		Closworth	2	1764–1767	2
James Smith (of York)	1656–1671	York	York	5	1659–1666	4
John Smith	1420–1435		Louth	13	1400–1435	9
Joseph Smith	1701–1735		Edgbaston	90	1703–1735	43
Samuel I Smith	1662–1709	York	York	188	1662–1717	140
Samuel II Smith	1693–1731	York	York	84	1699–1731	66
? Somercotes	1420–1440			2	1420–1430	2
Caleb Squire	1840–1846	West Country	Buckland Brewer	3	1840–1846	3
John Stadler	1693–1719	West Country	Chulmleigh	13	1693–1719	10
Thomas Stafford	1630–1653		Penrith	3	1631–1653	2
Staffordshire founder	1350–1400			5	1399–1400	4
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5999	1849–1973	2264
Robert Stainbank	1861–1883	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	69	1867–1869	29
John Stares	1744–1746	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	8	1744–1746	4
John Stephens	1717–1727	Norwich	Norwich	47	1717–1727	34
John Stevenson	1810–1847		Preston	2	1810–1841	2
Ivan Kahn Stodorok		Non UK	Russia	1		1
Thomas Stone	1600–1650		it: S Wales	6	1614–1647	6
Johanna Sturdy	1458–1461	London	London	10	1450–1461	8
John Sturdy	1440–1458	London	London	20	1440–1499	18
Thomas Sturton				1	1673	1
Thomas Swain	1751–1781		Longford	30	1752–1781	15
Stephen Swan	1609–1614	Kent	(Kent)	4	1609–1614	4
John Swayn & Richard Lynn	1470		unknown	1	1470	1
T P (succ'r to Henry Williams)	1738–1740		Glasbury	1	1740	1
T S	1622–1639		Gloucester	1	1668	1
Roger Tapsell & Thomas Wakefield			Chichester	1	1621	1
Henry Tapsell	1577–1604		Sussex	4	1585–1602	4
Roger Tapsell	1600–1633		West Tarring	8	1606–1633	8
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	455	1978–2021	194
John Taylor & Son	1844–1858	Loughborough	Loughborough	218	1842–1858	97
Robert Taylor & Son	1817–1826	Loughborough		13	1819–1821	4
John Taylor & Sons	1849–1858	Loughborough		14	1850–1950	8
Robert Taylor & Sons	1821–1829	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	10	1822–1829	7
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	884	1982–2005	320
John Taylor	1825–1849	Loughborough	Buckland Brewer, Oxf'd, L'boro	139	1823–1903	60
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	12834	1831–2025	3985
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	120	1786–1853	64
Robert E Taylor	1848–1856	Loughborough		1	1850	1
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	148	1822–1847	68
William Taylor	1843–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	42	1838–1854	30
Taylors, Eayre & Smith	2005–2009	Loughborough	Loughborough	187	2005–2009	67
William Tench				1	1871	1
Viel Tetrel			Villedieu-les-Poeles, France	1	1856	1
Thomas Church or Roger Reve			Bury St Edmunds	1	1520	1
Richard Thomas(formerly 'RT')	1480–1520	Bristol	Bristol	9	1480–1520	9
John Thornton & John Waylett	1712			1	1712	1
John Thornton	1708–1720		Sudbury	29	1708–1720	19
Thomas Thresher & William III Purdue	1641	Salisbury	Salisbury	1	1641	1
Thomas Thresher	1639–1641	Salisbury	Salisbury	2	1639–1640	2