List of founders
Name | Founding | Group | Location | Bells | Bells Dated | Rings |
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James Wells | 1793–1825 | Aldbourne | Aldbourne | 128 | 1799–1826 | 79 |
Robert & James Wells | 1792–1796 | Aldbourne | Aldbourne | 8 | 1793–1796 | 8 |
Robert Wells (generic) | Aldbourne | Aldbourne | 9 | 1780–1799 | 9 | |
Robert I Wells | 1763–1781 | Aldbourne | Aldbourne | 61 | 1750–1781 | 40 |
Robert II Wells | 1781–1798 | Aldbourne | Aldbourne | 56 | 1781–1793 | 38 |
J Westcott | 1815–1847 | Bristol C19th | Bristol | 6 | 1815–1847 | 4 |
J and N Westcott | 1823 | Bristol C19th | Bristol | 6 | 1823 | 1 |
N R Westcott | 1828–1829 | Bristol C19th | 2 | 1815–1828 | 2 | |
Westley Group | from 2017 | Newcastle under Lyme | 30 | 2017–2022 | 12 | |
Peter de Weston | 1328–1347 | London | London | 11 | 1335–1360 | 11 |
James Wetmore | 1652–1656 | Frocester | 1 | 1656 | 1 | |
Whicham group | 6 | 1399–1499 | 4 | |||
J White | 1480–1546 | Bristol | Bristol | 4 | 1480–1530 | 4 |
John White | 1516–1540 | Reading | Reading | 9 | 1510–1540 | 9 |
Samuel White | Waltham. Lincs | 1 | 1833 | 1 | ||
Whitechapel Bell Foundry | 1968–2017 | Whitechapel | Whitechapel | 2374 | 1900–2017 | 817 |
Whitechapel (generic) | Whitechapel | Whitechapel, Middx | 18 | 1778–1949 | 17 | |
William Whitmore (of Gloucester) | 1639 | ? Gloucester | 1 | 1593 | 1 | |
William Whitmore (of Worcs, Watford) | 1624–1657 | Worcs, Watford | 21 | 1624–1656 | 13 | |
Philip Wightman | 1685–1702 | London | London | 33 | 1687–1702 | 13 |
William Wightman | 1680–1697 | London | London | 8 | 1680–1684 | 7 |
William & Philip Wightman | 10 | 1685–1692 | 6 | |||
Humphrey II Wilkinson | 1695–1720 | Lincoln | 20 | 1695–1720 | 20 | |
A G Williams & Co | Bristol | 3 | 1869 | 1 | ||
Henry Williams | 1677–1719 | Glasbury | 8 | 1701–1719 | 6 | |
Henry Wilnar | 1629–1644 | Kent | Borden | 4 | 1629–1641 | 4 |
John Wilnar | 1618–1639 | Kent | Borden | 60 | 1620–1639 | 32 |
John & Henry Wilnar | 1636 | Kent | Borden | 1 | 1636 | 1 |
John C Wilson | 1854–1890 | Glasgow | 11 | 1853–1890 | 7 | |
Thomas Wiltshire & Co | Bristol | 1 | 1798 | 1 | ||
J Winder | 1846–1876 | Kendal | 1 | 1846 | 1 | |
Winders | Kendal | 1 | 1876 | 1 | ||
John Wiseman | West Country | Montacute | 3 | 1639–1641 | 2 | |
Robert Wiseman | 1589–1619 | West Country | Montacute | 32 | 1590–1619 | 26 |
Thomas Wiseman | Montacute, Somerset | 1 | 1628 | 1 | ||
William Wiseman | from 1619 | West Country | Montacute | 9 | 1623–1649 | 8 |
William & John Wiseman | 1622–1649 | West Country | Montacute | 5 | 1629–1641 | 4 |
Edne Witts | 1759–1774 | Aldbourne | Aldbourne | 1 | 1774 | 1 |
William Wodeward | 1395–1420 | 6 | 1399–1440 | 6 | ||
Wokingham foundry | 1380–1499 | 78 | 1310–1528 | 66 | ||
John Wood | 1691–1699 | London | (it),London, Essex | 10 | 1691–1699 | 8 |
Peter Wood | 1672–1704 | Thirsk | 16 | 1664–1704 | 16 | |
Thomas Wood | 1656–1665 | Nott'ham/Thisk or Northallertn | 12 | 1656–1665 | 11 | |
John Woolley | 1520–1548 | Nottingham | Nottingham | 23 | 1525–1599 | 19 |
Worcester foundry | 1350–1440 | Worcester | Worcester | 77 | 1320–1649 | 66 |
William Wright | Hounsditch, London | 1 | 1726 | 1 | ||
Thomas I Wroth | 1684–1722 | West Country | Wellington (Som) | 38 | 1684–1721 | 28 |
Thomas II Wroth | 1721–1751 | West Country | Wellington (Som) | 52 | 1721–1750 | 39 |
Walter Wymbis | 1315–1320 | 2 | 1315 | 1 | ||
Michael de Wymbish | 5 | 1290–1297 | 3 |