List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Wasbrough, Hale & Co	1830–1841	Bristol C19th	Bristol	2	1831–1838	2
Henry Watson	1847–1878		Newcastle upon Tyne	12	1847–1878	12
Robert Watson	1817–1857		Newcastle upon Tyne	24	1817–1899	18
George Watt	1752–1795		Edinburgh	1	1791	1
Watts (generic)	1590–1613	Leicester	Leicester	27	1590–1601	21
Hugh II Watts successor	1644–1646		Bedford, Leicester	1	1646	1
Francis Watts	1564–1600	Leicester	Leicester	10	1588–1599	9
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	74	1593–1614	56
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	337	1614–1642	197
William Watts	1587–1597		Bedford	18	1589–1597	12
John Waylett	1703–1731		London, Bishop's Stortford & it	93	1704–1731	56
Webster & Forshaw			Liverpool	1	1813	1
T Webster			York	1	1817	1
Wells (generic)		Aldbourne	Aldbourne	5	1773–1793	5
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	15	1780–1799	10
Robert I Wells	1763–1781	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	62	1750–1781	41
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	2386	1899–2017	825
Whitechapel (generic)		Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Middx	19	1769–1946	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