List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Thomas III Bilbie		West Country		3	1790–1810	3
William Bilbie	1775–1790	West Country	Chewstoke	68	1775–1790	44
Billington & Newton	1884		Longport	2	1884	2
John Bird	1408–1418	London	London	19	1405–1420	15
John I Birdall	1572–1609	West Country	Exeter	2	1570–1607	2
John II Birdall	1609–1624	West Country	Exeter	4	1616–1624	4
Thomas Birdall	1570–1609	West Country	Exeter	10	1590–1605	7
Francis W Birkett & Sons	to 1922		Cleckheaton	1	1922	1
Thomas Blackbourn	1890–1905	Salisbury	Salisbury	37	1899–1905	20
Richard Blakey	1501–1510	York	York	1	1510	1
Gillett & Bland	1854–1879	Gillett	Croydon	22	1877–1889	10
J Blaycock			Carlisle	2	1847–1849	2
William Blews & Sons	1862–1891		Birmingham	161	1867–1891	73
Nicolas Blondel				1	1759	1
Walter Blowere	1300–1399		(Norf)	1	1350	1
Bodden / Perner		Non UK	Passau	6	2012	1
Léon Bollée			Le Mans, France	4	1912	1
Nathaniel Bolter & Humphrey Keene	1629		Buckingham	2	1629	1
Nathaniel Bolter	1628–1657		Buckingham(-29), Salisbury(51-	5	1638–1655	4
Ralph Bolton & W A Wylde	1822–1835	Wigan	Wigan	1	1824	1
John Bolton	to 1816		Wigan	1	1797	1
Robert Bolton	1802–1821	Wigan	Wigan	12	1790–1825	12
Henry I Bond & Son(s)	1851–1905	Burford	Westcot(-61), Burford(62-)	25	1868–1904	18
Anthony Bond	1610–1636		(Hants & Dorset)	8	1610–1634	6
Henry Bond			Burford	3	1907–1917	3
Henry I Bond	1851–1905	Burford	Westcot(-61), Burford(62-)	9	1865–1900	8
Henry II & Thomas Bond		Burford	Burford	3	1906–1913	3
Thomas Bond	1905–1938	Burford	Burford	27	1908–1938	19
Paul Bourdon	1680–1690		Guernsey	6	1680–1690	4
Bowditch & Higby	1989–2014	West Country	Dulcote	81	1997–2013	15
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	306	1896–1939	146
Henry Bowell	1896–1899		Ipswich	12	1897–1899	5
Robert Bowen	1846–1890		Clerkenwell	4	1851–1858	4
Richard Bowler & Richard Holdfield	1601			3	1601	2
Augustine Bowler	1623–1648		Hull	15	1626–1647	12
Richard Bowler	1587–1604		Colchester	23	1587–1604	21
Austen Bracker	1550–1560	King's Lynn	King's Lynn	7	1550–1560	7
John Bradshaw	1682–1705		Wellington	6	1685–1700	5
Joseph Bradwell	1822–1828		Richmond	6	1822–1828	4
Brantingham group		York	York	3	1450	3
Brassfoundry				108	1780–1953	108
Robert Brasyer (or Fuller)	1377–1435	Norwich	Norwich	1	1435	1
Richard I Brasyer	1424–1482	Norwich	Norwich	25	1424–1499	20
Richard II Brasyer	1478–1513	Norwich	Norwich	13	1478–1513	11
Brasyers of Norwich (generic)	1424–1513	Norwich		165	1450–1599	126
John II Brend & John Draper		Norwich		5	1636–1637	2
Brend (generic)		Norwich		9	1572–1665	8
Elias Brend	1658–1666	Norwich	Norwich	7	1658–1665	7
John I Brend	1564–1582	Norwich	Norwich	32	1564–1597	31
John II Brend	1634–1658	Norwich	Norwich	115	1615–1658	74