List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	69	1863–2016	55
Matthew O'Byrne	1840–1904		Dublin	18	1891–1937	18
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	14	1895–1954	11
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	9	1889–1964	8
John J Murphy	1875–1900	Non UK	Dublin	6	1875–1893	6
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	5	1857–1889	5
Gillett & Co	1883–1892	Gillett	Croydon	4	1883–1885	2
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	2000	1
Thomas Purdue	1647–1709	Purdue	Closworth	2	1676	2
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (Holland)	2	1998	1
Severin van Aerschodt	1877–1889	Non UK	Louvain	2	1877–1880	2
Léon Bollée			Le Mans, France	1	1912	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	1	1979	1
Thomas Sheridan & Co	1859–1888	Non UK	Dublin	1	1877	1
G & F Paccard	1796–1953	Non UK	Annecy, France	1	1930	1
Naylor, Vickers & Co	1855–1874		Sheffield	1	1862	1
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1858	1
Thomas I Bilbie	1724–1768	West Country	Chewstoke(&Cullompton 1746-54)	1	1728	1
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	1	1817	1
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	2012	1
(unidentified)				1	1450	1
Thomas II Mears	1806–1844	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	1	1834	1
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1716	1
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1762	1
John Murphy	1843–1875	Non UK	Dublin	1	1870	1
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1862	1
Christopher Hodson	1669–1696		London, SMaryCray, Newcastle	1	1680	1
Total				149	1450–2016	122