List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	51	1870–1961	20
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	23	1812–1839	6
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	23	1797–1820	5
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	22	1905–1933	10
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	20	1895–1974	9
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	15	1863–1887	7
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	14	1969–2014	10
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	14	1907–1927	3
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	12	1628–1640	5
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	12	1825–1842	4
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	9	1793–1800	4
James Keene	1612–1654		Bedford, Woodstock	9	1622–1654	5
Anthony Chandler	1650–1679		Drayton Parslow	9	1650–1675	7
Alexander Rigby	1679–1708		Stamford	8	1689–1693	2
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	6	1718	1
Naylor, Vickers & Co	1855–1874		Sheffield	6	1861–1862	1
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	6	1756	1
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	5	1718	1
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	5	1752	1
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1846–1852	2
Henry II Bagley	1679–1703	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Ecton(87-)	5	1680–1687	3
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	5	1664	1
Westley Group	from 2017		Newcastle under Lyme	4	2018–2020	2
Ellis II, Francis & Henry III Knight	1656–1658	Reading	Reading	4	1656–1658	1
Edward Hemins	1728–1743		Bicester	4	1728	1
Edward Hall	1726–1754		Drayton Parslow	4	1737–1754	2
Richard III Chandler	1674–1723		Drayton Parslow	4	1682–1704	4
George Chandler	1681–1726		Drayton Parslow	4	1682–1726	3
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	4	1582–1608	3
Robert Atton	1605–1633		Buckingham	4	1623–1625	2
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			3	1399–1450	2
Chandler (generic)			Drayton Parslow	3	1672–1694	3
Matthew I Bagley	1679–1690	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Evesham(87-)	3	1681–1687	2
Bartholomew Atton	1585–1613		Buckingham	3	1591–1604	3
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1741–1744	3
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	3	1702	1
Gillett & Co	1883–1892	Gillett	Croydon	3	1887	2
Michael de Wymbish	to 1310			2		1
John Taylor	1825–1849	Loughborough	Buckland Brewer, Oxf'd, L'boro	2	1842	1
Robert Oldfield	1604–1640		Hertford	2	1619	1
Henry II Knight	1651–1672	Reading	Reading	2	1661–1662	2
Henry I Knight	1587–1622	Reading	Reading	2	1587	1
Richard Keene	1654–1703		Woodstock, Royston	2	1660–1665	1
Richard Eldridge	1593–1622	Wokingham	Wokingham, Horsham	2	1617–1620	2
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (The Netherlands)	2	1996–2018	2
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	2	1450	1
Matthew I & Henry II Bagley	1679–1687	Bagley	Chacombe	2	1681	1
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1860	1
Unidentified (inscribed)				1	1599	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	1	1994	1