List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	117	1866–2021	23
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	65	1870–1968	19
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	36	1975–2009	13
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	25	1857–1907	8
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	14	1922–1949	4
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	11	1623–1638	4
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	10	1978–1980	2
Henry II Knight	1651–1672	Reading	Reading	9	1663–1670	4
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	9	1811–1832	3
Matthew Higby & Co	from 2008	West Country	Holcombe	8	2021	1
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1758–1764	2
Robert II Wells	1781–1798	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	7	1784–1788	3
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	7	1845–1854	2
Thomas Swain	1751–1781		Longford	5	1761	1
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1791	1
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1770–1775	2
James Wells	1793–1825	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	5	1821	1
John Wallis	1580–1624	Salisbury	Salisbury	4	1597–1622	3
Edward Read	1751–1753	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	3	1751	1
Henry I Knight	1587–1622	Reading	Reading	3	1616	1
Bowditch & Higby	1989–2014	West Country	Dulcote	3	2012	1
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			2	1527–1528	1
Clement II Tosier	1696–1717	Salisbury	Salisbury	2	1712–1714	1
Roger Landen	1448–1484	Wokingham	Wokingham	2	1448	1
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1714	1
Llewellins & James	1854–1940	Bristol C19th	Bristol	2	1887	1
John Taylor	1825–1849	Loughborough	Buckland Brewer, Oxf'd, L'boro	1	1849	1
John Saunders	1539–1559	Reading	Reading	1	1558	1
Thomas Janaway	1762–1788		Chelsea	1	1783	1
John Higden	1616–1652		Hants, Sussex	1	1649	1
Francis Foster	1654–1675	Salisbury	Salisbury	1	1655	1
John Dawton	1624–1637	Salisbury	Salisbury	1	1627	1
William and Robert Cor	1696–1724	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	1	1710	1
Robert I Cor	1694–1715	Aldbourne	Aldbourne	1	1700	1
R Beconsall (or Ralph Brooke?)	1571–1624		it: Sussex & Hants	1	1602	1
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	1	1741	1
(unidentified)				1	1650	1
Thomas Blackbourn	1890–1905	Salisbury	Salisbury	1	1901	1
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	1	1735	1
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	1	1750	1
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	1	1874	1
None listed				32		4
Total				416	1448–2021	52