List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	107	1867–1966	32
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	86	1969–2016	24
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	54	1859–1975	14
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	46	1911–1951	10
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	33	1810–1838	16
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	31	1884–1912	10
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	30	1909–1934	10
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	22	1701–1737	11
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	20	1779–1785	4
Joseph Hatch	1601–1639	Kent	Ulcombe	19	1605–1631	11
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	19	1769–1780	8
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	17	1790–1802	4
James Bartlet	1675–1700	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	17	1681–1698	5
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	17	1723–1737	5
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	13	1844–1857	6
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	11	1740–1751	5
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	11	1753–1769	8
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	10	1995–2000	3
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	9	1742–1748	4
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	9	1656–1675	4
John Wilnar	1618–1639	Kent	Borden	7	1629–1637	4
Gillett, Bland & Co	1879–1884	Gillett	Croydon	6	1881	1
Robert Mot	1570–1606	Whitechapel	Houndsditch, Whitechapel	5	1582–1601	3
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1805–1810	4
Gillett & Co	1883–1892	Gillett	Croydon	5	1885	1
Michael Darbie	1650–1682		it: SE England	4	1650–1652	2
Philip Wightman	1685–1702	London	London	3	1700	1
John Waylett	1703–1731		London, Bishop's Stortford & it	3	1717	1
John & Christopher Hodson	1673–1678			3	1677	2
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	3	1609	1
Christopher Hodson	1669–1696		London, SMaryCray, Newcastle	3	1679–1693	3
Westley Group	from 2017		Newcastle under Lyme	2	2019	1
Robert Patrick	1782–1787	London	London	2	1784	1
William Hatch	1639–1664	Kent	Ulcombe	2	1641–1656	2
William Chapman	1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	2	1781	2
Robert Stainbank	1861–1883	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1867–1868	1
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1861–1863	2
Thomas Swain	1751–1781		Longford	1	1777	1
Giles Reve	1584–1592	Kent	Kent	1	1588	1
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1864	1
John Kebyll	1460–1480	London	London	1	1380	1
Thomas Gardiner	1709–1760		Sudbury	1	1738	1
John II Clarke	1599–1621		Essex(it)	1	1609	1
Chapman & Mears	1781–1784	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1784	1
Antony Bartlet	1640–1675	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	1	1661	1
Total				648	1380–2019	81