List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	98	1868–1969	24
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	22	1784–1798	5
James III Harrison	1785–1833		Barrow and Barton	16	1795–1833	7
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	12	1880–1957	5
Daniel Hedderly	1703–1764	Nottingham	Hanbury, Bawtry, Lincoln	11	1726–1746	3
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	11	1766–1770	2
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	10	1589–1616	5
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	9	1859–1921	4
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	8	1728	1
Henry Penn	1703–1729		Peterborough	8	1717–1727	3
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	7	1979–1989	3
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	7	1633–1666	4
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	7	1797–1802	3
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1807	1
Thomas C Lewis	1877–1888	London	Brixton	6	1880	1
Henry II Harrison	1766–1778		Barrow on Humber	6	1770–1776	4
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	5	1808	1
Tobias I Norris	1603–1626		Stamford	5	1619–1626	2
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	5	1914–1946	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	4	1998	2
Paul Hutton	1616–1647		Congleton	4	1620	1
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	3	1713	1
Henry I Oldfield	1539–1589	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1550–1587	2
Tobias III Norris	1662–1699		Stamford	3	1677	1
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	3	1638–1661	3
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1802	1
Thomas I Hedderly	1741–1778	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1743–1747	1
William Seller	1635–1688	York	York	2	1667–1686	2
Seliok (generic)	1499–1599	Nottingham	Nottingham	2	1500	1
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (The Netherlands)	2	1989	1
Thomas I Eayre	1717–1757		Kettering	2	1744	1
Walker & Co	1760–1762		Rotherham	1	1762	1
Samuel II Smith	1693–1731	York	York	1	1712	1
John Seliok	1470–1507	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1500	1
Mellours (generic)		Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1500	1
William Harrison	1820		Barrow and Barton	1	1820	1
Henry Dand	1558–1598	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1589	1
Augustine Bowler	1623–1648		Hull	1	1627	1
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	1	1830	1
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	1	1824	1
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1780	1
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1764	1
None listed				16		2
Total				320	1500–1998	40