List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	136	1866–1964	34
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	101	1970–2005	19
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	87	1858–1915	17
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	63	1887–2023	14
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	53	1847–1856	10
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	53	1810–1842	10
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	47	1919–1950	9
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	20	1770–1777	4
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	18	1703–1736	5
Thomas Janaway	1762–1788		Chelsea	14	1763–1784	3
Thomas I Mears	1787–1806	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	13	1793–1804	5
Philip Wightman	1685–1702	London	London	10	1694–1696	3
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	10	1739–1751	3
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	8	1718	1
Thomas C Lewis	1877–1888	London	Brixton	8	1880	1
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	8	1635–1657	3
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1753–1763	6
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1861	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	7	1982	1
Felix van Aerschodt	to 1905	Non UK	Louvain	7	1898–1900	1
Thomas Lester	1735–1752	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	7	1746–1748	2
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1865	1
James Bartlet	1675–1700	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	6	1680–1690	3
Ellis II & Henry III Knight	1656–1677	Reading	Reading	5	1656	1
John Hodson	1653–1693	London	London	5	1672	1
William I Eldridge	1660–1716	Wokingham	Wokingham, Chertsey	4	1667–1695	2
Taylors, Eayre & Smith	2005–2009	Loughborough	Loughborough	3	2009	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	3	1993–1996	2
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1808	2
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	3	1636	1
Samuel Knight	1681–1739	Reading	Reading, London	3	1734	1
William & Philip Wightman				2	1685	1
C & J Oliver	1810–1845	London	Bethnal Green	2	1845	1
Bryan I Eldridge	1618–1640		Horsham, Chertsey	2	1632–1638	2
John Waylett	1703–1731		London, Bishop's Stortford & it	1	1704	1
John Saunders	1539–1559	Reading	Reading	1	1545	1
Robert Mot	1570–1606	Whitechapel	Houndsditch, Whitechapel	1	1575	1
William & Thomas Mears	1787–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1788	1
William Mears	1777–1791	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	1	1785	1
William II Land	1612–1637	London	London	1	1616	1
William Dawe's predecessor	1350–1400	London	London	1	1380	1
John Darbie	1651–1691		Ipswich	1	1651	1
Robert Burford	1392–1418	London	London	1	1410	1
James (L) Bagley	1710–1718	Bagley	London	1	1712	1
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	1	1928	1
Total				744	1380–2023	93