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List of founders

Listing the 13 founders who cast bells which are in full-circle rings which are in the lieutenancy area of Greater Manchester, and have 8 bells.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
John Taylor & Co from 1831 Loughborough Loughborough, Leics 203 1881–1968 29
Mears & Stainbank 1865–1968 Whitechapel Whitechapel 78 1866–1968 12
Gillett & Johnston 1887–1955 Gillett Croydon 31 1912–1932 4
Abel Rudhall 1736–1760 Rudhall Gloucester 12 1740–1749 2
Abraham II Rudhall 1718–1735 Rudhall Gloucester 11 1722–1731 2
Thomas Rudhall 1760–1783 Rudhall Gloucester 8 1761–1781 2
Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1968–2017 Whitechapel Whitechapel 8 1989 1
Thomas II Mears 1806–1849 Whitechapel Whitechapel, Gloucester 8 1843 1
John Warner & Sons 1786–1921 Warner Cripplegate 8 1869 1
George Mears 1844–1865 Whitechapel Whitechapel 8 1863 1
Abraham I Rudhall 1679–1718 Rudhall Gloucester 6 1714 1
William Dobson 1798–1832 Downham Market 6 1825 1
John Rudhall 1783–1835 Rudhall Gloucester 5 1806 1
Total 392 1714–1989 49
Showing all 13 founders
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