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List of founders

Listing the 16 founders who cast bells which are in full-circle rings which are in the lieutenancy area of Norfolk, and have 10 bells.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
Mears & Stainbank 1865–1968 Whitechapel Whitechapel 16 1878–1967 4
Lester & Pack 1752–1769 Whitechapel Whitechapel 6 1766 1
Osborn & Arnold 1772–1778 St Neots 4 1775 1
John Warner & Sons 1786–1921 Warner Cripplegate 4 1880–1909 1
Thomas Newman 1699–1745 Norwich Cambridge, Norwich 3 1713–1741 2
William Brend 1582–1634 Norwich Norwich 3 1617–1623 1
Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1968–2017 Whitechapel Whitechapel 3 1997–2007 1
Samuel Gilpin 1677–1705 Norwich Norwich 2 1700 1
Thomas II Mears 1806–1849 Whitechapel Whitechapel, Gloucester 2 1825 1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd 1989–2005 Loughborough Loughborough 1 2005 1
John Stephens 1717–1727 Norwich Norwich 1 1726 1
Henry Pleasant 1691–1707 Sudbury 1 1705 1
John Draper 1599–1644 Thetford 1 1634 1
Michael Darbie 1650–1682 it: SE England 1 1661 1
John Taylor & Co from 1831 Loughborough Loughborough, Leics 1 1864 1
George Mears 1844–1865 Whitechapel Whitechapel 1 1860 1
Total 50 1617–2007 5
Showing all 16 founders
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