List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	292	1859–2023	115
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	127	1614–1641	54
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	80	1908–1951	22
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	61	1975–2009	24
Henry I Bagley	1631–1684	Bagley	Chacombe	49	1632–1682	29
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	36	1790–1829	19
Henry Penn	1703–1729		Peterborough	36	1704–1727	19
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	31	1989–2002	14
Thomas I Eayre	1717–1757		Kettering	31	1718–1755	24
Matthew I & Henry II Bagley	1679–1687	Bagley	Chacombe	31	1680–1686	8
Henry II Bagley	1679–1703	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Ecton(87-)	31	1679–1702	19
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	29	1772–1795	9
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	27	1790–1822	16
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	23	1550–1612	22
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	20	1748–1771	11
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	20	1812–1843	8
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	20	1868–1964	9
James Keene	1612–1654		Bedford, Woodstock	19	1620–1651	12
Alfred Bowell	1896–1939		Ipswich	19	1907–1924	7
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	18	1719–1734	5
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	18	1629–1676	10
Thomas II Eayre	1757–1762		Kettering	16	1758–1762	7
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	15	1595–1613	11
Robert Atton	1605–1633		Buckingham	14	1610–1629	9
Taylors, Eayre & Smith	2005–2009	Loughborough	Loughborough	13	2005–2006	2
John Taylor	1825–1849	Loughborough	Buckland Brewer, Oxf'd, L'boro	13	1832–1848	4
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	12	1979–1989	5
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	12	1825–1839	10
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	12	1853–1911	10
Thomas Russell	1712–1743		Wootton	11	1720–1743	8
Tobias I Norris	1603–1626		Stamford	10	1604–1619	9
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	9	1847–1854	3
John Taylor & Son	1844–1858	Loughborough	Loughborough	9	1844–1857	8
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	8	1440–1450	3
Watts (generic)	1590–1613	Leicester	Leicester	7	1595–1601	4
Newcombe & Watts		Leicester		7	1580–1609	6
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	7	1714–1745	3
Leicester foundry		Leicester	Leicester	6	1589–1616	5
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (The Netherlands)	6	1988–2022	5
William Bagley	1681–1712	Bagley	Chacombe	6	1685–1708	3
Alexander Rigby	1679–1708		Stamford	5	1684–1704	3
Thomas II Newcombe	1562–1580	Leicester	Leicester	5	1570–1580	3
Edward Newcombe	1570–1616	Leicester	Bedford, Leicester	5	1590–1619	5
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	5	1805–1809	2
(unidentified)				5	1350–1615	5
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	4	1860–1865	3
Richard III Chandler	1674–1723		Drayton Parslow	4	1684–1711	2
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	4	1900–1915	4
Bartholomew Atton	1585–1613		Buckingham	4	1592–1613	4
Francis Watts	1564–1600	Leicester	Leicester	3	1593–1599	3