List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	56	1859–1953	19
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	43	1908–1930	7
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	28	1614–1640	11
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	26	1975–2000	9
Henry II Bagley	1679–1703	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Ecton(87-)	9	1681–1702	4
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	8	1734	1
Henry Penn	1703–1729		Peterborough	8	1710–1723	3
Thomas I Eayre	1717–1757		Kettering	6	1729–1749	4
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	6	1829	1
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1868–1964	2
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	5	2000	2
Robert Taylor	1786–1830	Loughborough	St Neots, Oxford	5	1794–1822	2
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	5	1647–1662	2
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	5	1791–1814	4
Thomas II Newcombe	1562–1580	Leicester	Leicester	3	1570	1
James Keene	1612–1654		Bedford, Woodstock	3	1626–1635	2
William & Henry III Bagley	1703–1708	Bagley		3	1703	1
Watts (generic)	1590–1613	Leicester	Leicester	2	1600	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	1989	1
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	2	1585–1604	2
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (The Netherlands)	2	2022	1
Thomas II Eayre	1757–1762		Kettering	2	1758–1761	2
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	2	1745	1
Henry I Bagley	1631–1684	Bagley	Chacombe	2	1649–1665	2
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	2	1775–1792	2
William Taylor	1843–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	1	1846	1
John Rufford	1350–1380		Toddington	1	1350	1
Edward Newcombe	1570–1616	Leicester	Bedford, Leicester	1	1601	1
Robert Mellours	1508–1525	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1510	1
Islip Edmunds	1764–1767		(Bedfordshire)	1	1764	1
Thomas & John Eayre	1716–1718			1	1718	1
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	1	1763	1
Michael Darbie	1650–1682		it: SE England	1	1655	1
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	1	1603	1
Thomas Bett	1521–1538	Leicester	Leicester	1	1530	1
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	1	1905	1
Bartholomew Atton	1585–1613		Buckingham	1	1602	1
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	1	1839	1
Thomas Osborn	1779–1806		St Neots, Downham Market	1	1801	1
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	1	1879	1
Total				256	1350–2022	32