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List of founders

Listing 13 founders who cast bells which are in full-circle rings which are in the lieutenancy area of Somerset, have 6 bells and no semitone bells, and are unringable.
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NameFoundingGroupLocationBellsBells DatedRings
William Bilbie 1775–1790 West Country Chewstoke 5 1782 1
John Warner & Sons 1786–1921 Warner Cripplegate 4 1866–1903 1
G Mears & Co 1858–1873 Whitechapel Whitechapel 2 1863 1
Bristol foundry 1350–1500 Bristol Bristol 2 1450 1
Mears & Stainbank 1865–1968 Whitechapel Whitechapel 2 1897–1960 2
Llewellins & James 1854–1940 Bristol C19th Bristol 2 1902–1907 1
Richard I Purdue 1598–1640 Purdue Glastonbury, Stoford, etc 1 1632 1
John Kingston 1798–1833 West Country Bridgwater 1 1827 1
Thomas Gefferies 1505–1545 Bristol Bristol 1 1500 1
Thomas Bayley 1741–1773 West Country Bridgwater 1 1752 1
(unidentified) 1 1689 1
Thomas II Mears 1806–1849 Whitechapel Whitechapel, Gloucester 1 1820 1
Jefferies & Price 1832–1854 Bristol C19th Bristol 1 1840 1
Total 24 1450–1960 4
Showing all 13 founders
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