List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	279	1861–2024	57
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	62	1720–1734	12
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	46	1699–1718	13
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	34	1856–1907	12
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	33	1992–2002	13
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	31	1845–1855	8
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	27	1867–1960	10
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	23	1739–1760	7
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	23	1923–1946	5
John Rudhall	1783–1835	Rudhall	Gloucester	19	1787–1812	6
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	16	1812–1843	10
Charles Carr	1864–1926		Smethwick	13	1897–1906	4
Joseph Smith	1701–1735		Edgbaston	12	1724–1729	3
Thomas Rudhall	1760–1783	Rudhall	Gloucester	12	1761–1775	7
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	10	1979–1982	4
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	10	1550–1616	7
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	10	1623–1677	7
Bowditch & Higby	1989–2014	West Country	Dulcote	10	1997–2004	2
William Dobson	1798–1832		Downham Market	10	1824–1829	3
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	10	1980–2015	3
(unidentified)				10	1399–1678	8
John Taylor	1825–1849	Loughborough	Buckland Brewer, Oxf'd, L'boro	9	1831–1842	2
John Seliok	1470–1507	Nottingham	Nottingham	7	1470–1500	4
William Clibury	1605–1642		Wellington, Salop	7	1607–1640	6
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	7	1743–1744	2
Taylors, Eayre & Smith	2005–2009	Loughborough	Loughborough	6	2008	2
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	6	1699–1703	2
Edward Arnold	1761–1799		St Neots(-85), Leicester(84-)	6	1796	2
Paul Hutton	1616–1647		Congleton	5	1632–1647	3
Henry II Bagley	1679–1703	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Ecton(87-)	5	1692	1
John Taylor & Son	1844–1858	Loughborough	Loughborough	5	1856	1
William & Thomas Clibury			Wellington, Salop	4	1622–1631	4
Thomas II Clibury	1650–1673		Wellington, Salop	4	1655–1670	3
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	4	1896–1898	1
Seliok (generic)	1499–1599	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1499–1515	3
Michael de Lichfield	1280		Lichfield	3	1399–1499	2
George Hedderly	1785–1793	Nottingham	Nottingham	3	1788–1791	2
Eijsbouts	from 1947	Non UK	Asten (Holland)	3	1987–2000	2
Westley Group	from 2017		Newcastle under Lyme	2	2019	1
G Mears & Co	1858–1873	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1864	1
Daniel Hedderly	1703–1764	Nottingham	Hanbury, Bawtry, Lincoln	2	1704–1724	2
Ralph I Heathcote	1510–1525	Chesterfield	Chesterfield	2	1510	1
Thomas II Hancox	1632–1640	Walsall	Walsall	2	1632–1634	2
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	2	1919	1
W & J Taylor	1821–1854	Loughborough	Oxford	2	1844	1
John C Wilson	1854–1890		Glasgow	1	1869	1
Charles & John Rudhall	1783–1787	Rudhall	Gloucester	1	1784	1
Richard Oldfield	1605–1640		Ludlow, and itinerant	1	1609	1
Henry III Oldfield	1620–1629	Nottingham	Nottingham & ? Walsall	1	1622	1
Henry I Oldfield	1539–1589	Nottingham	Nottingham	1	1586	1