List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	98	1869–1964	20
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	64	1914–1954	10
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	56	1901–2022	11
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	26	1883–1911	5
Harrington, Latham & Co	1889–1916	Harrington	Coventry	24	1891–1894	3
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	22	1969–2015	7
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	15	1848–1859	3
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	12	1812–1830	4
Richard Phelps	1700–1738	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	11	1712–1734	5
Bryan II Eldridge	1636–1661		Chertsey, Coventry	9	1640–1657	4
Harrington (generic)	1884–1926	Harrington	Coventry	8	1903	1
William I Eldridge	1660–1716	Wokingham	Wokingham, Chertsey	8	1670–1712	5
Thomas Blackbourn	1890–1905	Salisbury	Salisbury	8	1901	1
William Blews & Sons	1862–1891		Birmingham	5	1876	1
Lester, Pack & Chapman	1769–1776	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	4	1769	1
Richard Eldridge	1593–1622	Wokingham	Wokingham, Horsham	4	1597–1610	2
Lester & Pack	1752–1769	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	4	1756–1767	2
George Mears	1844–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1859	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	2	1979	1
Robert Mot	1570–1606	Whitechapel	Houndsditch, Whitechapel	2	1588–1597	2
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	2	1627	1
Pack & Chapman	1769–1781	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	2	1773–1774	2
Wokingham foundry	1380–1499			1	1380	1
Thomas Swain	1751–1781		Longford	1	1767	1
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	1	1726	1
Richard Hille	1423–1440	London	Aldgate	1	1420	1
William Culverden	1497–1522	London	London	1	1520	1
William Carter	1610–1616	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, London	1	1610	1
Joseph Carter	1578–1609	Whitechapel	Reading(-06),Whitechapel(06-)	1	1608	1
William Burford	1371–1392	London	London	1	1380	1
(unidentified)				1	1658	1
Robert Catlin	1738–1751	London	Holborn, London	1	1745	1
Gillett & Co	1883–1892	Gillett	Croydon	1	1886	1
Total				400	1380–2022	50