List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	77	1866–1974	16
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	17	1701–1715	4
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	14	1885–1905	4
Richard Sanders	1703–1738		Bromsgrove, & it	13	1708–1737	4
Thomas II Mears	1806–1849	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	10	1814–1841	5
Thomas Rudhall	1760–1783	Rudhall	Gloucester	9	1776–1780	2
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	7	1999–2012	3
J and N Westcott	1823	Bristol C19th	Bristol	6	1823	1
John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd	1989–2005	Loughborough	Loughborough	6	1989–1992	3
Joseph Smith	1701–1735		Edgbaston	6	1711–1718	2
Abraham II Rudhall	1718–1735	Rudhall	Gloucester	6	1729	1
Thomas Mears & Son	1794–1810	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	6	1807	1
John II Martin	1661–1693	Worcester	Worcester	6	1663–1667	2
William Clark & Michael Bushell	1706–1707		Evesham	6	1706	1
William Bagley	1681–1712	Bagley	Chacombe	6	1696–1697	1
John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd	1978–1989	Loughborough	Loughborough	5	1979–1987	3
William Clark	1701–1707		Evesham	5	1705	1
Matthew I & Henry II Bagley	1679–1687	Bagley	Chacombe	5	1686	1
John Rudhall	1783–1835	Rudhall	Gloucester	4	1788–1789	2
Henry II Bagley	1679–1703	Bagley	Chacombe(-87), Ecton(87-)	4	1681	1
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	4	1857	1
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	4	1897	2
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	3	1853–1856	2
Charles & John Rudhall	1783–1787	Rudhall	Gloucester	2	1783	1
Thomas II Hancox	1632–1640	Walsall	Walsall	2	1640	1
Henry I Bagley	1631–1684	Bagley	Chacombe	2	1640	1
(unidentified)				2	1738	1
Henry I Bond & Son(s)	1851–1905	Burford	Westcot(-61), Burford(62-)	2	1902	1
Worcester foundry	1350–1440	Worcester	Worcester	1	1349	1
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	1	1601	1
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	1	1749	1
Henry III Oldfield	1620–1629	Nottingham	Nottingham & ? Walsall	1	1622	1
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	1	1611	1
John II Green	1609–1639	Worcester	Worcester	1	1620	1
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	1	1901	1
Henry III Bagley	1706–1746	Bagley	Chacombe(-06), Witney(10-),etc	1	1743	1
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	1	1812	1
Total				248	1349–2012	31