List of founders

Name	Founding	Group	Location	Bells	Bells Dated	Rings
John Taylor & Co	from 1831	Loughborough	Loughborough, Leics	227	1861–2014	96
John Warner & Sons	1786–1921	Warner	Cripplegate	133	1857–1914	54
Mears & Stainbank	1865–1968	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	92	1867–1968	44
Henry II Oldfield	1590–1620	Nottingham	Nottingham	31	1591–1618	15
Abraham I Rudhall	1679–1718	Rudhall	Gloucester	27	1686–1718	11
Charles & George Mears	1843–1861	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	27	1844–1857	12
(unidentified)				27	1399–1800	20
Hugh II Watts	1615–1643		Bedford, Leicester	26	1615–1641	15
James III Harrison	1785–1833		Barrow and Barton	21	1789–1822	7
Salisbury foundry	1380–1550	Salisbury	Salisbury	20	1399–1499	16
George I Oldfield	1620–1678	Nottingham	Nottingham	20	1623–1668	14
Exeter foundry	1399–1599			18	1400–1599	10
Joseph Eayre	1735–1772		St Neots	18	1739–1784	12
Joseph Hatch	1601–1639	Kent	Ulcombe	17	1609–1633	7
Thomas II Mears	1806–1844	Whitechapel	Whitechapel, Gloucester	17	1806–1844	13
John Rudhall	1783–1835	Rudhall	Gloucester	15	1805–1827	7
Thomas Newman	1699–1745	Norwich	Cambridge, Norwich	15	1702–1731	10
Gillett & Johnston	1887–1955	Gillett	Croydon	15	1890–1945	8
John Wallis	1580–1624	Salisbury	Salisbury	14	1588–1622	11
Abel Rudhall	1736–1760	Rudhall	Gloucester	14	1745–1753	7
Tobias I Norris	1603–1626		Stamford	14	1604–1626	11
John Draper	1599–1644		Thetford	14	1607–1631	11
William III Purdue	1633–1673	Purdue	Salisbury, Bristol, etc	12	1640–1663	10
William Noone	1678–1731	Nottingham	Nottingham	12	1684–1718	8
Llewellins & James	1854–1940	Bristol C19th	Bristol	12	1880–1913	8
John Briant	1779–1825		Hertford	12	1793–1815	6
Thomas Norris	1626–1678		Stamford	11	1628–1674	10
Newcombe (generic)		Leicester	Leicester	11	1550–1618	11
John II Martin	1661–1693	Worcester	Worcester	11	1663–1676	5
Ellis I Knight	1623–1658	Reading	Reading	11	1624–1650	5
William & Alice Brend	1586–1634	Norwich	Norwich	11	1612–1629	5
Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1968–2017	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	11	1969–2002	7
I T	1440–1450		Exeter	10	1450–1499	5
Miles III Graye	1647–1686		it: Essex, Herts, Hunts	10	1664–1681	4
William Evans	1710–1770	Chepstow	Chepstow	10	1738–1760	6
Bristol foundry	1350–1500	Bristol	Bristol	10	1350–1600	9
Robert Oldfield	1604–1640		Hertford	9	1608–1631	5
William Haulsey	1615–1629		St Ives, Cambridge	9	1622–1628	5
Miles I Graye	1598–1649		Colchester	9	1619–1635	5
Thomas II Clibury	1650–1673		Wellington, Salop	9	1651–1671	7
James Barwell & Co	1889–1920		Birmingham	9	1889–1912	4
James Barwell	1870–1898		Birmingham	9	1882–1904	5
Thomas Rudhall	1760–1783	Rudhall	Gloucester	8	1770–1778	4
Naylor, Vickers & Co	1855–1874		Sheffield	8	1861–1863	2
G Mears and Company	1862–1865	Whitechapel	Whitechapel	8	1865	2
Christopher Graye	1653–1683		(it), Ampthill, Haddenham, ...	8	1655–1675	6
William Chamberlain	1426–1456	London	Aldgate, London	8	1440–1470	4
John Taylor & Son	1844–1858	Loughborough	Loughborough	8	1847–1857	4
Charles Carr	1864–1926		Smethwick	8	1888–1914	5
Hugh I Watts	1593–1615	Leicester	Leicester	7	1593–1612	6