Bell recordings collection

Listed below are statistics by founder and date of my collection of bell recordings. Most were taken by me, but significant numbers were also provided by Nick Bowden, Doug Hird, Steve Ivin, Tim Jackson, Kye Leaver, Chris Pickford and Dave Richards.

The founders listed below are those for which I have 10 recordings or more. The founders are grouped, so that ‘Taylor family’ includes all members of the Taylor family and their successors casting at Oxford, Buckland Brewer and Loughborough. ‘Whitechapel foundries’ includes all founders casting at the Whitechapel sites from Robert Mot in the 1570s to the Whitechapel Bellfoundry until its closure. The list of people founding in Whitechapel was taken from pages 117 – 119 of Elphick’s Sussex Bells and Belfries. Other founders are similarly grouped.

Founder	Date unknown	Before 1300	1301 -1350	1351 -1400	1401 -1450	1451 -1500	1501 -1550	1551 -1600	1601 -1650	1651 -1700	1701 -1750	1751 -1800	1801 -1850	1851 -1900	1901 -1950	1951 -2000	2001 -2050	Total
Taylor family	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	96	702	1090	576	312	2794
Whitechapel foundries	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	7	1	62	200	383	545	519	547	148	2435
Gillett & Co	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	1342	157	0	1592
Warner	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	402	85	0	0	514
Rudhall family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	293	104	37	0	0	0	0	459
Eijsbouts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	383	23	410
William Dobson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	316	0	0	0	0	326
Thomas Osborn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	305	17	0	0	0	0	322
Paccard	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	264	0	272
Harrington (tubular)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156	76	0	0	241
Petit & Fritsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	66	100	170
Naylor-Vickers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	0	160
Bochumer Verein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	85	61	0	155
Van Aerschodt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	136	4	0	0	147
Meneely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	72	0	0	123
Knight family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	59	22	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
Hemony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	106	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108
Pennington family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16	10	57	13	0	0	0	0	105
Eldridge family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	35	44	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	89
Alfred Bowell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	0	82
Bilbie family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	43	3	0	0	0	0	71
Evans family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	41	27	0	0	0	0	0	69
Purdue family	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	40	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
John Briant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	45	0	0	0	0	62
Bagley family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	45	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
Oldfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	44	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
Llewellins & James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	13	0	0	54
Barwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	19	0	0	54
Richard Keene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	24	0	1	0	6	0	0	44
Harrison family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	23	0	0	0	0	41
Ceramic	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39
Graye family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
Carr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	12	0	0	36
Watts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
Hedderley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	34
Edward Arnold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	32
Hodson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
John Wallis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
Higby / Bowditch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	18	30
Geert van Wou	0	0	0	0	0	12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
Robert Catlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
Allanconi / Higby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
Schilling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	18	0	24
Michiels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	0	22
Chandler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
Joseph Hatch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
John Darbie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
Eayre	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	21
John Draper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
Grassmayr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	8	7	20
Van Bergen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	0	19
Wells family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	0	0	0	0	19
Blews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
Thomas Bayley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	19
James Bartlet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
Bristol Foundry	0	0	0	6	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Exeter Foundry	1	0	0	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Philip Wightman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
William Chamberlain	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Thomas Newman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Janaway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	14
John Waylett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Brasyers of Norwich	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Henry Penn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Newcombe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Wokingham Foundry	0	0	1	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
McShane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	13
Worcester Foundry	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wilnar family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Westley Group	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11
Thomas Blackbourn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	11
Clarke & Bushell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Other	5	8	11	37	43	51	55	60	119	101	82	51	44	63	74	43	36	883
Unknown	242	45	7	16	7	13	3	11	8	9	3	5	7	5	15	3	0	399
Totals	363	53	20	72	86	103	77	134	463	563	706	948	1003	2442	3542	2161	680	13416