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	703	1100	595	318	2830
Whitechapel foundries	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	7	1	65	203	391	556	529	564	148	2487
Gillett & Co	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	1514	158	0	1769
Warner	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	403	89	0	0	519
Rudhall family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	299	106	37	0	0	0	0	467
Eijsbouts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	388	28	420
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	164	76	0	0	249
Petit & Fritsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	69	100	173
Naylor-Vickers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	162
Bochumer Verein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	85	61	0	155
Meneely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	83	0	0	154
Van Aerschodt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	136	4	0	0	147
Knight family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	62	22	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	123
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	39	46	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	95
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	42	27	0	0	0	0	0	70
Purdue family	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	40	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70
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
Barwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	19	0	0	54
Llewellins & James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	13	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
Paul Revere & Son	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	31	0	0	0	0	35
Hedderley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	34
Watts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
Hodson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33
Edward Arnold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	32
Geert van Wou	0	0	0	0	0	12	19	0	0	0	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
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
John Darbie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
Michiels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	0	22
Janaway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	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 Draper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	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
Wells family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7	0	0	0	0	20
Grassmayr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	8	7	20
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
Van Bergen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	0	19
James Bartlet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
William Chamberlain	0	0	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
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
Thomas Newman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	16
John Waylett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
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	39	45	56	55	61	122	103	84	51	43	64	75	43	39	904
Unknown	253	52	10	17	7	16	3	11	9	9	3	5	8	6	24	3	0	436
Totals	377	60	23	75	89	111	80	135	475	572	719	965	1042	2489	3760	2206	694	13872