Bell recordings collection

Listed below are statistics by founder and date of my collection of bell recordings. Most were taken by me, but here are recent figures showing help by others:

Contributor	Number of bells
Bill Hibbert	6,141
Taylor books (Chris Pickford)	431
Gillett & Johnston books (Alan Buswell / Kye Leaver)	342
Chris Pickford	321
Tim Jackson	268
Kye Leaver	237
Doug Hird	224
Dave Richards	132
Steve Ivin	124
Nick Bowden	91

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	96	676	942	504	276	2511
Whitechapel foundries	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6	1	60	181	358	527	486	503	130	2271
Gillett & Co	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	916	56	0	1064
Warner	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	361	84	0	0	471
Rudhall family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	291	91	37	0	0	0	0	444
William Dobson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	315	0	0	0	0	325
Thomas Osborn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	305	17	0	0	0	0	322
Eijsbouts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	291	23	318
Harrington (tubular)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	148	76	0	0	233
Naylor-Vickers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	156
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	112	4	0	0	123
Knight family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	58	21	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	115
Pennington family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16	10	57	13	0	0	0	0	105
Hemony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94
Meneely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	53	0	0	91
Alfred Bowell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	0	82
Eldridge family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	27	41	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	77
Petit & Fritsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	51	73
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	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
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	39	13	0	0	53
Paccard	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	44	0	52
Richard Keene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
Harrison family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	23	0	0	0	0	41
Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19	0	1	0	6	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
Higby / Bowditch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	18	30
Hodson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
John Wallis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26
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
Robert Catlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	24
Joseph Hatch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	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
Michiels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10	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
Thomas Bayley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	19
Blews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
John Darbie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	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
Wells family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	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
Van Bergen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	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	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
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
Henry Penn	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
Newcombe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
McShane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	13
Wokingham Foundry	0	0	1	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Worcester Foundry	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Thomas Blackbourn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	11
Westley Group	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11
John Waylett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Wilnar family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Clarke & Bushell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Other	4	6	9	33	42	52	51	56	113	98	80	50	41	74	69	43	25	846
Unknown	228	37	6	14	6	9	1	9	7	5	2	5	4	5	15	2	0	355
Totals	305	43	17	65	83	88	55	122	444	531	689	913	971	2317	2909	1581	566	11699