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	6,335
Taylor books (Chris Pickford)	478
Gillett & Johnston books (Alan Buswell / Kye Leaver)	350
Chris Pickford	329
Kye Leaver	294
Tim Jackson	275
Doug Hird	224
Dave Richards	132
Steve Ivin	124
Nick Bowden	104

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	676	954	504	301	2549
Whitechapel foundries	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6	1	61	181	362	529	494	503	130	2286
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	370	84	0	0	480
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
Eijsbouts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	298	23	325
Thomas Osborn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	305	17	0	0	0	0	322
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	10	59	22	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
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
Eldridge family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	31	42	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	82
Alfred Bowell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	0	82
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
John Darbie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	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
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
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
Philip Wightman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Exeter Foundry	1	0	0	5	6	3	1	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
William Chamberlain	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	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
Newcombe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	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
Janaway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	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
Worcester Foundry	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Geert van Wou	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Wokingham Foundry	0	0	1	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
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
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
Clarke & Bushell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Other	4	7	9	36	43	51	50	57	113	98	80	51	41	74	69	43	27	853
Unknown	237	39	7	14	7	12	3	9	8	7	2	5	4	5	15	2	0	376
Totals	315	46	18	68	85	91	67	126	450	535	690	914	975	2328	2929	1588	593	11818