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 |
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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 |