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 |
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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 |