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	702	1057	574	300	2747
Whitechapel foundries	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	7	1	62	192	374	539	518	545	141	2400
Gillett & Co	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	1262	157	0	1511
Warner	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	385	85	0	0	497
Rudhall family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	292	104	37	0	0	0	0	458
Eijsbouts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	383	23	410
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	261	0	269
Harrington (tubular)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156	76	0	0	241
Petit & Fritsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	66	100	170
Naylor-Vickers	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	0	160
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	136	4	0	0	147
Knight family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	59	22	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
Meneely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	62	0	0	113
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	34	44	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	88
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	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	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	39	13	0	0	53
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
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
Ceramic	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Hodson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
Higby / Bowditch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	18	30
Geert van Wou	0	0	0	0	0	12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
John Wallis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
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
Michiels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	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 Darbie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	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
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
Van Bergen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	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
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	12	4	0	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
Janaway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	14
John Waylett	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
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	37	43	49	50	60	118	100	82	51	42	63	74	43	36	872
Unknown	238	42	7	16	7	12	3	11	8	9	3	5	4	5	15	3	0	388
Totals	352	50	20	72	86	100	72	132	460	561	705	939	989	2417	3418	2154	661	13188