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	665	914	497	268	2457
Whitechapel foundries	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6	1	57	172	329	474	456	499	117	2129
Gillett & Co	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	868	55	0	1009
Rudhall family	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	291	91	37	0	0	0	0	444
Warner	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	337	83	0	0	436
William Dobson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	310	0	0	0	0	320
Eijsbouts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	291	23	318
Thomas Osborn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	255	17	0	0	0	0	272
Harrington (tubular)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	68	0	0	217
Bochumer Verein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	85	61	0	155
Naylor-Vickers	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	154
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	4	54	21	29	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
Hemony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94
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	25	41	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
Petit & Fritsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	51	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
Bilbie family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	40	3	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
Hedderley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	34
Watts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	22	1	0	0	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
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
John Wallis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
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
Hodson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	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
Blews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
John Draper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
Thomas Bayley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	19
Wells family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	0	0	18
John Darbie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
James Bartlet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	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
Grassmayr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	8	2	15
Thomas Newman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Meneely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0	0	14
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
William Chamberlain	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	5	9	31	42	52	51	52	110	98	77	57	41	59	69	43	25	825
Unknown	210	31	7	12	6	8	1	9	7	5	2	4	4	5	15	2	0	328
Totals	275	36	18	61	81	87	55	115	432	524	683	857	937	2164	2752	1567	540	11184