Bell founders.

A to Z list of bell founders who cast and supplied bells in the current Guilsborough branch area.

Note : *Casting date is not displayed on bell at West Haddon but inscription indicates bell was cast by “Edward Arnold of Leicester” who was in business at Leicester from 1784 to 1799. 

Bell founders A – Z Casting dates Locations Bells cast
Edward Arnold at St. Neots


Edward Arnold at Leicester

1772, 1774


*1784 to 1799

Kelmarsh, Maidwell,


West Haddon

11


1

Henry II Bagley 1682, 1683, 1685, 1695, 1699, 1702 Brixworth, Cottesbrooke, Scaldwell, Spratton, Watford, Welford,  West Haddon 17
Henry III Bagley 1714 Thornby 3
William Bagley 1685 Clipston 1
James Barwell 1915 Creaton 1
Alfred Bowell 1913 West Haddon 1
Brede c1480 Old, 1
John Briant 1809, 1814 Long Buckby, Ravensthorpe 5
Joseph Eayre 1766, 1767 Draughton, Walgrave 5
Thomas I Eayre 1723, 1729, 1752 Clipston, Old, West Haddon 3
Thomas II Eayre 1761, 1762 Lilbourne 5
Eijsbouts 1988, 1989, 2003, 2012 Cold Ashby, Marston Trussell, Spratton, Yelvertoft. 4
W. Flint 1317 Cold Ashby. 1
Gillett and Johnston 1930 Haselbech, 6
Leicester Foundry 1589, 1599, c1599 Clipston, Winwick 3
C and G. Mears 1847 Guilsborough. 6
Thomas II Mears 1820, 1825 Great Oxendon, Old, Watford 3
Mears and Stainbank 1887 Sibbertoft 2
Newcombe c1599, 1606, 1611 Cold Ashby, Great Oxendon, West Haddon 4
Edward Newcombe c1590, 1601 Crick, Winwick 2
Newcombe and Watts 1587 East Farndon 1
Tobias I Norris 1616 Lamport 1
John Taylor and Co. 1859, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1887, 1895, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1939, 1949, 1956, 1959, 1961, Cold Ashby, Clipston, Creaton, East Haddon, Great Oxendon, Lamport, Maidwell, Marston Trussell, Naseby, Ravensthorpe, Scaldwell, Sibbertoft,  Spratton, Thornby, Walgrave, Welford, Winwick 25
John Taylor Bell founders 1991, 2000 East Farndon, Long Buckby 8
John Taylor and Son(s) 1844 Thornby 1
W and J. Taylor 1825 Sibbertoft 1
Abraham  I Rudhall 1712 Watford 1
Abraham II Rudhall 1731 East Haddon 1
Thomas Russell 1723 Walgrave 3
Thomas Russell 1720 *Crick (clock bell) 1
John Warner and Sons 1853, 1899 Cold Ashby, Great Oxendon 2
Hugh I Watts 1612 Marston Trussell, 1
Hugh II Watts 1614, 1616, 1621, 1622, 1624, 1631, 1633, 1635, 1636, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641 Brixworth, Creaton, Crick, East Haddon, Haselbech, Lamport, Long Buckby, Marston Trussell, Naseby, Old, Scaldwell, Welford, Yelvertoft. 40
Whitechapel 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 Brixworth, Cottesbrooke, Crick, 8

Total (*including Crick clock bell)

179
Bell founders Casting dates Locations Bells cast