Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers- Historical Information

Established January 17 1881

Alphabetical index to all founders of bells in the ODG

Surname	Other name	Location	Founding date		Number cast
Surname	Other name	Location	First	Last	Number cast
Appowel	John	Buckingham	1552	1577	9
Atton	Bartholomew	Buckingham	1583	1613	12
Atton	Bartholomew & Robert	Buckingham	1583	1613	2
Atton	Robert	Buckingham	1605	1633	27
Atton & Bolter	Robert & Nathaniel	Buckingham	1623	1623	1
Atton & Newcombe	Bartholomew & Robert	Buckingham	1583	1590	2
Bagley	Henry I	Chacombe	1631	1687	34
Bagley	Henry II	Chacombe	1679	1687	9
Bagley	Henry II	Ecton	1687	1703	1
Bagley	Henry II & Matthew I	Chacombe	1681	1687	20
Bagley	Henry III	Chacombe	1701	1746	30
Bagley	Henry III	Reading	1722	1723	6
Bagley	Henry III	Witney	1710	1746	28
Bagley	James	Chacombe	1746	1747	2
Bagley	Matthew I	Chacombe	1680	1689	5
Bagley	Matthew II	Chacombe	1740	1782	14
Bagley	Matthew III	Chacombe	1748	1779	1
Bagley	William	Chacombe	1681	1712	9
Bagley	William & Henry III	Chacombe	1706	1708	13
Bartlet	James	Whitechapel	1675	1700	4
Barwell	James	Birmingham	1850	1914	10
Becconsall	Robert	itinerant	1571	1624	1
Bett	Thomas	Leicester	1520	1538	1
Bird	John	London	1408c	1420c	2
Blews	William & Sons	Birmingham	1852	1887	2
Bolter	Nathaniel	itinerant	1629	1637	12
Bolter & Keene	Nathaniel & Humphrey	Woodstock	1629	1629	2
Bond	Henry	Westcote	1851	1861	3
Bond	Henry & Son	Burford	1868	1888	4
Bond	Henry & Sons	Burford	1890	1902	7
Bond	Henry II & Thomas	Burford	1911	1911	1
Bond	Thomas	Burford	1906	1947	6
Bowell	Alfred	Ipswich	1897	1940	31
Briant	John	Hertford	1782	1825	69
Burford	Robert	London	1390c	1418	1
Burrough	James	Devizes	1738	1755	1
Carr	Charles & Co.	Smethwick	1890	1910	2
Carter	Joseph	Reading	1578	1609	39
Catlin	Robert	Holborn	1738	1751	11
Chamberlain	William	Aldgate	1426	1490	1
Chandler	Anthony	Drayton Parslow	1650c	1679	39
Chandler	family	Drayton Parslow	1635	1732	5
Chandler	George	Drayton Parslow	1681	1726	18
Chandler	Richard I	Drayton Parslow	1635	1638	3
Chandler	Richard II	Drayton Parslow	1654	1673	5
Chandler	Richard III	Drayton Parslow	1674	1723	36
Chandler	Thomas	Drayton Parslow	1723	1732	1
Chapman	William	Whitechapel	1769	1784	4
Chapman & Mears		Whitechapel	1781	1784	8
Clarke	John	itinerant	1599	1633	1
Conyers	John	Hull	1615	1630	1
Cor	John	Aldbourne	1728	1741	5
Cor	John & Robert	Aldbourne	1735	1735	1
Cor	Oliver	Aldbourne	1725	1727	5
Cor	Robert	Aldbourne	1694	1735	2
Cor	William & Robert	Aldbourne	1694	1724	7
Crowch	Robert	London	1430c	1450c	1
Culverden	William	London	1508	1522	2
Danyell	John	Aldgate	1450c	1480c	5
Darbie	Michael	itinerant	1651	1675	16
Dawe	William	Aldgate	1385c	1418c	1
Dicker	Thomas	Reading	1734	1735	2
Dier	John	Hitchin	1580	1597	1
Eayre	Joseph	St. Neots	1727	1772	7
Eijsbouts	Royal	The Netherlands	1924	9999	1
Eldridge	Bryan I	Chertsey	1618	1640	1
Eldridge	Bryan II	Chertsey	1640	1661	2
Eldridge	Richard	Wokingham	1592	1622	5
Eldridge	Thomas	Wokingham	1565	1592	1
Eldridge	William	Chertsey	1660	1716	4
Evans	William	Chepstow	1710	1767	1
Farmer & Keene	Henry & James	Woodstock	1623	1625	2
Gillett & Co		Croydon	1877	1888	21
Gillett & Johnston		Croydon	1888	1957	88
Hall	Edward	Drayton Parslow	1726	1754	10
Hasylwood	William	Reading	1494	1508	3
Hemins	Edward	Bicester	1728	1745	23
Hille	Johane	London	1441	1461	1
Hille	Richard	London	1423	1440	1
Hobbs	John	Lane End	1830	1830	1
Hodson	Christopher	London	1669	1689	2
Hodson	Christopher	Oxford	1680	1680	8
Hodson	John	London	1653	1669	6
Hunt	John	Cholsey	1825	1826	3
Janaway	Thomas	Chelsea	1762	1788	12
Jefferies	Thomas	Bristol	1505	1545	1
Jordan	Henry	London	1442	1470	4
Kebyll	John	London	1470c	1780c	2
Keene	Humphrey	Woodstock	1626	1652	1
Keene	James	Bedford	1618	1625	2
Keene	James	Woodstock	1623	1654	53
Keene	Richard	Woodstock	1654	1698	92
Knight	Ellis I	Reading	1623	1658	143
Knight	Ellis I & Francis	Reading	1647	1647	1
Knight	Ellis I & Henry II	Reading	1652	1656	5
Knight	Ellis I, Francis & Henry II	Reading	1647	1658	6
Knight	Ellis II & Henry II	Reading	1661	1666	4
Knight	Ellis II & Henry III	Reading	1672	1682	13
Knight	Francis	Reading	1647	1671	1
Knight	Henry I	Reading	1587	1622	77
Knight	Henry II	Reading	1650	1672	27
Knight	Henry II or Francis	Reading	1660	1660	1
Knight	Henry III	Reading	1673	1682	4
Knight	Samuel	Reading	1681	1709	29
Knight	William I	Reading	1518	1535	2
Knight	William II	Reading	1536	1587	9
Landen	Roger	Wokingham	1448	1486	4
Lester	Thomas	Whitechapel	1738	1752	11
Lester & Pack		Whitechapel	1752	1769	45
Lester & Phelps	Thomas & Richard	Whitechapel	1735	1738	7
Lewis	Thomas C.	Brixton	1850	1900	3
Llewellins & James		Bristol	1851	1922	5
Mears	Charles & George	Whitechapel	1844	1861	41
Mears	George	Whitechapel	1858	1861	19
Mears	George & Co.	Whitechapel	1861	1865	21
Mears	Thomas & Son	Whitechapel	1805	1810	27
Mears	Thomas I	Whitechapel	1791	1805	43
Mears	Thomas II	Whitechapel	1810	1844	89
Mears	William & Thomas	Whitechapel	1787	1791	11
Mears & Stainbank		Whitechapel	1865	1969	556
Mitchel	John	Wokingham	1487	1493	2
Mot	Robert	Whitechapel	1570	1606	1
Murphy	John	Dublin	1857	1879	1
Naylor Vickers & Co		Sheffield	1857	1874	11
Neale	Edward	Burford	1640	1683	12
Neale	Henry	Burford	1635	1640	4
Newcombe	Edward II	Bedford	1598	1616	2
Newcombe	Robert I	Leicester	1539	1590	1
Newcombe	Thomas III	Leicester	1604	1613	5
Newcombe	William	Leicester	1610c	1620c	1
Newcombe & Watts		Bedford	1599	1600	2
Olovyanishnikov factory		Yaroslavl	1921	1921	1
Pack & Chapman		Whitechapel	1770	1781	26
Patrick	Robert	London	1782	1787	3
Penn	Henry	Peterborough	1703	1729	1
Phelps	Richard	Whitechapel	1700	1737	21
Potter	Paul the	London	1283	1312	1
Purdue	Richard	itinerant	1598	1640	7
Purdue	William II	Salisbury	1637	1699	3
Read	Edward	Aldbourne	1751	1757	3
Rigby	Alexander	Stamford	1679	1742	15
Rofford	John	Toddington	1340c	1370c	5
Rofford	William	London	1380c	1400c	1
Rudhall	Abel	Gloucester	1736	1760	34
Rudhall	Abraham I	Gloucester	1679	1718	52
Rudhall	Abraham II	Gloucester	1718	1735	48
Rudhall	Charles & John	Gloucester	1783	1785	2
Rudhall	John	Gloucester	1785	1830	7
Rudhall	Thomas	Gloucester	1760	1783	21
Russell	Thomas	Wootton	1715	1735	2
Sanders	Richard	Bromsgrove	1703	1737	2
Saunders	John	Reading	1539	1559	8
Schep	William	London	1340c	1350c	1
Seymour	S	Aylesbury	1850	1850	1
Stainbank	Robert	Whitechapel	1861	1884	4
Stares	John	Aldbourne	1744	1746	1
Sturdy	John	London	1440c	1485	4
Swain	Thomas	Longford	1752	1781	20
Taylor	John	Loughborough	1839	1858	3
Taylor	John	Oxford	1821	1853	2
Taylor	John & Co.	Loughborough	1859	2005	268
Taylor	John & Son	Loughborough	1839	1858	8
Taylor	Robert	Oxford	1820	1830	6
Taylor	Robert	St. Neots	1786	1820	1
Taylor	Robert & Sons	Oxford	1821	1830	9
Taylor	William	Oxford	1821	1854	30
Taylor	William & John	Oxford	1822	1854	62
Unknown		Aldbourne			3
Unknown		Bristol			1
Unknown		Buckingham			2
Unknown		Chacombe			2
Unknown		Exeter			1
Unknown		Gloucester			1
Unknown		Local			3
Unknown		London			2
Unknown		Reading			12
Unknown		Salisbury			1
Unknown		Toddington			1
Unknown		Unknown			105
Unknown		Wokingham			31
Unknown		Worcester			2
Wakefield	William	Reading	1618	1618	1
Walgrave	John	London	1418	1440	4
Wallis	John	Salisbury	1581c	1624c	6
Warner	John	Cripplegate	1788	1802	12
Warner	John & Son	Cripplegate	1790	1854	1
Warner	John & Sons	Cripplegate	1853	1920	136
Watts	William	Bedford	1587	1597	5
Waylett	John	itinerant	1703	1731	2
Welles	William	Reading	1567c	1573c	1
Wells	James	Aldbourne	1800	1826	37
Wells	Robert I	Aldbourne	1760	1780	18
Wells	Robert I & Son	Aldbourne	1781	1781	1
Wells	Robert II	Aldbourne	1781	1799	14
Wells	Robert II & James	Aldbourne	1792	1799	3
Weston	Peter de	London	1328	1347	3
White	John	Reading	1510	1540	6
Whitechapel Bellfoundry		Whitechapel	1970	9999	154
Whitmore	William	itinerant	1630c	1650c	5
Wiseman	John	Montacute	1600c	1650c	2
Witts	Edne	Aldbourne	1759	1774	2
Wright	Lawrence	London	1550c	1590c	2
Wymbish	Michael de	London	1300c	1320c	5
Wymbish	Richard de	London	1290	1315	2
Yare	William	Reading	1609	1616	12
Totals	205				3492

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