Founders
In this section, I wish to include most, if not all of the founders that are in Sussex. Each of the profiles will show the location(s) they were based in. They will also show the years that they were actively making bells and some history of them too. Within the profile, I will also display the ornaments they used and a list of places in Sussex that have bells cast by that founder.
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The Eldridge Family
Richard Eldridge 1592 - 1624 Bryan I Eldridge 1618 - 1640 William Eldridge 1660 - 1704 The Croydon Line of Founders Gillett, Bland & Co 1877 - 1883 Gillett & Co 1883 - 1893 Gillett & Johnston 1887 - 1957 The Taylor Line of Founders Robert Taylor 1785 - 1816 Robert Taylor & Sons 1816 - 1830 William & John I Taylor 1822 - 1854 William Taylor 1816 - 1854 John I Taylor 1816 - 1844 John I Taylor & Sons 1844 - 1858 The Whitechapel Foundry Richard Phelps 1700 - 1738 Thomas Lester 1738 - 1752 Lester & Pack 1752 - 1769 Lester, Pack & Chapman 1769 - 1769 Pack & Chapman 1769 - 1781 William Mears 1777 - 1787 William Chapman 1781 - 1781 Mears & Stainbank 1865 - 1968 E Eijsbouts J John Warner & Sons S Sandys,Vivian & Co W William Chamberlain |
