THE BELLS OF SUSSEX
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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.
The Eldridge Family
Richard Eldridge     1592  -  1624
Bryan I Eldridge     1618  -  1640
William Eldridge     1660  -  1704
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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
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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
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E
Eijsbouts

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J

John Warner & Sons


S
Sandys,Vivian & Co

W
William Chamberlain
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