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The church tower contains a fine peal of eight bells. Six were cast by John Mears in 1825 and have been in place since the Church was constructed. The two smallest bells, cast by Warners in 1871, were added in that year. In 1961 a steel frame was inserted by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough in place of the old wooden frame which was rotting. The eight bells weigh approximately 3 (imperial) tons.
The first Peal rung after the augmentation of bells from 6 to 8 was on Friday 26th December 1873.
A Peal of Grandsire Tripples was rung consisting of 5040 changes in 2 hours and 55 minutes by:
 Joseph Bowman

 Sharow

 Treble
 T Clark

Sharow

 2
 Watler Pick

 Sharow

 3
 Joseph Underwood

 York

 4
 William Howard

 York

 5
 Charles Underwood

 York

 6
 William H Howard

 York

 7
 William Morrell

 York

 Tenor

Composed by: J Reeves of London.
Conducted by T Clark

A Jubilee Peal was rung on 6th December 1887 in honour of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
5024 changes were rung of Kent Treble Bob Major in 3hrs and 5 minutes by:
 Albert Pratt

 Sharow

 Treble
 Joseph Baines

 Hutton Conyers

 2
 Thomas Metcalfe

 Sharow

 3
 A H Clark

 Sharow

 4
 Anthony Ingleby

 Sharow

 5
 Walter Pick

 Sharow

 6
 John Flower

 Hutton Conyers

 7
 Thomas Clark

 Sharow

 Tenor

Composed by: J Reeves, London.
Conducted by T Clark

This stained Glass window was installed in the
Ringing Chamber
to commemorate the Jubilee Peal
and is believed to be one of only two such windows in Britain to commemorate a peal.
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 A group of Bell Ringers 1904
with Mr Joseph Baines aged 90 years old seated centre!
One famous bell ringer in Sharow was Mr Walter Pick, a faithful servant of the Church for 65 years, for many years the belfry Captain.
Mr Roy Pearson was also a bell ringer for 60 years, Captain for over 30.
In October 1959, The Register of Church Bell Ringers was:
R C Pearson (Captain)
R Shepherd
G Nicholson
E Rumbold
W K Johnson
G L Pearson
Miss L E Chapman
Miss E Chester
Miss H Chester
Mr J Mawer

As the second millennium gave way to the third the Bell Ringers living in the Parish were:
Mr Peter Triffitt
Canon Penny Driver
Cathy Gledson

The bells are still rung today for most Sunday Morning Eucharist Services, at Weddings and on visiting team events.
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