Ringway is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

on the southern border of

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is the only

in the city of Manchester. The population at the 2011 census was 103. Ringway is home to

Manchester Airport Manchester Airport is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest of those ...

History

The name appears to come from the

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(

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) ''Hringhæg'' meaning "circular or enclosing hedged enclosure". Ringway Chapel is on Wilmslow Road near the south edge of

. *1173: First mention of

Ullerwood Castle Ullerwood Castle is an early medieval castle, possibly a shell keep, in Ringway, Manchester, England (). The castle is first referred to in 1173, in a document stating Hamo de Masci held the castles of Ullerwood and Dunham. There is no other c ...

, which is now in Ringway parish. It is a

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; at that time it was owned by Hamon de Massey. *1515: First mention of 'Ringey Chapel', a

chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ease is deliberately bu ...

in Bowdon parish. *

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(1642–1651):

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s started using the Ringway Chapel. *1721 or shortly before: John Crewe of Crewe Hall inherited the Lordship of Ringway. *1721

s were ejected from the chapel, and moved to a barn, and in 1723 re-established themselves at Hale. *About 1736: Ringway Chapel was demolished, and replaced by a new plain red brick building. According to the St Wilfrid's Mobberley Christening Records Abraham Johnson was baptised on 24 October 1736 "the first Sunday after it was finished by me, Faithful Meaykin (curate of St Wilfrid's) who preached the first sermon" *1741: The chapel's bell was recast or replaced. *1751: Record of

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s began. *1821: Record of burials began: previous burials were at Bowdon. *1863: Ringway parish (including all or part of what is now Halebarns) was split off Bowdon parish. Ringway chapel became Ringway parish's

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

dedicated to All Saints. *1894: Ringway church was demolished and rebuilt. *20 April 1895: Ringway church was consecrated by the

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. *November 1967: A new parish church (dedicated to All Saints) was consecrated in Ringway Parish's Halebarns end, because

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from

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into Halebarns, and loss of farms near Ringway due to road and airport extensions, had changed the

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of the parish. *December 1970: Ringway Church declared redundant by an

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and closed. It became a storeroom. *1974: Part of Ringway ecclesiastical parish was brought into the city of

as Ringway

, to bring most of the terminal and hangar areas of

(previously known as Manchester (Ringway) Airport, built during 1935/38, and the location between 1940 and 1957 of

RAF Ringway The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) ...

) within the city boundaries. The parish had previously been in the

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. *1997: Ringway Chapel was restored and converted for use as a design studio. *2001: According to a census Ringway civil parish had a population of 106. *2011: Ringway chapel started to be used by the

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Governance

Ringway Parish Council had nominally consisted of eight Councillors, but none had been elected and the parish council was not performing its statutory obligations. In a 2009 review of local governance arrangements in Manchester 35 (40%) of the 88 electors in the parish (100% of respondents) indicated the desire to retain the parish council. From 2010 the number of parish Councillors has been reduced to five, and the elections scheduled for 2011 were brought forward. Of the five Councillors nominally in the role since 2011, only four have lived in the parish. A further review of local arrangements is planned by

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. The area is within the Manchester City Council Ward of Woodhouse Park (Wythenshawe); so does have effective representation from the three Ward (City) Councillors.

Demography

At the

2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

, Ringway civil parish had a total population of 106, of which 50 were female and 56 male. The average household size was 2.59. Of those aged 16–74 in Ringway, 38 (= 43.7%) had no academic qualifications, significantly higher than the 28.9% for all of England. According to the census, none were unemployed and 28 were economically inactive. Of the residents of Ringway parish, 16 were under the age of 16 and 3 were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Ringway was 37.47. 84 of them described their health as 'good'.

References

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